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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We also have to agree that one glove does not fit all. We have all been brought up by different experiences and circumstances. Me originally a 400 1500m or 440 - 1 mile guy who had to change to sprints as I was not able to train hard enough (limited to 500 hard work a day) to do distance. Then sprints for years. Then in 1963 started to swim marathon swims but found it easyier to do a six beat kick then a 2 or 4 beat. Then to my amazement swimming in salt water which made my feet kick in the air so had to change my head position for salt water swims in order to kick in the water.
We also have to agree that one glove does not fit all. We have all been brought up by different experiences and circumstances. Me originally a 400 1500m or 440 - 1 mile guy who had to change to sprints as I was not able to train hard enough (limited to 500 hard work a day) to do distance. Then sprints for years. Then in 1963 started to swim marathon swims but found it easyier to do a six beat kick then a 2 or 4 beat. Then to my amazement swimming in salt water which made my feet kick in the air so had to change my head position for salt water swims in order to kick in the water.
