I asked something about the flutter kick rhythm in another thread, but I think the thread died before anyone read my post. I was wondering if someone could help me understand how to establish a rhythm, such as a 6-beat kick. The 2-beat makes sense, as I kick with the right leg while catching with my right arm, and vice versa. But on 6-beats I become totally lost, and cannot get that rotation umph from the kick. Is there a trick to getting the timing right? Is there a single right way?
My question on the breaststroke kick is how do you teach someone to drop their legs prior to the kick. If the hips and legs stay high, then the kick partially goes out of the water (which is what happens with my son).
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The hips should drop naturally while beginning the pull and lifting the head for breath. It's a fluid motion and it sounds like your son could be trying to kick before the head has started to come out of the water. If that's not it, something else might be out of sync. You might want to have him try to pull his heels into his rear while in streamline and kick from there without the breath a few times. And make sure his head is pointed down while in streamline...if it isn't, it could throw things off too.
I don't know hoe old your son is, bit my 9 year old got a lot from the GoSwim Brendan Hansen DVD. It really breaks the stroke down into manageable pieces.
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The hips should drop naturally while beginning the pull and lifting the head for breath. It's a fluid motion and it sounds like your son could be trying to kick before the head has started to come out of the water. If that's not it, something else might be out of sync. You might want to have him try to pull his heels into his rear while in streamline and kick from there without the breath a few times. And make sure his head is pointed down while in streamline...if it isn't, it could throw things off too.
I don't know hoe old your son is, bit my 9 year old got a lot from the GoSwim Brendan Hansen DVD. It really breaks the stroke down into manageable pieces.
