What causes the most propulsion in backstroke--arms or kicks
Former Member
Some say in backstroke propulsion comes mostly from the arm movement, while others say kicking is the most important. What do you think? Is it possible to be fast (not the fastest) while being weak in one or the other?
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Ideally you can't swim a good backstroke without a steady kick. It's 6 beats all the way.
(The kick isn't providing a huge amount of propulsion so much as it offers leverage and side to side rotation.)
But to counter that comment, if it weren't for the 15 meter rule...here's a college swimmer who almost broke :47 for the 100 while just dolphin kicking:swim-links.blogspot.com/.../hill-taylor-100yd-underwater-dolphin.html
Ideally you can't swim a good backstroke without a steady kick. It's 6 beats all the way.
(The kick isn't providing a huge amount of propulsion so much as it offers leverage and side to side rotation.)
But to counter that comment, if it weren't for the 15 meter rule...here's a college swimmer who almost broke :47 for the 100 while just dolphin kicking:swim-links.blogspot.com/.../hill-taylor-100yd-underwater-dolphin.html
