I am trying to revise my 2 beat kick. I see that the French female distance swimmer (whose name I can’t recall) has a particularly effective kick, as do others. It appears that the best use that little kick to drive the hips.
I am having some sucess, but I have always driven the kick secondarily, and passively, using the hip rotation. Any of you have drills for ingraining that left foot, right arm entry–right left arm entry style.
Try NOT watching the good ones, as Doug Stern said, even the good ones have ‘glitches’…this is so true. They just happen to have the talent make up for their glitches. Ignore the rythm you are getting from your legs for now. Just work on some light fin kicking for ankle flex and that is about it. Focusing on your hands and feet at the same time is just too difficult. Get your rythm from your rotation of hips and shoulders together. Then work on getting your rythm from your breathing. Ignore you hands and feet as best you can. Let the legs come in as needed. “MAKING” the kick happen is not an effective technique.
Dave D
i too had the same problem before. i normally breath on the left side so i time my kick when i breath which is every stroke so after i arm cycle i kick and breath when i rotate. using fins --short ones did wonders to my kick. my swim coach said that most triathletes are lazy/weak kickers. i always made a mental note = breath - kick with right leg…even made a beat for it in my mind LOL