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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here's some nice phelps footage
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www.youtube.com/watch That footage is from an NHK (like the BBC of Japan) series on Phelps and other top athletes and it has tons of footage all in HD. Last I checked, there was not a US distributor for the series, but there is tons of great high quality footage of Phelps doing his magic from many angles for all strokes. The series title in English is Miracle Body, and Michael Phelps segment is "The World's Strongest Swimmer." Is this available in the US now? Com'on Discovery channel.
here's some nice phelps footage
free and SDK
www.youtube.com/watch That footage is from an NHK (like the BBC of Japan) series on Phelps and other top athletes and it has tons of footage all in HD. Last I checked, there was not a US distributor for the series, but there is tons of great high quality footage of Phelps doing his magic from many angles for all strokes. The series title in English is Miracle Body, and Michael Phelps segment is "The World's Strongest Swimmer." Is this available in the US now? Com'on Discovery channel.
