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.
I astonished that you can go 15 M underwater in a 25 M pool and have it be legal. And flipping over a stroke before flip turning? Is that legal? Seems like you could get away with doing about 36 M of actual backstroke in the 100M backstroke race? Really?
Yep, you can go 15m underwater in any fly, back, or free event. *** doesn't have that stipulation. For back, the rules just require that you be on your back and do a legal turn/finish, so whether you swim or kick, as long as you meet those two requirements, you can do it however you want!
I astonished that you can go 15 M underwater in a 25 M pool and have it be legal. And flipping over a stroke before flip turning? Is that legal? Seems like you could get away with doing about 36 M of actual backstroke in the 100M backstroke race? Really?
Yep, you can go 15m underwater in any fly, back, or free event. *** doesn't have that stipulation. For back, the rules just require that you be on your back and do a legal turn/finish, so whether you swim or kick, as long as you meet those two requirements, you can do it however you want!
