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.
Tonight I did 10 x 25 m freestyle kicking.
Times varieing from 28 sec to 23 sec. with a normal push off from the wall. (no SDK) I noticed that my first 12 meters are faster then the last.
The closer I get to the wall, the slower it seems to go.
Is there an explanation for?
Yes
1) the 1st half has a push off the wall & you are fresh &
2) the 2nd half has no pushoff & you're starting to feel fatigued,
especially if you blasted your first 1/2
Solution:
1) improve your conditioning, by doing a lot of fast kicking sets
2) improve your technique
3) start out fast & hard but not ALL ALL out,
maybe kick at 95 or 97 or 98% effort so you'll have more left for your 2nd 1/2
Yes, correct splitting a 25 kick is likely to give you a faster 2nd 1/2 & better over all time than blasting from the get go.
Tonight I did 10 x 25 m freestyle kicking.
Times varieing from 28 sec to 23 sec. with a normal push off from the wall. (no SDK) I noticed that my first 12 meters are faster then the last.
The closer I get to the wall, the slower it seems to go.
Is there an explanation for?
Yes
1) the 1st half has a push off the wall & you are fresh &
2) the 2nd half has no pushoff & you're starting to feel fatigued,
especially if you blasted your first 1/2
Solution:
1) improve your conditioning, by doing a lot of fast kicking sets
2) improve your technique
3) start out fast & hard but not ALL ALL out,
maybe kick at 95 or 97 or 98% effort so you'll have more left for your 2nd 1/2
Yes, correct splitting a 25 kick is likely to give you a faster 2nd 1/2 & better over all time than blasting from the get go.
