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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Are you kicking with a kickboard? You may want to try single arm long axis kicking. One arm up/one arm down on your side... Its mirrors the body position for swimming a bit better than kicking with a board. It also forces you to keep your hips up. I usually use a snorkel so I don't have to break my position.
No I don't use a board. I do use a snorkel and do the drill you mentioned above.
Are you kicking with a kickboard? You may want to try single arm long axis kicking. One arm up/one arm down on your side... Its mirrors the body position for swimming a bit better than kicking with a board. It also forces you to keep your hips up. I usually use a snorkel so I don't have to break my position.
No I don't use a board. I do use a snorkel and do the drill you mentioned above.
