I notice that emphasis is always made on "narrow" flutter kicks when I watch freestyle DVDs. Why do flutter kicks have to be narrow?
Is there any good solution/drill for correcting wide flutter kicks? I happen to have very wide flutter kicks and wonder if that's one of the reasons for being slow.
Your entire body should rotate like you've got a skewer stuck right through you. Breathing (ideally) then just becomes a matter of opening your mouth when you're rotating to whatever side you want to breathe on. Realistically you're going to have to turn your head some, but it should be coupled with the rotation of your entire body.
When you are taught from the age of 4 how to swim and have a coach who watches and corrects your swimming, by the time you are 20 you have kicked so many yards that it comes natural for the legs to do the right thing.
Late comers do have to learn not to fishtail and keep streamline.
I dont know either but when we kick the toes point in as we kick down and the big toes may touch as we kick. I had dropped something on my big toes, they became infected and as I kicked and they touched - terrible pain. After they healed no problem.
I dont know either but when we kick the toes point in as we kick down and the big toes may touch as we kick. I had dropped something on my big toes, they became infected and as I kicked and they touched - terrible pain. After they healed no problem.
Now I know. Thanks George. I think you are swimming too much. :wiggle:
