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.
When using a kickboard, I tend to believe I have a good and strong kick, although it still is an activity that needs a lot of oxygen.
However, when sprinting, I feel lack of coordination and my kick has little of the kick-alone quality. Ankles seem to cross each other, rythym is gone and I believe that no kicking does not have an impact on speed.
How can I work on this coordination?
if your "Ankles seem to cross each other" then they are. At some point in your stroke cycle they are crossing & probably hitting each other
you asked: How can I work on this coordination?
Do 25's where you concentrate on doing a strong steady 6 beat kick
See if you can learn to keep your legs slightly apart and get to where they don't cross.
Have a friend with an Iphone or an underwater camera video you.
When using a kickboard, I tend to believe I have a good and strong kick, although it still is an activity that needs a lot of oxygen.
However, when sprinting, I feel lack of coordination and my kick has little of the kick-alone quality. Ankles seem to cross each other, rythym is gone and I believe that no kicking does not have an impact on speed.
How can I work on this coordination?
if your "Ankles seem to cross each other" then they are. At some point in your stroke cycle they are crossing & probably hitting each other
you asked: How can I work on this coordination?
Do 25's where you concentrate on doing a strong steady 6 beat kick
See if you can learn to keep your legs slightly apart and get to where they don't cross.
Have a friend with an Iphone or an underwater camera video you.
