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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You probaley notice I don't comment on many of your posts, many of them I like.
I just do not kick for practice and don't care to. My 50 mts are still around 30 seconds. I swim about 3 times a week and only do a 1000 mtrs each time I go to the pool.
My prime is over and if I were really interested in setting new lifetime best times for a 50 or a 100 I may kick a little. I am not telling you not to kick anymore. I am saying I did not do a lot of kicking and I don't want to kick. To me it would be a waste of time to kick as I only do a 1000 metre work out.
Hey George,
Thank you. I agree, If you're only doing 1k, 3x a week then you don't need to kick. But if a swimmer has a weak kick and is eager to improve her 50, 100, 200, 400 or 500, this would definitely help that swimmer kick faster and swim faster.
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You probaley notice I don't comment on many of your posts, many of them I like.
I just do not kick for practice and don't care to. My 50 mts are still around 30 seconds. I swim about 3 times a week and only do a 1000 mtrs each time I go to the pool.
My prime is over and if I were really interested in setting new lifetime best times for a 50 or a 100 I may kick a little. I am not telling you not to kick anymore. I am saying I did not do a lot of kicking and I don't want to kick. To me it would be a waste of time to kick as I only do a 1000 metre work out.
Hey George,
Thank you. I agree, If you're only doing 1k, 3x a week then you don't need to kick. But if a swimmer has a weak kick and is eager to improve her 50, 100, 200, 400 or 500, this would definitely help that swimmer kick faster and swim faster.
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