HELP please. Kicking workouts needed.

Hello, I've hurt my shoulder, and I can't get up. I mean, "and I can't swim." LOL Does anybody have good kicking sets? Also, any recommendations for how long to kick for, etc? I haven't ruled out Nationals yet, so I want to try and stay in some kind of shape. If you've had shoulder injuries in the past, please let me know if you were able to salvage your season and how? Thanks! My senior year of college, I had an accident in the kitchen which cut three tendons along the back of my right hand, specifically at the base of my fingers/knuckles...this happened a month into the season around the end of October. I had surgery done to fix it and was put in a brace so as to not move my hand for healing. I mentioned to the doctor about swimming, and the he made a special brace for in the pool which allowed me to get wet and not possibly injure it further. I DID NOT pull with this arm until I was fully healed and could pass a strength test with both my doctor and the school athletic trainers. I did basically the same workouts as the rest of the team did, only I did kick w/ board, kick w/out board but kept my bad arm down to my side. I also would swim free & back w/ 1 arm and kicking. I did not resort to fins as a handicap, just worked my kick. I got so much stronger on my kicking over the next month and a half, and I do believe it had an effect on my sprinting by the end of the season. I was finally cleared for full swimming in mid-December, and had two months to get ready for the Conference meet. I had to give up my distance races for that year, but at least I was still able to swim. This distance guy was able to go a 46.75 100 Free that year, when before that I was barely able to make a 47.5 before. My advice, just do what you can. You'll be surprised at what you can do after a while. Your kick will be so good that when you finally get back to adding the arms again you should be even stronger in the water.

Hello, I've hurt my shoulder, and I can't get up. I mean, "and I can't swim." LOL Does anybody have good kicking sets? Also, any recommendations for how long to kick for, etc? I haven't ruled out Nationals yet, so I want to try and stay in some kind of shape. If you've had shoulder injuries in the past, please let me know if you were able to salvage your season and how? Thanks! My senior year of college, I had an accident in the kitchen which cut three tendons along the back of my right hand, specifically at the base of my fingers/knuckles...this happened a month into the season around the end of October. I had surgery done to fix it and was put in a brace so as to not move my hand for healing. I mentioned to the doctor about swimming, and the he made a special brace for in the pool which allowed me to get wet and not possibly injure it further. I DID NOT pull with this arm until I was fully healed and could pass a strength test with both my doctor and the school athletic trainers. I did basically the same workouts as the rest of the team did, only I did kick w/ board, kick w/out board but kept my bad arm down to my side. I also would swim free & back w/ 1 arm and kicking. I did not resort to fins as a handicap, just worked my kick. I got so much stronger on my kicking over the next month and a half, and I do believe it had an effect on my sprinting by the end of the season. I was finally cleared for full swimming in mid-December, and had two months to get ready for the Conference meet. I had to give up my distance races for that year, but at least I was still able to swim. This distance guy was able to go a 46.75 100 Free that year, when before that I was barely able to make a 47.5 before. My advice, just do what you can. You'll be surprised at what you can do after a while. Your kick will be so good that when you finally get back to adding the arms again you should be even stronger in the water.