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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Intensity of the kick, I found that to over kick is worse than underkicking, and I do not mean the beats per stroke. The quotes of the master coaches are not going to help nor are drills. He has to swim and work on how he introduces his 2 beat, 4 beat, 6 beat or 8 beat kick in to his swim stroke. I found after a long lay off nothing worked for me it was my preperation to swim in the Pan American Games. I had to let the legs do what they wanted but made my body streamlined the legs performed well in what I call no kick. It was actually a six beat kick controlled by the arm movement. The arms control what the legs do the legs will be on the top of the water no matter whether the legs kick or not if your arms are used properly. When others do pull bouys I can stay with them when I have a rubber band on my ankles. I should add the second wave pushes the legs to the surface the water that fills the void left by the body moving forward which adds to propulsion.
Intensity of the kick, I found that to over kick is worse than underkicking, and I do not mean the beats per stroke. The quotes of the master coaches are not going to help nor are drills. He has to swim and work on how he introduces his 2 beat, 4 beat, 6 beat or 8 beat kick in to his swim stroke. I found after a long lay off nothing worked for me it was my preperation to swim in the Pan American Games. I had to let the legs do what they wanted but made my body streamlined the legs performed well in what I call no kick. It was actually a six beat kick controlled by the arm movement. The arms control what the legs do the legs will be on the top of the water no matter whether the legs kick or not if your arms are used properly. When others do pull bouys I can stay with them when I have a rubber band on my ankles. I should add the second wave pushes the legs to the surface the water that fills the void left by the body moving forward which adds to propulsion.
