OK, I was kicking it in the pool with the seniors and I noticed a recurring theme among all of them.
Everyone was having thier foot exit the water by at least 2 inches. By this I mean the part of the foot from just below the ankle all the way to the toes. I also used to (until about 3 months ago) kick this exact same way until I started focusing on having just my heel break the surface of the water. This has helped me immensely on getting a better 'bite' with my foot and to hold more water.
Am I just crazy or do most swimmers not know the correct way to kick? Heck, I didn't, that's for sure (unless I'm completely off my rocker).
Anyone else find it easier to kick this way?
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Anyone else find it easier to kick this way?
Not me - my feet are way out of the water, but people can be fast either way. Also, people usually kick a little different with board in a kick set vs regular swimming.
For what it's worth though - I have never seen anybody kick Free faster than me with their feet staying in the water. Best kicker I have ever seen was Larsen Jensen ... holding repeat 100s in the low teens long course, although I heard he was not the best kicker on the Mission Viejo team - his feet were way out of the water.
I think the feet out of the water works for some people, because you come down into the water with tremendous speed - if you can translate that into propulsion, you will move fast.
Also - there are a lot of variations to compare kick times - size of the board, flip turn or regular, how many free pulls before the turn,
Anyone else find it easier to kick this way?
Not me - my feet are way out of the water, but people can be fast either way. Also, people usually kick a little different with board in a kick set vs regular swimming.
For what it's worth though - I have never seen anybody kick Free faster than me with their feet staying in the water. Best kicker I have ever seen was Larsen Jensen ... holding repeat 100s in the low teens long course, although I heard he was not the best kicker on the Mission Viejo team - his feet were way out of the water.
I think the feet out of the water works for some people, because you come down into the water with tremendous speed - if you can translate that into propulsion, you will move fast.
Also - there are a lot of variations to compare kick times - size of the board, flip turn or regular, how many free pulls before the turn,
