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?
Speaking of which, one of our coaches made a comment about the transition from streamline (or SDK) to swimming the other day. You need to flutter kick first, then bring in the arms. "it was a small revelation."
Skip
Skip - That is so cool that you got the transition figured out! And you're right... it changes everything! No stopping dead in the water if you're a little deep and it makes a great powerful but smooth breakout.
Coach Chris Colburn pointed out to me in Clovis that I was breaking out on backstroke with my breakout arm sticking up in the air.
I'm a coach and a relatively new backstroker. But I didn't realize it and no one told me in training.
That little piece of coaching smoothed out the remainder of the SDK for me.
I LOVE when swimmers coach each other! Don't complain about the lack of coaching on deck... rally your team and lane mates to help you.
It totally works!
Speaking of which, one of our coaches made a comment about the transition from streamline (or SDK) to swimming the other day. You need to flutter kick first, then bring in the arms. "it was a small revelation."
Skip
Skip - That is so cool that you got the transition figured out! And you're right... it changes everything! No stopping dead in the water if you're a little deep and it makes a great powerful but smooth breakout.
Coach Chris Colburn pointed out to me in Clovis that I was breaking out on backstroke with my breakout arm sticking up in the air.
I'm a coach and a relatively new backstroker. But I didn't realize it and no one told me in training.
That little piece of coaching smoothed out the remainder of the SDK for me.
I LOVE when swimmers coach each other! Don't complain about the lack of coaching on deck... rally your team and lane mates to help you.
It totally works!
