I am a beginning swimmer who has been a competetive runner and ultrarunner for a long time. When I started swimming, I thought it would be easy to develop a kick. It turns out that this is one of my major weaknesses. For example, I can barely make it accroos the pool when kicking behind a kickboard. I need some tips on getting my kick up to par!!
Leo,
I see this problem for runners turned swimmers everywhere, it is very common! Many folks here will steer you to the principles of TI and I won't debate its effectiveness, however being a very avid kicker I can share a couple of things:
1) Flexibility: runners lack much of the ankle flexibility that long term (or more genetically blessed) swimmers tend to have. Go to Yoga!
2) I see very fit runners in the pool attempting to kick as if they were running, basically using far to much knee movement vs. kicking form your "core". This is where a godd coach and TI can better explain what you should strive for.
3) Buy some fins, lots of masters like the zoomer style. I prefer the longer "split fins" that I think help develop more strength/flexibility as well as more closeley simulate "natural" swimming speed and body movement.
Leo,
I see this problem for runners turned swimmers everywhere, it is very common! Many folks here will steer you to the principles of TI and I won't debate its effectiveness, however being a very avid kicker I can share a couple of things:
1) Flexibility: runners lack much of the ankle flexibility that long term (or more genetically blessed) swimmers tend to have. Go to Yoga!
2) I see very fit runners in the pool attempting to kick as if they were running, basically using far to much knee movement vs. kicking form your "core". This is where a godd coach and TI can better explain what you should strive for.
3) Buy some fins, lots of masters like the zoomer style. I prefer the longer "split fins" that I think help develop more strength/flexibility as well as more closeley simulate "natural" swimming speed and body movement.
