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.
now the whole point
is to make your legs as useful as possible
some swimmers are struggling to break 30, 25, or 20 with their 25 kick
while others can break 15
the very fastest swimmers can break 12 and 11
there are some swimmers who can SDK a 25 under 10.0
everyone can improve
find out how fast you are then train to go even faster
ande
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.
now the whole point
is to make your legs as useful as possible
some swimmers are struggling to break 30, 25, or 20 with their 25 kick
while others can break 15
the very fastest swimmers can break 12 and 11
there are some swimmers who can SDK a 25 under 10.0
everyone can improve
find out how fast you are then train to go even faster
ande
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.
