Does anyone else here NOT kick when they swim freestyle?
When I was 19, a coach told me that a lot of "real" freestylers don't kick, which was a surprise to me because every other coach I'd had would yell at me to kick during my events. I grew up thinking I was the odd one out, but maybe someone on here knows what I'm talking about...
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Turning to my own experience I WAS faster with a pull buoy, much faster, in college. And the ease with which I could swim fast (a very relative term in my case) was seductive so I wanted to do as much training as possible with the buoy. Unfortunately it never translated into similar success when I couldn't wear the buoy - i.e. in races. So focusing on that supposed strength clearly limited me.
I have a friend who is struggling with this at the moment, lately he has been doing very well in pull sets and not very well in full-stroke sets. Any suggestions on the likely cause and cure?
Turning to my own experience I WAS faster with a pull buoy, much faster, in college. And the ease with which I could swim fast (a very relative term in my case) was seductive so I wanted to do as much training as possible with the buoy. Unfortunately it never translated into similar success when I couldn't wear the buoy - i.e. in races. So focusing on that supposed strength clearly limited me.
I have a friend who is struggling with this at the moment, lately he has been doing very well in pull sets and not very well in full-stroke sets. Any suggestions on the likely cause and cure?
