Help My Flutter Kick is Horrible!

Former Member
Former Member
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.
Parents
  • Do YOU NEED to improve your flutter kick? How fast can you kick a 25, 50, 75, 200 & 200? What are your times? What's the fastest interval you can make 5 x 100 kicking? How well do you kick while you're swimming? if you watch speed boats go fast, the propeller sprays a rooster tail out the back. What does your swimming rooster tail look like? Is your kick continuous or interupted?
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  • Do YOU NEED to improve your flutter kick? How fast can you kick a 25, 50, 75, 200 & 200? What are your times? What's the fastest interval you can make 5 x 100 kicking? How well do you kick while you're swimming? if you watch speed boats go fast, the propeller sprays a rooster tail out the back. What does your swimming rooster tail look like? Is your kick continuous or interupted?
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