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.
this early in the season, Most swimmers train through meets,
maybe take it easy for a day or 2 before the meet, mainly to not get too beaten up and sick, but if it's a USMS meet, there's a chance tech suits will get banned Mid January so if you want to post some fast times rest more and wear a speedy suit.
my next meet is this Saturday (9th).
events: 500free, 50free, 100free, 100IM, 50back.
kicking solo 3x/week maybe 2000yds total.
training with masters team 5-6hrs/week maybe 15-18k yds.
i can't say that i have been training for a particular event in this meet, more just building a base and improving technique. i would like to use this meet as a baseline and begin training for nationals in Atlanta with a focus on 50/100free and 100IM.
this early in the season, Most swimmers train through meets,
maybe take it easy for a day or 2 before the meet, mainly to not get too beaten up and sick, but if it's a USMS meet, there's a chance tech suits will get banned Mid January so if you want to post some fast times rest more and wear a speedy suit.
my next meet is this Saturday (9th).
events: 500free, 50free, 100free, 100IM, 50back.
kicking solo 3x/week maybe 2000yds total.
training with masters team 5-6hrs/week maybe 15-18k yds.
i can't say that i have been training for a particular event in this meet, more just building a base and improving technique. i would like to use this meet as a baseline and begin training for nationals in Atlanta with a focus on 50/100free and 100IM.
