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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Hi guys,
I'm learning to swim and I have a problem that is really annoying me. Every time I release a breath (doing freestyle), I start to sink and have to put in more effort to get my head high enough out to take another breath.
The longer I keep going the more I seem to go below the water and the harder I have to work to get my head out....my technique suffers...and I have to eventually stop - exhausted!
Please help as I don't know what I doing wrong!
Vin.
Hi guys,
I'm learning to swim and I have a problem that is really annoying me. Every time I release a breath (doing freestyle), I start to sink and have to put in more effort to get my head high enough out to take another breath.
The longer I keep going the more I seem to go below the water and the harder I have to work to get my head out....my technique suffers...and I have to eventually stop - exhausted!
Please help as I don't know what I doing wrong!
Vin.
