Kicking Focus

Objectives: Conditioning and work on 2- and 6-beat kicks.
Review Dry Kicking Exercises: Kicking on the mat and ankle stretching.
Also check out the video clips on the Breakwater Sports kicking page: Video Clips - Kicking

Set 1 - Warm-up; Dist = 400
100 Freestyle - Cat: EN1
200 Freestyle with Pull Buoy or Zero-Beat Kick (drag your legs at the surface) - Cat: EN1
100 Freestyle - Cat: EN1

Set 2 - Vertical Kicking Drill; Dist = 8 minutes, call it 400
8 x (45s kick + 15s rest), vertical kicking
  1 & 2: focus on minimal knee bend, count 3 kicks per second
  3 & 4: rotate one quarter turn to right every other third kick
  5 & 6: rotate one quarter turn to the left every other third kick
  7 & 8: rotate in alternate direction every third kick

Faster Group

Slower Group

Set 3 Conditioning; Dist = 1600

8 X 200 +10s Swim hard for a couple of strokes off each wall, using a 6-beat kick, then ease off to a 2-beat kick and cruise for the remainder of the length

Set 3 Kicking Technique; Dist = 1200

15 seconds rest after each repeat:

4 X 50 Freestyle easy w/6-beat kick
2 X 100 Freestyle hard w/6-beat kick
4 X 50 Freestyle easy w/2-beat kick
2 X 200 Freestyle moderate w/2-beat kick
1 X 200 Freestyle - hard off each wall for six (single) arm strokes, then moderate pace to the next wall

Set 5 - Cool-down; Dist = 400
1 X 400 Freestyle Swim - Cat: REC
Recovery with focus on relaxed kick

Total 3200 / 2400

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