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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9/4/11:
-22.mid SFK from push
-20.hi flutter kick with board from push
-13.mid freestyle sprint from push
All of these are self-timed so the freestyle sprint is least accurate as there is probably a delay from the time i finish until i can see my watch.
Not sure why my kicking with board is faster than the SFK. maybe i lose a lot of speed when I take a breath during SFK around the 15-20m mark.
I've been increasing the kicking volume a bit and incorporating 50s now. I plan to do some flutter kick on back to keep things balanced, though I am much slower at it.
9/4/11:
-22.mid SFK from push
-20.hi flutter kick with board from push
-13.mid freestyle sprint from push
All of these are self-timed so the freestyle sprint is least accurate as there is probably a delay from the time i finish until i can see my watch.
Not sure why my kicking with board is faster than the SFK. maybe i lose a lot of speed when I take a breath during SFK around the 15-20m mark.
I've been increasing the kicking volume a bit and incorporating 50s now. I plan to do some flutter kick on back to keep things balanced, though I am much slower at it.
