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 are right Ande. You know I agree about kicking. I did lots of it when I was younger. My knees started bothering me when I was in my twenties trying to compete in breaststroke. When I reached 60 I could barely walk. I have had two knee replacements and I have major problems pushing off walls. If I kick too hard I have trouble with knee clicking and get great pain walking. Very little kicking no pain.
You are right Ande. You know I agree about kicking. I did lots of it when I was younger. My knees started bothering me when I was in my twenties trying to compete in breaststroke. When I reached 60 I could barely walk. I have had two knee replacements and I have major problems pushing off walls. If I kick too hard I have trouble with knee clicking and get great pain walking. Very little kicking no pain.
