Help My Flutter Kick is Horrible!

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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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  • aqualung my friend, you poor old sod i suggest you stop eyeing little girls with bad intent who are kicking way faster than you have you been Feeling like a dead duck you need your Leg hurting bad screaming agony when you finish a fast 25 you snatch your rattling last breaths I suggest you read and apply the tips in this thread and before you know it flowers bloom like madness in the spring please start doing the fast 25 kick sets each day then test your kicking speed once a week then report your results here don't start away uneasy start Taking time the only way he knows soon you should be making remarkable improvements good luck and I look forward to reading your results Ande READERS: If you're a slow kicker, You can improve your kick Here's how and when you do you'll swim faster TRY IT, APPLY IT and post your progress forums.usms.org/showpost.php forums.usms.org/showpost.php forums.usms.org/showpost.php forums.usms.org/showpost.php forums.usms.org/showpost.php forums.usms.org/showpost.php forums.usms.org/showpost.php forums.usms.org/showpost.php 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 50y in 0:45 in a 25y pool. If I mosey along, it takes 0:55 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 sets in 1:10 in a 50m pool (Fremont HS in Sunnyvale, CA)! What the hell?!!
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  • aqualung my friend, you poor old sod i suggest you stop eyeing little girls with bad intent who are kicking way faster than you have you been Feeling like a dead duck you need your Leg hurting bad screaming agony when you finish a fast 25 you snatch your rattling last breaths I suggest you read and apply the tips in this thread and before you know it flowers bloom like madness in the spring please start doing the fast 25 kick sets each day then test your kicking speed once a week then report your results here don't start away uneasy start Taking time the only way he knows soon you should be making remarkable improvements good luck and I look forward to reading your results Ande READERS: If you're a slow kicker, You can improve your kick Here's how and when you do you'll swim faster TRY IT, APPLY IT and post your progress forums.usms.org/showpost.php forums.usms.org/showpost.php forums.usms.org/showpost.php forums.usms.org/showpost.php forums.usms.org/showpost.php forums.usms.org/showpost.php forums.usms.org/showpost.php forums.usms.org/showpost.php 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 50y in 0:45 in a 25y pool. If I mosey along, it takes 0:55 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 sets in 1:10 in a 50m pool (Fremont HS in Sunnyvale, CA)! What the hell?!!
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