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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Till now:
3/1: 30.2
3/8: 28.0
3/15: 27.12
3/22: 27.62
3/29: 26.27
This week
4/4: 27.18
Lately I've done drills kicking on my back with a pull-buoy. (I found a video of it on goswim.tv but can't find it again, so can't provide a link.) I guess the idea is to generate power from the hips and transfer it to the lower legs, which I suppose translates into better technique. It gives a good burn to the leg muscles, but does this sound like a good drill to improve technique? If not, any other ideas?
Till now:
3/1: 30.2
3/8: 28.0
3/15: 27.12
3/22: 27.62
3/29: 26.27
This week
4/4: 27.18
Lately I've done drills kicking on my back with a pull-buoy. (I found a video of it on goswim.tv but can't find it again, so can't provide a link.) I guess the idea is to generate power from the hips and transfer it to the lower legs, which I suppose translates into better technique. It gives a good burn to the leg muscles, but does this sound like a good drill to improve technique? If not, any other ideas?
