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 Steve,
Congratulations, you're making remarkable improvements.
at some point you are going to hit the wall and improvements will decrease or stop. You just need to hitting the wall, over and over and over & just train through it. Also use a watch and get timed to 10ths of a second.
Remember hand times have some degree of timer error
if your stopwatch is water proof you can hold it in your hand but
it is better to have a timer, ask someone to time you.
When to press start?
I prefer to start the timer when my feet leave the wall.
If I have starting blocks I prefer to start from my timers GO
Timer BEEPS or says GO & starts the watch.
I have to react to it.
How are you supposed to hold the board?
hands up front,
6 - 10 inches apart,
fingers gripped on front of board
palms down
Ande
Hey Steve,
Congratulations, you're making remarkable improvements.
at some point you are going to hit the wall and improvements will decrease or stop. You just need to hitting the wall, over and over and over & just train through it. Also use a watch and get timed to 10ths of a second.
Remember hand times have some degree of timer error
if your stopwatch is water proof you can hold it in your hand but
it is better to have a timer, ask someone to time you.
When to press start?
I prefer to start the timer when my feet leave the wall.
If I have starting blocks I prefer to start from my timers GO
Timer BEEPS or says GO & starts the watch.
I have to react to it.
How are you supposed to hold the board?
hands up front,
6 - 10 inches apart,
fingers gripped on front of board
palms down
Ande
