I have not been able to sit with my butt on my heels for eons. Part of this is because I am built like a linebacker or fullback. I do not have flexible ankles. Another way to stretch the ankles is if you do that lean against the wall to stretch your calf muscles, while doing that with one foot, take the other foot and tuck it in and roll it over. Also, I am able to tuck my ankles under my chair when I eat my breakfast. For sure, the kick action is a crack the whip action, cue in the Devo song, "You must whip it, whip it good!". I have never understood the "it comes from the hip" part. I guess that is so popular because they don't want you to kick just with the knee action, like the "bicycle" type kick which is all knee and no body rotation. I have seen 2 people in the pool who use the 90 degree ankle bend when kicking. One had his ankle rebuilt surgically, and the other was a surfer. Far more common is what I call the runner's foot because this is so common with many runners. This is kicking with about a 30 degree bend in the ankle. This also happens with those of us with stiff ankles. Best way to see if your ankles are providing propulsion is to have some one film you while you have your hands on the wall and are kicking. Watch the bubble plumes. One lap pal I watched, who is far faster than me was able to push bubble plumes all the way to the bottom of a 6 foot deep pool while swimming. So, to me, he was exerting a lot of down push, but very little propulsion push. I do have this odd fascination with bubble plumes.
If you flutter kick properly you will feel the burn in the hips as that’s the initiation point …when I’m out of shape in the pool my hips will burn on kick sets pretty badly , I have a stroke that heavily relies on the kick so the better kick fitness I have the better I swim freestyle 💪 ..thanks for the feedback as always 🫶
I have never noticed any hip soreness when kicking. Calves yes because if I don't point my toes, then I have Runner's foot. I do make a point to stretch my hip flexors before swimming since I had bilateral hip replacement. Even if I have been out of the pool for a bit.
Well, first sign of being dehydrated are plantar cramps. Next is foot and calf cramps. Time to get out is if my gracilis starts to cramp, which, since I used to do competition hacky sack kicking is kind of a hold over. Calf and feet can be from concentrating on pointing my toes which is necessary since I have stiff ankles. Not sure about the hips. Plenty of feeling in them. Maybe because my power kicks are linked to my arm pull and come from there rather than from my hips.
I am still trying to figure out why you get sore in your hips and I don't. Maybe it comes from not anchoring your kick on the pulling arm. If you are using the 6 beat kick pattern, then the #1 kick is the power kick. 2, and 3 are much weaker. The body rotation adds to the kick power, the shoulder and pulling arm initiate body rotation, then the hip on the same goes up, then the kick on the same side goes down. With the 2 beat kick, both should be about the same amount of power since they both anchor on the pulling arm as well. I did take a week off due to an injury, and when I went back in, my back muscles were a bit sore the next day, but no leg issues at all....
Great video, thank you, Lukas!🥰😎 I would love to see more videos with nutrition tipps, ankle flexibility exercises and Butterfly technique drills if you have time! 🤩😃Have a great week-end!
This is me, 10 seconds per 100 quicker with a pull buoy. I took it to heart; kicking uses too much energy, and now I am paying the price. Thank you for the tips this is exactly what I needed!
@ That would be awesome, he has the best vlogs/videos in triathlon, so would definitely be a win-win👍 Just let me know if you need a NPC in that video and I’ll fly there😎
@@siskatrainingsystems No worries, also learned it recently, just soooo usable term: A non-player character (NPC). Comes from gaming…but I use it now fluently here and there🤣 Almost like me in a pool -probably need to contact you more to fix that👊
Haha ok makes sense, well who knows I may need to recruit some people to help with some filming out there as I won’t be able to fly my whole crew to Arizona..with Lionel would probably keep it low key , just a GoPro and an IPhone
now practice a few more years and you´re ready to go!🤣 oh and dont forget your core to, your head position, your body alignment, your catch, your pull, your body rotation etc to... this here is very few basic stuff...
😄 don’t be so negative, actually if you keep it simple we have found that our clients can go from non-swimmer to mastering the technique in a few weeks ..than it’s simply about building swim fitness…most people get stuck with their swimming because they are too lazy to train
Do you feel tension on upside your downside hip just before kick that intiates rotation? on same or little later moment other resting hand hits the water on the front. Im discovering this cross side connection, i feel it on right side but not so much on left, and my left leg is lower on the water so not so much cross connect.
You’re on to something but you are overthinking the technique too much ..keep it simple ..freestyle is moving your body in one plane from one side to the other engaging the core and keeping the shoulders and hips together..the kick action will flow with the body and any added force from the legs needs to come from the hips first
@@siskatrainingsystems Yea for sure thats true, but to know something done right for technic only way is know the feeling how it should feel. I know the moment when the form breaks and rotation flow goes away, swim flattens and nervous system cant keep it anymore.
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I needed this desperately!! Thank you!!!
My pleasure!
This is an excellent drill to improve the water kicking!
Thanks for watching!
Excellent video!!! Thank you.
My pleasure! 💪
I have not been able to sit with my butt on my heels for eons. Part of this is because I am built like a linebacker or fullback. I do not have flexible ankles. Another way to stretch the ankles is if you do that lean against the wall to stretch your calf muscles, while doing that with one foot, take the other foot and tuck it in and roll it over. Also, I am able to tuck my ankles under my chair when I eat my breakfast. For sure, the kick action is a crack the whip action, cue in the Devo song, "You must whip it, whip it good!". I have never understood the "it comes from the hip" part. I guess that is so popular because they don't want you to kick just with the knee action, like the "bicycle" type kick which is all knee and no body rotation. I have seen 2 people in the pool who use the 90 degree ankle bend when kicking. One had his ankle rebuilt surgically, and the other was a surfer. Far more common is what I call the runner's foot because this is so common with many runners. This is kicking with about a 30 degree bend in the ankle. This also happens with those of us with stiff ankles. Best way to see if your ankles are providing propulsion is to have some one film you while you have your hands on the wall and are kicking. Watch the bubble plumes. One lap pal I watched, who is far faster than me was able to push bubble plumes all the way to the bottom of a 6 foot deep pool while swimming. So, to me, he was exerting a lot of down push, but very little propulsion push. I do have this odd fascination with bubble plumes.
If you flutter kick properly you will feel the burn in the hips as that’s the initiation point …when I’m out of shape in the pool my hips will burn on kick sets pretty badly , I have a stroke that heavily relies on the kick so the better kick fitness I have the better I swim freestyle 💪 ..thanks for the feedback as always 🫶
I have never noticed any hip soreness when kicking. Calves yes because if I don't point my toes, then I have Runner's foot. I do make a point to stretch my hip flexors before swimming since I had bilateral hip replacement. Even if I have been out of the pool for a bit.
Yes calves can cramp and be sore as well ..maybe your hips are numb from the work you have had done
Well, first sign of being dehydrated are plantar cramps. Next is foot and calf cramps. Time to get out is if my gracilis starts to cramp, which, since I used to do competition hacky sack kicking is kind of a hold over. Calf and feet can be from concentrating on pointing my toes which is necessary since I have stiff ankles. Not sure about the hips. Plenty of feeling in them. Maybe because my power kicks are linked to my arm pull and come from there rather than from my hips.
I am still trying to figure out why you get sore in your hips and I don't. Maybe it comes from not anchoring your kick on the pulling arm. If you are using the 6 beat kick pattern, then the #1 kick is the power kick. 2, and 3 are much weaker. The body rotation adds to the kick power, the shoulder and pulling arm initiate body rotation, then the hip on the same goes up, then the kick on the same side goes down. With the 2 beat kick, both should be about the same amount of power since they both anchor on the pulling arm as well. I did take a week off due to an injury, and when I went back in, my back muscles were a bit sore the next day, but no leg issues at all....
Great video, thank you, Lukas!🥰😎 I would love to see more videos with nutrition tipps, ankle flexibility exercises and Butterfly technique drills if you have time! 🤩😃Have a great week-end!
Appreciate it, thanks for the feedback, same to you!
This is me, 10 seconds per 100 quicker with a pull buoy. I took it to heart; kicking uses too much energy, and now I am paying the price.
Thank you for the tips this is exactly what I needed!
My pleasure you can turn that weakness into a strength, keep at it!
Nice videos you have, will try out tomorrow! Noticed LS on this video, big fan, make one with him and cut some valuable seconds off per 100m👊
Your reading my mind, I have been thinking about making a video with Lionel , hopefully we can make it happen here soon🙏
@ That would be awesome, he has the best vlogs/videos in triathlon, so would definitely be a win-win👍 Just let me know if you need a NPC in that video and I’ll fly there😎
Haha hope I don’t sound dumb , but what is an NPC?
@@siskatrainingsystems No worries, also learned it recently, just soooo usable term: A non-player character (NPC). Comes from gaming…but I use it now fluently here and there🤣 Almost like me in a pool -probably need to contact you more to fix that👊
Haha ok makes sense, well who knows I may need to recruit some people to help with some filming out there as I won’t be able to fly my whole crew to Arizona..with Lionel would probably keep it low key , just a GoPro and an IPhone
now practice a few more years and you´re ready to go!🤣 oh and dont forget your core to, your head position, your body alignment, your catch, your pull, your body rotation etc to... this here is very few basic stuff...
😄 don’t be so negative, actually if you keep it simple we have found that our clients can go from non-swimmer to mastering the technique in a few weeks ..than it’s simply about building swim fitness…most people get stuck with their swimming because they are too lazy to train
Your videos are gift from god
That means a lot , all glory to God 🙏🫶
Do you feel tension on upside your downside hip just before kick that intiates rotation? on same or little later moment other resting hand hits the water on the front. Im discovering this cross side connection, i feel it on right side but not so much on left, and my left leg is lower on the water so not so much cross connect.
almost this first intianing kick is important and two other per side is almost balancing and rhytmn.
Tension feels almost on the abs.
You’re on to something but you are overthinking the technique too much ..keep it simple ..freestyle is moving your body in one plane from one side to the other engaging the core and keeping the shoulders and hips together..the kick action will flow with the body and any added force from the legs needs to come from the hips first
@@siskatrainingsystems Yea for sure thats true, but to know something done right for technic only way is know the feeling how it should feel. I know the moment when the form breaks and rotation flow goes away, swim flattens and nervous system cant keep it anymore.
Moving body pendulum but there is moments when you are making tensions and releasing them with added force.
Ian Thorpe was a good kicker!
Yes he was , huge feet help 😄💪