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.
kick 50's, 75's & 100's
Ande
I need to start timing 50's 75's, and 100's for kicking too.
Is this a rhetorical question, or did you honestly wonder if you can use snorkels at meets?
Congratulations keep it up
What do you need to do to kick faster?
how much rest do you put between efforts?
consider only testing 2 distances each time instead of all 4
how are you doing these again?
board / no board
suit
how are you starting?
kicking times
25 / 50 / 75 / 100 scy
01/24/10 :17.0, :37.6, 1:01.0, 1:26.8, push, stop watch
01/13/10 :17.1, :40.0, 1:06.1, 1:32.1, push, stop watch
12/31/09 :16.8, :38.2, 1:01.7, 1:26.8, push, stop watch
12/29/09 :17.0, :38.5, 1:01.3, 1:27.3, push, stop watch
12/26/09 :16.7, :38.2, 1:01.6, 1:30.1, push, stop watch
12/23/09 :17.x, :38.x, 1:03.x, 1:28.x, push, pace clock
12/22/09 :17.x, :39.x, 1:04.x, 1:30.x, push, pace clock
12/16/09 :18.x, :40.x, 1:03.x, 1:30.x, push, pace clock
12/09/09 :18.x, :40.x, 1:04.x, 1:33.x, push, pace clock
Steve it is my thought why use some thing that you cannot use in a race. Same thing as my belief no kickboards, no fins no pull bouys, no paddles. I also believe they should not be allowed to use more then 3 dolpin kicks after a dive or turn. I may be alone in these beliefs. If they want to race dolphin kicks there should be a dolphin kicking race.
I need to start timing 50's 75's, and 100's for kicking too.
Is this a rhetorical question, or did you honestly wonder if you can use snorkels at meets?
thanks,
been doing this order last few times: 100,25,75,50 swim easy between each until heart rate feels near normal. i do change the order sometimes but have trouble getting a fast time for the 100 if it is not done first.
no board just streamline. no equipment for the 25 since no breath needed. snorkle for 25,75,100. i do flip at the wall.
suit is a tyr poly jammer.
time is with a finger mounted lap counter www.sportcount.com/featureChart.php i try to start as my feet leave the wall.
i will try testing two at a time for a while.
thanks Ande, i'm also starting to see improvements in swimming freestyle from this kicking program, esp on sets of fast 25s or 50s.
to answer your question i go streamlined from a push and time myself with a stopwatch. for 50yds and up i use a snorkle.
great, keep it up you'll keep improving
Anyone got any more results?
today I kicked 50 yards from a dive with a board
went 28.2
thanks Ande, i'm also starting to see improvements in swimming freestyle from this kicking program, esp on sets of fast 25s or 50s.
to answer your question i go streamlined from a push and time myself with a stopwatch. for 50yds and up i use a snorkle.
