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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kicking times
25 / 50 / 75 / 100 scy
12/31/09 :16.8, :38.2, 1:01.7, 1:26.8, push, stop watch
12/29/09 :17.0, :38.5, 1:01.3, 1:27.3, push, stop watch
12/26/09 :16.7, :38.2, 1:01.6, 1:30.1, push, stop watch
12/23/09 :17.x, :38.x, 1:03.x, 1:28.x, push, pace clock
12/22/09 :17.x, :39.x, 1:04.x, 1:30.x, push, pace clock
12/16/09 :18.x, :40.x, 1:03.x, 1:30.x, push, pace clock
12/09/09 :18.x, :40.x, 1:04.x, 1:33.x, push, pace clock
Ande, do you have any advice for tapering this kicking program down before a meet?
