I am training for a *** stroke event. I am not that good at it even though I have made a lot of progress. Everytime I kick I feel like I can't kick hard enough, if I kick harder than I ususally do, my hips and thigh joints start hurting, maybe I just need to stretch more. I also feel like I'm slowing down alittle everytime I kick, instead of flowing through. Do I have to push my arms forward when I kick?
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Rich's advice is potentially confusing IMHO. Some people kick out at the beginning of the stroke and then squeeze their legs together. This is not good. The squeeze is at the end to make sure your ankles are together. Once you get your feet in the catch position(knees bent as much as comfortable,feet as externally rotated as possible,no bending at the waist) there should be NO kicking outward. The feet are swept back from this position as powerfully as possible.
Allen described what I was trying to say better, so I ditched my first post. The sweeping motion is what I was trying to highlight.
Rich's advice is potentially confusing IMHO. Some people kick out at the beginning of the stroke and then squeeze their legs together. This is not good. The squeeze is at the end to make sure your ankles are together. Once you get your feet in the catch position(knees bent as much as comfortable,feet as externally rotated as possible,no bending at the waist) there should be NO kicking outward. The feet are swept back from this position as powerfully as possible.
Allen described what I was trying to say better, so I ditched my first post. The sweeping motion is what I was trying to highlight.
