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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I am also an advocate of using fins; I prefer red Zoomers myself, but occasionally use a fin with holes in them. Made by VOLORACE and they are specific to swimmers. They force your ankles to bend more thus stretching the tendons/muscles. And they are long so I do use them for underwater dolphin kick drills and backstroke kicking. But I'd think breaststrokers would have a terrible time with them. :rofl:
Zoomers have improved my leg strength by isolating my kick and they teach my brain and body proper body position when moving quickly. When the fins come off, of course it's weird, but I know what my body position should be and then I strive for that.
Donna
I am also an advocate of using fins; I prefer red Zoomers myself, but occasionally use a fin with holes in them. Made by VOLORACE and they are specific to swimmers. They force your ankles to bend more thus stretching the tendons/muscles. And they are long so I do use them for underwater dolphin kick drills and backstroke kicking. But I'd think breaststrokers would have a terrible time with them. :rofl:
Zoomers have improved my leg strength by isolating my kick and they teach my brain and body proper body position when moving quickly. When the fins come off, of course it's weird, but I know what my body position should be and then I strive for that.
Donna
