"Today I swam.
Today I conquered the timing of the 2-beat kick!!
Here's a little excerpt from this week's weekly email from our coaches regarding this kick:
"A correctly timed kick can provide both lift and rotation to the hips and torso. To be able to get the kick timing, you first have to develop the correct arm timing.
We have encouraged you to leave the gliding arm in front as you recover the other arms through the air and are driving it down into the water in front. This downward drive will move your shoulder, which in turn moves the arm that was gliding in front. Simply stated – the arm driving down into the water will initiate the pull phase of the other arm. We are now focusing on how to use the kick to assist this process."
Complicated? I think so. The motion of this stroke feels like you are crawling through the water in a weird clambering-like motion, and yet, I see what they're saying. You're propelling yourself while rotating yourself, and breathing all along to give yourself the direction to keep moving forward while lessening your energy usage. Who knew?
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