1. I'm trying to fix my kick. I can't do this until I understand it. Here's my first question. It's worth 50 points. I read this in all the training literature when the discussion gets to "the kick." There is a 2 beat kick, a three beat kick, a four beat kick, and a six beat kick. I get this. The expert will go on to say that means, that's the number of kicks per a stroke. What does he man by "stroke." The one on the entry and pull ONLY, or the pull from the gliding arm? That's two strokes.
Here's what I do, I kick twice after a right hand entry, an up and down beat, then, at some point during the pull, right about when my pull passes my chest, I kick twice again. Is that a 2 beat kick, or a four beat kick? Have no idea.
2. Ankle flexibility. Am I to understand that if I just start using Zoomer fins, my ankle is going to get flexible and correctly be manipulated into a correct kick position. Reading a page on Zoomer fins site. http://www.zoomers.net/new-thekick.htm. Mind opener there with those pictures he has of ankles which will actually kick correctly and those which don't. I have about as much flexibilty in my ankles as Fred Cox might have (he's the old Minnesota Viking's kicker) . In fact, when I get out the kickboard, I actually go backwards. When I'm side to side, I can boogie up and down the pool, with my kick.
I see they also sell a Dr. Phibes torture device to help stretch or flatten the ankle. Has anyone tried this? And, how do make your ankle more flexible?
3. Not trying to start a war here, but I read a great book yesterday, "Gold in The Water," about our 2000 Olympics swim team, and the Santa Clara Swimming Club, Dick Jochums, and crew. Jochums is amazing. Has Jochums ever addressed what he thinks about Total Immersion? I'm curious what he thinks about that stuff. I can guess, though.
Here's what I do, I kick twice after a right hand entry, an up and down beat, then, at some point during the pull, right about when my pull passes my chest, I kick twice again. Is that a 2 beat kick, or a four beat kick? Have no idea.
2. Ankle flexibility. Am I to understand that if I just start using Zoomer fins, my ankle is going to get flexible and correctly be manipulated into a correct kick position. Reading a page on Zoomer fins site. http://www.zoomers.net/new-thekick.htm. Mind opener there with those pictures he has of ankles which will actually kick correctly and those which don't. I have about as much flexibilty in my ankles as Fred Cox might have (he's the old Minnesota Viking's kicker) . In fact, when I get out the kickboard, I actually go backwards. When I'm side to side, I can boogie up and down the pool, with my kick.
I see they also sell a Dr. Phibes torture device to help stretch or flatten the ankle. Has anyone tried this? And, how do make your ankle more flexible?
3. Not trying to start a war here, but I read a great book yesterday, "Gold in The Water," about our 2000 Olympics swim team, and the Santa Clara Swimming Club, Dick Jochums, and crew. Jochums is amazing. Has Jochums ever addressed what he thinks about Total Immersion? I'm curious what he thinks about that stuff. I can guess, though.