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.
I haven't recommended flutter kicking with a pull bouy though brendan does sometimes when he kicks ***
I suggest doing the sets the way I explaind them them
you need to get used to blasting your legs all out and kicking as fast as you can
do some 15 meter sprints too
make a video of you kicking and put it up on youtube for us to view
you need to break through and get back on the improvement track
be warmed up but fresh when you do your test kick
get psyched just before you go
push off hard and blast our legs
congratulations on your progress and keep after it
ande
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?
I haven't recommended flutter kicking with a pull bouy though brendan does sometimes when he kicks ***
I suggest doing the sets the way I explaind them them
you need to get used to blasting your legs all out and kicking as fast as you can
do some 15 meter sprints too
make a video of you kicking and put it up on youtube for us to view
you need to break through and get back on the improvement track
be warmed up but fresh when you do your test kick
get psyched just before you go
push off hard and blast our legs
congratulations on your progress and keep after it
ande
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?
