I was reading Ande's tips for faster swimming and noticed the one about practicing the dolphin kick. My butterfly has always been pretty bad and a function of this is my timing between the kick and the stroke. However, my dolphin kick alone is very weak. Anyone have any tips for improving my kick?
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Even when I was in great shape, swimming 5000+ yards a day every day I could barely make it through a 100 butterfly (Now at 3000 yards 2 or 3 times a week just imagine). Last summer when swimming at the Y a young lady mentioned that it looked like I had no upbeat to my butterfly kick just a downbeat with an extra little kick that was throwing my rhythm off. She was right and I started concentrating on putting some power behind the upbeat which slowed my kick and helped even out the stroke a little. I still feel like I am not quite hitting it right though--or maybe I am just not in very good shape!
No steigen lately. Did several trips in the Andes in my college days but at most manage a couple of trips a year to the Smokies for some light hiking. I still have the spirit though :)
Even when I was in great shape, swimming 5000+ yards a day every day I could barely make it through a 100 butterfly (Now at 3000 yards 2 or 3 times a week just imagine). Last summer when swimming at the Y a young lady mentioned that it looked like I had no upbeat to my butterfly kick just a downbeat with an extra little kick that was throwing my rhythm off. She was right and I started concentrating on putting some power behind the upbeat which slowed my kick and helped even out the stroke a little. I still feel like I am not quite hitting it right though--or maybe I am just not in very good shape!
No steigen lately. Did several trips in the Andes in my college days but at most manage a couple of trips a year to the Smokies for some light hiking. I still have the spirit though :)
