Just came back from the pool. Confused and frustrated about this six beat thing.
Here is what I am doing now: left leg kick down/right leg up(my right arm begins to stroke), left leg up/right leg down, left down/right up, left up/right down, left down/right up with my right arm enters the water. Is this a six beat kick or a 4 beat kick?
Another thing is about the integration of kicks and pulls. When I just kick, without any arm movement, it seems OK. I can get propulsion and feel that I kick from the hip, toes pointed and heels out of water. But everthing just does not work properly when I try to integrate the kick with the arm stroke. I no longer feel that I kick from my hip. And do not feel the kicks have produced any propulsion.
Any comment? Thanks in advance. And Merry Chrismas!(but I do not celebrate it.;)
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Hi Tree,
Christmas is slow where I live (island), and your post got my attention. I can offer about zero on this topic because it is freestyle, and I always had a 6-beat kick in backstroke. But I just wanted to respond; I think some sprinters, after Christmas, can probably give you a lot of insight as to the 6-beat kick on freestyle and explain it, or at least from your description, give you some solid thoughts on it. But, just for a point of reference, my kick would start when my left arm started into the pull, and by the time my right arm started into the pull, my legs had kicked 6 times (2 on left, 2 on center, 2 on right). It sounds like you are a sprinter? Yes?
Donna
Hi Tree,
Christmas is slow where I live (island), and your post got my attention. I can offer about zero on this topic because it is freestyle, and I always had a 6-beat kick in backstroke. But I just wanted to respond; I think some sprinters, after Christmas, can probably give you a lot of insight as to the 6-beat kick on freestyle and explain it, or at least from your description, give you some solid thoughts on it. But, just for a point of reference, my kick would start when my left arm started into the pull, and by the time my right arm started into the pull, my legs had kicked 6 times (2 on left, 2 on center, 2 on right). It sounds like you are a sprinter? Yes?
Donna
