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.
WTH is up with the haters on this thread?
Ande is simply trying to help people who would like to improve their kicking. This is not the "Is kicking worth the trouble?" thread.
I can tell you that by following his advice my kicking improved greatly and my swimming ABSOLUTELY got faster as well.
My priorities have shifted to other things lately but the nice thing is that it doesn't take near as much work to get back up to speed now. My muscles remember what to do, it just hurts at first.
Basically my flutter kick is no longer "horrible".
Thanks Ande.
Agreed
I offered this solution in response to a masters swimmer who said he was a horrible flutter kicker and wanted to improve. It takes about 5 or 10 minutes per practice, that's it. Some people feel that's too much or it's not worth it.
Improvement takes consistent concentrated effort over time.
There's many ways to get faster and one of the most effective ways for poor kickers to swim faster is to develop a faster kick and learn to use it when they swim. Swimmers need to develop kicking "gears" and kick the right way in each race. Strong kickers tend to have better last lengths. It's about attitude, action, technique and conditioning.
Becoming a better kicker will also give you a better easier 2 beat kick.
Many swimmers kick with poor form and too much effort.
Haters can start their own threads and I've encouraged them to do so.
Eddie Reese told me 2 of his swimmers made:
30 x 100 scy flutter kick with a board on 1:15!
Rather remarkable.
Everybody can improve.
give it a shot and see what you got
Ande
WTH is up with the haters on this thread?
Ande is simply trying to help people who would like to improve their kicking. This is not the "Is kicking worth the trouble?" thread.
I can tell you that by following his advice my kicking improved greatly and my swimming ABSOLUTELY got faster as well.
My priorities have shifted to other things lately but the nice thing is that it doesn't take near as much work to get back up to speed now. My muscles remember what to do, it just hurts at first.
Basically my flutter kick is no longer "horrible".
Thanks Ande.
Agreed
I offered this solution in response to a masters swimmer who said he was a horrible flutter kicker and wanted to improve. It takes about 5 or 10 minutes per practice, that's it. Some people feel that's too much or it's not worth it.
Improvement takes consistent concentrated effort over time.
There's many ways to get faster and one of the most effective ways for poor kickers to swim faster is to develop a faster kick and learn to use it when they swim. Swimmers need to develop kicking "gears" and kick the right way in each race. Strong kickers tend to have better last lengths. It's about attitude, action, technique and conditioning.
Becoming a better kicker will also give you a better easier 2 beat kick.
Many swimmers kick with poor form and too much effort.
Haters can start their own threads and I've encouraged them to do so.
Eddie Reese told me 2 of his swimmers made:
30 x 100 scy flutter kick with a board on 1:15!
Rather remarkable.
Everybody can improve.
give it a shot and see what you got
Ande
