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.
notsofast
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WannaBeSpeedy
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.
notsofast
thanks for reporting
pretty soon you may need to change your name to
sortafast
or
WannaBeSpeedy
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.
