I watched a lot of the longer distance swims (1000 & 1650 yards) at Nationals and noted that there is very little and sometimes no kicking for these distances. I have a miserable kick (as in I can go backwards and usually don't move much at all if only kicking:doh: ) so this was actually encouraging to me.
Again, since I swim on my own and have no competitive experience, I am very naive in all matters of swimming in a meet. So I am posting this observation for your input and knowledge. Thanks
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While writing the above post I thought of George and his mimimal kicking habits. But then he posted himself. There is a problem when you don't keep your body in a good swimming position due to improper kicking. You not only don't help, but you hinder your arms pulling when your legs drag behind you. I have a friend and lane sharer who is plenty slower than I, but when we do no kicking drills with buoys he swims almost as fast as I do, so I believe his legs get in his way. He also swims a lot better when using fins, more than would be normally expected. You might use some fins to get the proper balance and how kicking will help your balance and make you faster. Wow, easy weekend Saturday morning, when a slowpoke like me gets to ponder and give tips on swimming!
While writing the above post I thought of George and his mimimal kicking habits. But then he posted himself. There is a problem when you don't keep your body in a good swimming position due to improper kicking. You not only don't help, but you hinder your arms pulling when your legs drag behind you. I have a friend and lane sharer who is plenty slower than I, but when we do no kicking drills with buoys he swims almost as fast as I do, so I believe his legs get in his way. He also swims a lot better when using fins, more than would be normally expected. You might use some fins to get the proper balance and how kicking will help your balance and make you faster. Wow, easy weekend Saturday morning, when a slowpoke like me gets to ponder and give tips on swimming!
