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?
An excellent way to work on increasing kick tempo is vertical kicking. At least for me, when the resistance goes up (e.g. raising arms higher out of the water) the kick tempo has to increase to keep your whole head above the water.
Love this... need to do more of it!
A good way to start a group vertical kicking is to line everyone up at the backstroke flags and face forward - no looking sideways or up at the flags.
Start the kick.
At the end, check where the swimmers are located relative to the flags.
Everyone should be still right underneath the flags.
Anyone behind the flags is kicking more forward - or up.
Anyone in front of the flags is kicking more backward - or down.
The kick should be even forward and back.
Or up and down when you're actually swimming.
This is actually a fun kick set to do with a group - big or small :)
An excellent way to work on increasing kick tempo is vertical kicking. At least for me, when the resistance goes up (e.g. raising arms higher out of the water) the kick tempo has to increase to keep your whole head above the water.
Love this... need to do more of it!
A good way to start a group vertical kicking is to line everyone up at the backstroke flags and face forward - no looking sideways or up at the flags.
Start the kick.
At the end, check where the swimmers are located relative to the flags.
Everyone should be still right underneath the flags.
Anyone behind the flags is kicking more forward - or up.
Anyone in front of the flags is kicking more backward - or down.
The kick should be even forward and back.
Or up and down when you're actually swimming.
This is actually a fun kick set to do with a group - big or small :)
