What would you consider as the most important reason to include kicking in your workouts?
Also, what do you see as the main difference and purpose between the exercises kicking with a board and kicking without a board?
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Do you compete in the pool? Kicking is important for going fast.
I don't think kicking with a board and kicking without a board serve different purposes. A board allows you to breath the entire set while face down does not.
Kicking different speeds on the other hand, does. Be sure and include a fair amount of hard kicking. For sprinters especially, I think a couple all out 25s are more valuable than a 200 at moderate pace.
My kick was slow and useless until I added sprint kicking to my workouts. All out 25s with lots of rest finally got me over the hump were I can kick 100s and 200s at a respectable pace. I was always dropped in under a 50 during kick sets when I was a kid.
Do you compete in the pool? Kicking is important for going fast.
I don't think kicking with a board and kicking without a board serve different purposes. A board allows you to breath the entire set while face down does not.
Kicking different speeds on the other hand, does. Be sure and include a fair amount of hard kicking. For sprinters especially, I think a couple all out 25s are more valuable than a 200 at moderate pace.
My kick was slow and useless until I added sprint kicking to my workouts. All out 25s with lots of rest finally got me over the hump were I can kick 100s and 200s at a respectable pace. I was always dropped in under a 50 during kick sets when I was a kid.
