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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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.
Thanks, I really improved in only one session. I felt at the end the legs were making it my arms easier to do 25 meters in sprint.
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.
Thanks, I really improved in only one session. I felt at the end the legs were making it my arms easier to do 25 meters in sprint.
