I am slow, and when I mean slow, I mean slow. I can do a 26 sec 50 with fins, but without I come in just under 1:20! I think a big part of it is just taking the fins off and doing a lot of kick sets to learn to feel the water better with my feet. I have a good breaststroke kick so I don't think my problem is an overly weak pair of legs, although they could be in better shape. Also, myankles are fairly flexible as I can point my toes and make my feet bend backwards past an even position with my shins. However, I do think that I need to loosen up my ankles when I kick. I feel like I get more out of my kick for those brief moments when I allow my ankles to snap back and forth with my kick. I think I actually need to relax more to kick faster as weird as that sounds.
I suppose the answer to my question is that I simply need to take of the fins and do kick set after kick set until I learn to feel the water better with my feet and become more efficient.
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Ande there are better ways to improve your kicking then thrashing water.
He must be using what is commonly called a runners kick. Rather then tell me my advice is wrong tell him the proper way to kick.
My first suggestion would be to relax the muscles in the lower leg. Let the foot relax so the foot will point in on the down beat and flex in naturally rather than a forced point.
Wrong kicking tecnique is not good no matter how far or hard you kick.
George,
maybe you are reinforcing bad kicking advice
Bad advice would be better replaced with very little advice
if you don't kick
you won't improve your kick
Ande
Ande there are better ways to improve your kicking then thrashing water.
He must be using what is commonly called a runners kick. Rather then tell me my advice is wrong tell him the proper way to kick.
My first suggestion would be to relax the muscles in the lower leg. Let the foot relax so the foot will point in on the down beat and flex in naturally rather than a forced point.
Wrong kicking tecnique is not good no matter how far or hard you kick.
George,
maybe you are reinforcing bad kicking advice
Bad advice would be better replaced with very little advice
if you don't kick
you won't improve your kick
Ande
