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.
Hey Redbird,
I went with a board to train & test it the same way each time
I did a belly flop dive where the board skims along the surface
boards are a good choice for free, fly & *** kicking sometimes
it's important to kick fly & *** without boards
I want to see how much I can improve my 25, 50, 75, & 100 flutter kicking times this season. I want to have a power flutter kick for 50 & 100 free. I felt like my kick fell off in my 100 free at SPMA.
Hi Shane,
good job, show your times like this (below) & including prior dates & times
Start using a stop watch, get timed to 10th's of a sec
how much rest are you taking between efforts?
which order are you testing your kicks in,
consider changing the order
kicking times
25 / 50 / 75 / 100 scy
12/16/09 :18, :40, 1:03, 1:30, push, pace clock
12/09/09 :18, :40, 1:04, 1:33, push, pace clock
I did not get splits on my 1:07 kick
Probably out in 30 or 31
here's how I turn with a board?
about 6 - 8 feet from the wall
I take a free stroke with my right arm
then I take a stroke with my left arm that's holding the board, kind of sweeps to the side,
my right hand is forward & grabs the wall,
my left arm & the board are pointing towards the other end,
I bring my knees / legs up and around then put my feet on the wall
let go with my right hand & push off hard
I move my right hand back to the board (out of the water) during the push off & glide then power up my kick
I have pretty fast turns with a board.
My best ever flutter kicks with a board from a push are (college times)
50 28.0
100 1:02?
200 2:16?
Hey Redbird,
I went with a board to train & test it the same way each time
I did a belly flop dive where the board skims along the surface
boards are a good choice for free, fly & *** kicking sometimes
it's important to kick fly & *** without boards
I want to see how much I can improve my 25, 50, 75, & 100 flutter kicking times this season. I want to have a power flutter kick for 50 & 100 free. I felt like my kick fell off in my 100 free at SPMA.
Hi Shane,
good job, show your times like this (below) & including prior dates & times
Start using a stop watch, get timed to 10th's of a sec
how much rest are you taking between efforts?
which order are you testing your kicks in,
consider changing the order
kicking times
25 / 50 / 75 / 100 scy
12/16/09 :18, :40, 1:03, 1:30, push, pace clock
12/09/09 :18, :40, 1:04, 1:33, push, pace clock
I did not get splits on my 1:07 kick
Probably out in 30 or 31
here's how I turn with a board?
about 6 - 8 feet from the wall
I take a free stroke with my right arm
then I take a stroke with my left arm that's holding the board, kind of sweeps to the side,
my right hand is forward & grabs the wall,
my left arm & the board are pointing towards the other end,
I bring my knees / legs up and around then put my feet on the wall
let go with my right hand & push off hard
I move my right hand back to the board (out of the water) during the push off & glide then power up my kick
I have pretty fast turns with a board.
My best ever flutter kicks with a board from a push are (college times)
50 28.0
100 1:02?
200 2:16?
