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
Thanks for your input. Donna. I've always enjoyed reading your posts. They are very thoughtful. If my memory is correct, you are also a olympian. Right? Is this where you live?www.islandweb.org/index.php.
I am not a sprinter nor a distance swimmer. I just began to learn how to swim about 2 months ago. But I am inclined to be a sprinter in future. Physically I cannot stand any endurance sports.
So there are quite a lot of things I do not understand. I am currently working on this six beat kick and cannot get it right. First is the timing and right sequence of six beat kick. Second is about integrating my kicks with my pulls effectively. I feel my kicks are kind of seprated from my pulls without or with little contribution to the propulsion of my body.
And Merry Christmas to you! Although I do not celebrate it, I still get two days off!:)
Li
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
Thanks for your input. Donna. I've always enjoyed reading your posts. They are very thoughtful. If my memory is correct, you are also a olympian. Right? Is this where you live?www.islandweb.org/index.php.
I am not a sprinter nor a distance swimmer. I just began to learn how to swim about 2 months ago. But I am inclined to be a sprinter in future. Physically I cannot stand any endurance sports.
So there are quite a lot of things I do not understand. I am currently working on this six beat kick and cannot get it right. First is the timing and right sequence of six beat kick. Second is about integrating my kicks with my pulls effectively. I feel my kicks are kind of seprated from my pulls without or with little contribution to the propulsion of my body.
And Merry Christmas to you! Although I do not celebrate it, I still get two days off!:)
Li
