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?
And some masters just use them as a crutch. :cane: It bugs me that some people use them all the time, or worse, put them on at various times during the workout. The lane then has to reshuffle. Small thing, but it certainly is a small flow break.
So here is the thing about masters swimmers Skip...
They almost all LOVE swimming and or kicking with FINz!
Probably even more than fast 25s.
I couldn't agree with you more that some use them as a crutch.
As a coach, I try to find a way to put a "FINz Set" in every single workout. That way, when I see the gang reach for the fins, I can tell them to save their legs because the FINz set is coming.
Some swimmers have real issues with being able to kick well.
They can improve - some coaches have the skill to help them - but it also takes patience and willingness from the swimmer.
Often they do not want to be bothered.
And masters afterall is for fun. So the swimmer and coach have to decide how much they are willing to work for it.
Can we all agree though that big FINz and ego are trouble if the fins are not assigned to the set?
And some masters just use them as a crutch. :cane: It bugs me that some people use them all the time, or worse, put them on at various times during the workout. The lane then has to reshuffle. Small thing, but it certainly is a small flow break.
So here is the thing about masters swimmers Skip...
They almost all LOVE swimming and or kicking with FINz!
Probably even more than fast 25s.
I couldn't agree with you more that some use them as a crutch.
As a coach, I try to find a way to put a "FINz Set" in every single workout. That way, when I see the gang reach for the fins, I can tell them to save their legs because the FINz set is coming.
Some swimmers have real issues with being able to kick well.
They can improve - some coaches have the skill to help them - but it also takes patience and willingness from the swimmer.
Often they do not want to be bothered.
And masters afterall is for fun. So the swimmer and coach have to decide how much they are willing to work for it.
Can we all agree though that big FINz and ego are trouble if the fins are not assigned to the set?
