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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kicking is important but novices tend to over kick
Hi Ande,
Ive been reading through this long thread. Im fairly new to swimming and working on 1:50 average per 100m. Starting to learn hw to work out enough instead of just swimming mindlessly. Ive been working on my catch and pull quite a bit but have come to the conclusionthat my kicking which I can feel isnt particularly strong is causing me to veer from side to side, and ultimately not swim freestyle as fast as I would like. I think my legs lack a lot of fitness, why do you say I should not strengthen them with fins and alternate with kickboard?
Learn proper technique, focus on swimming correctly
get 1 on 1 swim technique instruction
watch videos
get your self videoed while swimming
post it on youtube.
provide a link and ask for feedback
kicking is important but novices tend to over kick
Hi Ande,
Ive been reading through this long thread. Im fairly new to swimming and working on 1:50 average per 100m. Starting to learn hw to work out enough instead of just swimming mindlessly. Ive been working on my catch and pull quite a bit but have come to the conclusionthat my kicking which I can feel isnt particularly strong is causing me to veer from side to side, and ultimately not swim freestyle as fast as I would like. I think my legs lack a lot of fitness, why do you say I should not strengthen them with fins and alternate with kickboard?
