So my kick sucks, or rather I don't do much kicking so it's very inefficent. It takes me about 30 seconds to do 25 meters. I don't use fins since I don't much like them. I have a very slow two beat kick in freestyle, and on longer fly sets I'm lucky to get one kick per beat. My only strong kick is in the ***.
I'm a strong swimmer, I'm close to having a top 10 in the 200 fly, so it's not a case of the rest of my stroke being bad. I think that if I can actually get some sort of kick then I can drop my times. I do dolphin kick off the walls, and that works well for me. I've tried swimming 25s underwater kick, but that doesn't work for me, after a couple of kicks I slow down and they are inefficent.
So how can I improve my kicks? Do I need to do 1000 kick sets every so often? There are times when I try and kick during workouts, but I seem to forget after a minute or so. It seems to me that while I have stong legs, they just don't want to kick, maybe my core isn't strong enough, and my mind says, you're moving fast enough, why worry about wasting the energy kicking?
I think this is my breakthrough to the next level, I've been at my times for awhile now.
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This harkens back to the days of waterpolo training. Egg beater kick with dumbells overhead.
...Ed have you tried sitting on your ankles for better flexibility?
I can't do the egg beater, it kills my knees.
As for flexibility, I think I'm as flexable as one can get. I can point my toes straight, and I can stand on the outside of my feet, so my soles are pointing together.
I just think I don't kick much and my brain doesn't say kick. When we do pull sets I don't use a bouy as my legs do not sink. I know on my 100 fly last weekend I was telling myself to kick, but it just wasn't working. I also find myself in the middle of sets not really kicking and I know I need to kick more to go faster. I think my fly will improve as well.
This harkens back to the days of waterpolo training. Egg beater kick with dumbells overhead.
...Ed have you tried sitting on your ankles for better flexibility?
I can't do the egg beater, it kills my knees.
As for flexibility, I think I'm as flexable as one can get. I can point my toes straight, and I can stand on the outside of my feet, so my soles are pointing together.
I just think I don't kick much and my brain doesn't say kick. When we do pull sets I don't use a bouy as my legs do not sink. I know on my 100 fly last weekend I was telling myself to kick, but it just wasn't working. I also find myself in the middle of sets not really kicking and I know I need to kick more to go faster. I think my fly will improve as well.
