Geochuck's: Kicking is a Total Waste of Time Thread

I believe flexibility in the ankle is very important. At least where I train I can see many people trying hard, but with their ankles not stretched. When I relax my ankles are completley stretched.. still with room for movment. If there is an angle of lets say 10-20 degrees and the ankles is very rigid, then it will probably not be so powerful. Just look how a fin move - stretched, but still flexible. Yes, I agree with you. I have been doing a lot of ankle stretching exercises. It has made me faster when I kick with a board but I still have the same kick integration problem when I do full stroke swimming.

I believe flexibility in the ankle is very important. At least where I train I can see many people trying hard, but with their ankles not stretched. When I relax my ankles are completley stretched.. still with room for movment. If there is an angle of lets say 10-20 degrees and the ankles is very rigid, then it will probably not be so powerful. Just look how a fin move - stretched, but still flexible. Yes, I agree with you. I have been doing a lot of ankle stretching exercises. It has made me faster when I kick with a board but I still have the same kick integration problem when I do full stroke swimming.