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.
Today I managed to do 25 m kick 2 seconds faster bij keeping the head almost entirely under the water surface, breathing one time. After three kick training sets, I feel progression already. Positive point is that I am more aware of what the legs are doing.
Congratulations, that's progress.
For a while you'll improve by chunks.
At some point it might slow down to a trickle.
But for now enjoy the low hanging fruit & keep picking it.
putting your face in the water aligns your body
it keeps your hips higher creating less drag.
The higher your lips the lower your hips.
Something else you can try is
just before you push off
breathe the maximum amount of air & hold it,
when you need your next breath
BREATHE OUT then BREATHE in the max again.
Today I managed to do 25 m kick 2 seconds faster bij keeping the head almost entirely under the water surface, breathing one time. After three kick training sets, I feel progression already. Positive point is that I am more aware of what the legs are doing.
Congratulations, that's progress.
For a while you'll improve by chunks.
At some point it might slow down to a trickle.
But for now enjoy the low hanging fruit & keep picking it.
putting your face in the water aligns your body
it keeps your hips higher creating less drag.
The higher your lips the lower your hips.
Something else you can try is
just before you push off
breathe the maximum amount of air & hold it,
when you need your next breath
BREATHE OUT then BREATHE in the max again.
