Greetings all!
I'm experiencing some mysterious swimming-related shoulder pain for the first time in my life - bummer. In the meantime, I'd like to do some workouts that only involve kicking while I address the shoulder issue w/ rest and pt.
Any idea on some good workouts? I'm a 39 y/o Masters Swimmer in pretty good shape who routinely does 3,500 - 4,500 yard workouts 4x week when healthy. I'd like to incorporate Zoomers in these workouts.
Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. My apologies if I'm posting in the wrong area.
Thanks in advance!
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This could be a good opportunity to work your board-less kicking. Our coach always made us do a lot of body position work with zoomers that didn't rely much on arms.
General kicking drills:
-streamlined/almost streamlined flutter kick with a *** stroke arms recovery to breathe, and shoot back into streamline position. Can do dolphin kick/*** arms as well - my favorite way to get yardage out of kicking.
-streamlined underwater dolphin kick, breathing every 4-5 kicks
-12-kick freestyle - spend 12 kicks with your stroking arm stretched out in front of you, as if you were about to take a stroke.
Coming off walls and in the middle of the pool, you'll be able to keep your speed a lot better with fins on, so you'll be able to feel how adjustments in your body/streamline position can dramatically affect your friction in the water. Think about not popping your head up off the wall, and other ways to benefit from the fin speed.
Also try Ellen's balancework drills, they could all be done with zoomers, i think: forums.usms.org/showthread.php
This could be a good opportunity to work your board-less kicking. Our coach always made us do a lot of body position work with zoomers that didn't rely much on arms.
General kicking drills:
-streamlined/almost streamlined flutter kick with a *** stroke arms recovery to breathe, and shoot back into streamline position. Can do dolphin kick/*** arms as well - my favorite way to get yardage out of kicking.
-streamlined underwater dolphin kick, breathing every 4-5 kicks
-12-kick freestyle - spend 12 kicks with your stroking arm stretched out in front of you, as if you were about to take a stroke.
Coming off walls and in the middle of the pool, you'll be able to keep your speed a lot better with fins on, so you'll be able to feel how adjustments in your body/streamline position can dramatically affect your friction in the water. Think about not popping your head up off the wall, and other ways to benefit from the fin speed.
Also try Ellen's balancework drills, they could all be done with zoomers, i think: forums.usms.org/showthread.php
