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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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.
Thanks for the idea. Sounds like a great drill and I'll give it a try. Question: do you use fins?
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.
Thanks for the idea. Sounds like a great drill and I'll give it a try. Question: do you use fins?
