I am new to swimming...I basically am only able to swim free 50yds at a time without getting "winded". I use a kickboard for about 100yds and then start up with free again. I try to keep it up for 45 minutes to an hour. Am I kicking too much w/ the board? Would it be better to alternate free with back versus free with kickboard?
Basically I need to figure out how to get to more continuous swimming.
Any ideas? Suggestions? Thanks!
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I do use wall kicking when teaching. I can actually be next to the swimmer and make the feet and legs do the action the way I want them to do. Wall kicking is better then no kicking but we cannot get the real water feel.
As a youngster I did lots of kicking on the wall front and back.
With and without kick boards front and back, now I do my kicking when I swim. It feels more natural to me.
Push off the turn 2 or 3 dolphin kicks then start flutter kick and swimming stroke.
I do varied kicking some time very realaxed, almost none kicking, sometimes very hard fast kicking.
In a 50 or hundred crawl the kick is really there in distance it is very relaxed.
I do use wall kicking when teaching. I can actually be next to the swimmer and make the feet and legs do the action the way I want them to do. Wall kicking is better then no kicking but we cannot get the real water feel.
As a youngster I did lots of kicking on the wall front and back.
With and without kick boards front and back, now I do my kicking when I swim. It feels more natural to me.
Push off the turn 2 or 3 dolphin kicks then start flutter kick and swimming stroke.
I do varied kicking some time very realaxed, almost none kicking, sometimes very hard fast kicking.
In a 50 or hundred crawl the kick is really there in distance it is very relaxed.
