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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That's the million dollar question and, so far, I haven't come across a decent explanation. I think it is very difficult to explain and, I suspect if someone were able to explain it, it would be very dry and technical and hard to understand. I am sure it is a bit like co-ordinating the arms, legs, whole body when dancing: you either have that rhythm or you don't. That's not to say you can't learn it, though. I have made this problem my main area of focus now and hope to sort it out once and for all however I think it is going to take a while.
Suggestions for how to do this?
That's the million dollar question and, so far, I haven't come across a decent explanation. I think it is very difficult to explain and, I suspect if someone were able to explain it, it would be very dry and technical and hard to understand. I am sure it is a bit like co-ordinating the arms, legs, whole body when dancing: you either have that rhythm or you don't. That's not to say you can't learn it, though. I have made this problem my main area of focus now and hope to sort it out once and for all however I think it is going to take a while.
