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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I don't think you are following what I suggested people do
you are embracing the princliples of
working your kick hard and
getting your times
At some point I want you to
warm up then
get your time on an all out 25 kick
I am probably following 80% of your kick training suggestions. No, I am not following your benchmark tests suggestions at all. Pool space has become so limited that I am not benchmark testing at all.
One question is:
how far is your hand from the end of the board?
if there's a big diff
consider stopping the watch when your hand touches the wall.
My hands are at the curve of the board. When I miss the wall and the lip of the board enters the gutter, my fingers get smashed. I try not to do that.
I don't think you are following what I suggested people do
you are embracing the princliples of
working your kick hard and
getting your times
At some point I want you to
warm up then
get your time on an all out 25 kick
I am probably following 80% of your kick training suggestions. No, I am not following your benchmark tests suggestions at all. Pool space has become so limited that I am not benchmark testing at all.
One question is:
how far is your hand from the end of the board?
if there's a big diff
consider stopping the watch when your hand touches the wall.
My hands are at the curve of the board. When I miss the wall and the lip of the board enters the gutter, my fingers get smashed. I try not to do that.
