Kicking Focus 3

Still more kicking work, this time focusing on connecting the leg and arm movements. In these workouts you will experiment with different combinations of paddles and fins to feel that whole-body foot-hand connection.

Technique Focus Points

• Connect the rotational kick with the stroking arm.
• Connect the rotational kick with the recovering arm.
• See Kicking Focus and Kicking Focus 2!

What to Watch For

• Weak Pull. If you don't feel the pull from your head to your toes, your kick is not connected.
• Weak Extension. If you don't feel your recovering arm extending forward powerfully in the water, your kick is not connected.

Kicking Focus Workouts

• Group Workout
• Key Workout
• Recovery Workout

More Information

(thes are the same as for Kicking Focus and Kicking Focus 2 see links above)

• Video Clips - Kicking
• Bottom Up Swimming. A set of three articles by Coach Emmett Hines on how to develop a proper six-beat kick and connect it up to a full-body stroke:
  • Part 1: Let Your Legs Drive Your Long Axis Strokes
  • Part 2: Your Swimming Machine
  • Part 3: The Spin Doctor's Prescription
• Dancin' With Yourself - Another article on kicking by Emmett Hines. This one is the best description I have seen on how to do the two-beat kick the right way. (Above I am not saying "Don't use the two-beat kick" but rather don't use the two-beat kick exclusively.)

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