![]() Get feedback from your coach to verify that your motion is efficient. For breaststroke kick on your back, the same idea applies: drop your heels toward the bottom during the recovery rather than pulling your knees upward and out of the water. You should see your thighs barely break the surface, but your knees shouldn’t come out of the water. On flutter and dolphin, look for the “boiling water” turbulence right at the surface. ![]() Experiment to find the foot angles that provide the most thrust (lifting you higher in the water) and seek those same sensations when you return to kicking horizontally.įine tune your kick amplitude by kicking on your back. For flutter and dolphin kick, keep your toes pointed slightly inward, just inside your ankles (pigeon-toe position). As you kick upright in place in deep water, notice the way the water feels against each surface of your foot (top, sole, sides) as you move through the full kick pathway. Vertical kicking allows you to focus on sensing the water pressure against your feet. As you kick, let the pressure of the water against the fin stretch your ankle. Kicking with fins can also enhance flexibility. Ankle stretches increase your ability to obtain maximum toe velocity at the end of the leg-whipping motion, as well as enabling pointed toes to minimize drag during gliding. Kicking efficiency comes from moving your legs and feet through the right motions, which requires flexibility. The bottom line is that we each need to work on our kick if we want to achieve our full swimming potential.
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