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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I'm brand new to this forum and this is my first post because this thread is quite interesting.
Have you all been talking meters or yards?
When I go all out flutter with board & no fins, I can do a 50y single shot deal in 0:45 in a 25y pool.
If I mosey along, it takes 1:00 or so. My best 50y free is 0:56 in a 25y pool. Is the kicking helping anything else properly? Am I doing something wrong?
What do you do for the next level?
I've seen a girl here dolphin kick with board & no fins, 100m repeated sets in 1:10 in a 50m pool (Fremont HS in Sunnyvale, CA)! What the hell?!! Occasionally, people like Janet Evans and Pablo Morales hop in around here, but jeez-louise.
I'm brand new to this forum and this is my first post because this thread is quite interesting.
Have you all been talking meters or yards?
When I go all out flutter with board & no fins, I can do a 50y single shot deal in 0:45 in a 25y pool.
If I mosey along, it takes 1:00 or so. My best 50y free is 0:56 in a 25y pool. Is the kicking helping anything else properly? Am I doing something wrong?
What do you do for the next level?
I've seen a girl here dolphin kick with board & no fins, 100m repeated sets in 1:10 in a 50m pool (Fremont HS in Sunnyvale, CA)! What the hell?!! Occasionally, people like Janet Evans and Pablo Morales hop in around here, but jeez-louise.
