In general, when I swim with a group, I notice that I usually am at the front on kick sets without fins. When, however, we have sets with fins, I usually fall behind. Why is this?
The other day, I was swimming with the high school group and they were begging to do a 10 x 100 kick with fins on 1:10. No way could I make this. When I suggested doing 10 x 100 kick on 1:45 without fins, nobody thought they could make it. In fact, the coach gave a small set of 100s on 1:45 that was without fins and I thought it was pretty easy while the others could barely make it.
In any case, why do I stink on fin work when I am a pretty strong kicker without the fins? Is this a bad thing?
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My kicking problem is the opposite, pretty good with fins, totally suck without. Recently had a "Eureka" moment, in my teens and twenties I body surfed sometimes for hours a day, pretty much kicking with fins the entire time, sometimes just cruising but other times really slammin'.
My kicking problem is the opposite, pretty good with fins, totally suck without. Recently had a "Eureka" moment, in my teens and twenties I body surfed sometimes for hours a day, pretty much kicking with fins the entire time, sometimes just cruising but other times really slammin'.
