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...
Hi Terry,
What exactly consitutes a kicking set? I like to do 50's of streamlined dolphin kicking off the wall on my stomach, surface, flutterkick on my left side (left arm forward, right arm down - focussing on being as 'straight' as possible), then take one stroke, flip and repeat but on my right side. Is this a kick set? If so, I don't think I'm ready to give this one up. I think of this as more of a drill than a kick set though. And... I don't really 'like' to do this drill so much as I think it's useful.
Take a month or three off of kicking with a board? No problem!! I don't think there's any value at all in kicking with a board. It hurts my shoulders for flutterkick and it hurts my knees when I kick ***.
Thanks!
Carrie
Hi Terry,
What exactly consitutes a kicking set? I like to do 50's of streamlined dolphin kicking off the wall on my stomach, surface, flutterkick on my left side (left arm forward, right arm down - focussing on being as 'straight' as possible), then take one stroke, flip and repeat but on my right side. Is this a kick set? If so, I don't think I'm ready to give this one up. I think of this as more of a drill than a kick set though. And... I don't really 'like' to do this drill so much as I think it's useful.
Take a month or three off of kicking with a board? No problem!! I don't think there's any value at all in kicking with a board. It hurts my shoulders for flutterkick and it hurts my knees when I kick ***.
Thanks!
Carrie
