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.
New results today:
8/26/11:
-23.5 SFK from push
-22.low flutter kick with board from push
-13.mid sprint freestyle from push
definitely picking up some strength and endurance for kicking w/ board. SFK feels a bit awkward, feet spending too much time out of the water, but this doesnt happen with a board due to the higher head position.
8/16/11:
-23.5s streamline flutter kick ("SFK"?) from push
-25.0s flutter kick with board from push
-13.5s sprint freestyle from push
Nice improvements:
Keep training several times a week to kick faster
you can kick a lot faster
When kicking with a board
do small fast kicks but splash your feet.
your feet should come out of the water an inch or 2 or 3
When you're SFKing
breathe in a BIG BREATH of air and hold it
push off deeper or dive in a little deeper and stay under the whole way
toward the end of your 25 angle your body up and let the air in your lungs pull you to the surface, if you can't make the 50 the whole way sneak a breath or 2
do small fast flutter kicks
hold a tight streamline the whole way, unless you must breathe
New results today:
8/26/11:
-23.5 SFK from push
-22.low flutter kick with board from push
-13.mid sprint freestyle from push
definitely picking up some strength and endurance for kicking w/ board. SFK feels a bit awkward, feet spending too much time out of the water, but this doesnt happen with a board due to the higher head position.
8/16/11:
-23.5s streamline flutter kick ("SFK"?) from push
-25.0s flutter kick with board from push
-13.5s sprint freestyle from push
Nice improvements:
Keep training several times a week to kick faster
you can kick a lot faster
When kicking with a board
do small fast kicks but splash your feet.
your feet should come out of the water an inch or 2 or 3
When you're SFKing
breathe in a BIG BREATH of air and hold it
push off deeper or dive in a little deeper and stay under the whole way
toward the end of your 25 angle your body up and let the air in your lungs pull you to the surface, if you can't make the 50 the whole way sneak a breath or 2
do small fast flutter kicks
hold a tight streamline the whole way, unless you must breathe
