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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Ande, IMHO, hits it right on the head: Stop lazy legs.
I think the whole point of the thread is this: To go as fast as possible, you need to use every weapon in your arsenal, and there are a lot of people - including me - who think their legs make them slower, and they need to learn that their legs can make them faster, even if it's just a little bit.
My goals are so modest compared with what most people here can do; but now, when I'm in the water and want to speed up, I think: How can my legs help? And with practice, I've found that my legs are one more way to speed up. That change in attitude is probably the biggest thing I will get from this thread.
Ande, IMHO, hits it right on the head: Stop lazy legs.
I think the whole point of the thread is this: To go as fast as possible, you need to use every weapon in your arsenal, and there are a lot of people - including me - who think their legs make them slower, and they need to learn that their legs can make them faster, even if it's just a little bit.
My goals are so modest compared with what most people here can do; but now, when I'm in the water and want to speed up, I think: How can my legs help? And with practice, I've found that my legs are one more way to speed up. That change in attitude is probably the biggest thing I will get from this thread.
