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.
no worries
keep after it
everyone has on days and off days
Monte Warden, an Austin songwriter friend of mine said
"Sometimes songwriting is like taking spiritual dictation
other times it's like you have 8 crayons and you're writing with your foot. Write through it."
Swimming can be the same way,
"Sometimes you're on a roll and other times the steam roller is rolling over you. Swim through it."
Sometimes you're that bat
sometimes you're the ball
Sometimes you're the windshield
sometimes you're the bug.
Keep training, you'll improve.
even when you're showing no signs of improvement, if you train consistently you are likely to improve when you rest.
Keep training whether you see signs of improvement or not.
It takes faith.
if you have time, include DPK drills, foot stretching, and leg weight training in your daily and weekly training regimin.
Every now and then do your fast test kick in a racing suit.
As I splash around in New Jersey, best wishes to the swimmers in Austin.
Till now:
3/1: 30.2
3/8: 28.0
3/15: 27.12
3/22: 27.62
3/29: 26.27
4/4: 27.18
4/11: 25.15
This week:
5/3: 26.10
Didn't post for a couple of weeks because I was at Disney World with the kids.
As an aside, does anyone else have days when they are simply slow? This morning I felt fine and well-rested, I felt like I worked hard, but all my times - kicking and swimming - were a lot slower than normal - like one second per 25.
no worries
keep after it
everyone has on days and off days
Monte Warden, an Austin songwriter friend of mine said
"Sometimes songwriting is like taking spiritual dictation
other times it's like you have 8 crayons and you're writing with your foot. Write through it."
Swimming can be the same way,
"Sometimes you're on a roll and other times the steam roller is rolling over you. Swim through it."
Sometimes you're that bat
sometimes you're the ball
Sometimes you're the windshield
sometimes you're the bug.
Keep training, you'll improve.
even when you're showing no signs of improvement, if you train consistently you are likely to improve when you rest.
Keep training whether you see signs of improvement or not.
It takes faith.
if you have time, include DPK drills, foot stretching, and leg weight training in your daily and weekly training regimin.
Every now and then do your fast test kick in a racing suit.
As I splash around in New Jersey, best wishes to the swimmers in Austin.
Till now:
3/1: 30.2
3/8: 28.0
3/15: 27.12
3/22: 27.62
3/29: 26.27
4/4: 27.18
4/11: 25.15
This week:
5/3: 26.10
Didn't post for a couple of weeks because I was at Disney World with the kids.
As an aside, does anyone else have days when they are simply slow? This morning I felt fine and well-rested, I felt like I worked hard, but all my times - kicking and swimming - were a lot slower than normal - like one second per 25.
