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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1) 25 yds kick with board: 32.17 (Not my favorite activity)
2) 25 yds kick no board: 25.55
3) 25 free: 17.38
4) 50 free: 38.88
That was five weeks ago. Today:
1) 33.20
2) 25.01
3) 17.04
I'll add a 50 free time in the next day or so, when I swim one.
For 2), today was the first time I made it across the pool face down without coming up for a breath. That alone probably shaved a second off my time.
A better contrast comes from an old log book I found. Last September, my 25 yard kick was 33 seconds. My 50 free was 40.
1) 25 yds kick with board: 32.17 (Not my favorite activity)
2) 25 yds kick no board: 25.55
3) 25 free: 17.38
4) 50 free: 38.88
That was five weeks ago. Today:
1) 33.20
2) 25.01
3) 17.04
I'll add a 50 free time in the next day or so, when I swim one.
For 2), today was the first time I made it across the pool face down without coming up for a breath. That alone probably shaved a second off my time.
A better contrast comes from an old log book I found. Last September, my 25 yard kick was 33 seconds. My 50 free was 40.
