I've recently posted on trying to improve my kick and received some great advice - in addition, I've searched the archives for different kicking threads and there are several great discussions on improving the kick.
My question is what is the best way to bridge the gap between doing kick sets and incorporating the kick into my freestyle? I'll do an incredible number of kick sets but as soon as I start to focus on something upper body my kick seems to go back to my weaker flutter kick. I should preface this question by stating I really haven't been doing strong kick sets all that long so maybe I just need more time. Are there other techniques I should be using? For example, focus my thinking on a strong kick and nothing else (upper body) until I see improvements? Or some variation like focus on strong kicking with freestyle every other 25???
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I occasionally do a drill we have called 90/10 where the goal is to generate 90% of the power through the kick, only 10% through the pull. It doesn't typically work out that way but the 90/10 is an exaggeration to get you to over-kick.
Another useful set is to swim a set of 100s where the 1st 25 is a 2-beat, 2nd 25 is a 4-beat, 3rd 25 is a 6-beat, and the last 25 an 8-beat or your choice of pattern. Repeat of course - probably at least 4x through.
I occasionally do a drill we have called 90/10 where the goal is to generate 90% of the power through the kick, only 10% through the pull. It doesn't typically work out that way but the 90/10 is an exaggeration to get you to over-kick.
Another useful set is to swim a set of 100s where the 1st 25 is a 2-beat, 2nd 25 is a 4-beat, 3rd 25 is a 6-beat, and the last 25 an 8-beat or your choice of pattern. Repeat of course - probably at least 4x through.
