Originally posted by Paul Smith
Here's the deal folks...forget about weights...if you REALLY want to make a significant break through in your swimming relative to competition stop swimming for 4-8 weeks and go to kick only workouts...as you ease back into swimming you will have the opportunity to "learn" how to integrate a new and powerful element to your stroke...something that 90% of the swimmers I see competing do not do well....
This really caught my attention. I seem to have been hearing this a lot lately: people coming back after a shoulder op, doing kick only workouts and then having their best seasons ever.
I don't doubt the authenticity of it either. I am just interested on what is actually going on. Why should this be the case?
Has anyone ever scientifically measured the amount the kick contributes to forward propulsion? I mean ratio wise, compared to the arms, what would it be? 80% arms : 20% legs?
What about the swimmers who are great kickers in workouts but can't translate it into faster swimming?
How do we actually integrate the kick into our swimming so that it becomes a new and powerful element to our stroke as Paul suggests?
Would it be fair to say that a big part of the improvement these (post op/ focus on kicking )swimmers achieve can be attributed to the strengthened core which is a result of the additional kicking. In other words more credit given to the strengthened core than increased forward propulsion.
I don't know. I just throw out these ideas for discussion.
Syd
Also, why do I seem to be more tired after a kick intensive workout than a regular workout?
You must not be in shape...:thhbbb:
I suggest not to do kick intensive workouts until you are in shape.:cane:
:dedhorse: I found this article on what they call burst speed which I think can be useful to the human when they swim. It shows low speed hydroplaning in ducklings. Quack Quack
darwin.wcupa.edu/.../1995JEBHydroplane.pdf
Just to add to this, Matt Mann said to pop out of the water at high speed and end up on top of the bow wave. Then Swim Downhill, we travel faster during the early stages of the dive and turn. Should we pop out during the high speed phase? This would eliminate any long SDK.
Given that *some* downward movement of the arms is inevitable in the front part of the stroke, is it possible that because sprinters are stroking faster with more power that this tends to lift sprinters higher in the water? The larger kick might then be to balance this?
For those of us who less iniated with swimming, can you explain a "V" scull in a little more detail? :dunno:
Thanx,
Check out all of this drills from this synchro video....funny that the competitive world of swimming has "stolen" a lot of this stuff that was being done by synchro coaches/swimmers for years!!
The "V" scull if an adaptation of the "synchro basic scull; feet first" where you raise the legs/feet and torso/head out of the water and form a "V" then propel yourself forward feet first.
www.youtube.com/watch
I'm very disturbed by this statement.
I know, I know....I've held out now for years in admitting that this is the real source of my "power" synchronized swimming training but its time...I'm coming out!
I know, I know....I've held out now for years in admitting that this is the real source of my "power" synchronized swimming training but its time...I'm coming out!
How much time do you spend doing this? Power?
I watched, but the music almost did me in.
How much time do you spend doing this? Power?
I watched, but the music almost did me in.
Ever single warm up. 2-3x a week incorporated into a set like the one I gave you in an earlier post.
Most masters swimmers equate hard training with mileage, do this type of work often and correctly and you'll be amazed at the shoulder, forearm and core strength that is developed....
