You are the first one to tell me that it is the down kick that produce propulsion. That means I should concentrate my energy in the down kicks. That helps me a lot. Thank you.

Best video I've seen yet on this kick. Thankyou.

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This video has some great info on the kick used in the crawl. Thank you!

Awesome! Now I understand why while kicking I was moving backward. I have a lot of work to do on my ankles mobility. On the bright side I never twisted an ankle while running or walking. Swimming is such an nice active recovery sport for me as to do it for any other reasons would be so depressing. Thank you for the help. I sink like a rock so I have to really work on my position so I sink from every where at the same time, that helps reducing the water drag that is enormous in my case.

I'm currently in training for my divemaster and there are some intense swimming requirements. I hit the pool recently and found out quickly that my technique is pretty crap. I'm going to keep this video in my library to refer back to later. Thank you so much for the great explanations. Side note, now I know why I was going backward at certain points. Cheers mate.

Very helpful tutorial! Thank you!

Thanks for the tutorial.. will definitely try to follow those tips ..👍👍

Thorough and useful. Thanks.

Very useful thanks. Especially the bit about exercises to improve ankle flexibility.

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I've been running for many years and recently picking up swimming. You're right, my kicks felt like running in water and i bend my knees too much, usually causing them to sink more than expected after a much distance.. Thanks for sharing this and giving me the light bulb moment. :)

Great video. Thanks 👍

Thanks so much. Still learning but hopefully this will help 😀

Thanks so much. This seems so simple. I am still a struggling adult learner.

This has helped me tremendously. Now I understand how my faulty kicks actually slow me down, and would actually take me backwards. I'll do the exercises and figure on using my legs less, but just to be sure they're not dragging down.

thank u that what I was looking for.

Great vid

Thanks for putting this one up, I’ve always struggled with the flutter kick and only move forward slowly with it. Fingers crossed the stretches will eventually help this to move on.

very helpful video

Thanks so much - this really helps. My kicking really sucks.

Well, some what enlightening. I have for years tried to figure out why my kicking was so weak. Figured out it was more because of a flexed ankle rather than extended ankle on the down stroke, so I have been working on that. One thing I have noticed on many swimmers is the same thing, flexed rather than extended. So, at about 2 minutes, your kicker is on the wall. If you pay attention to the bubble plumes, at the end of the down stroke, the ankle follows through, to a flexed ankle, and the bubble plume goes backwards. Not a lot, but a little. This is much more noticeable when on the wall rather than when moving through the water because of forward movement. Seeing this ankle flex in the pool makes me think of the catch we do with our hands which is great for a pull, but lousy for a push. As near as I can tell, as soon as the top of your foot is about parallel to the top of the water, then you are generating no push as all the energy is going straight down. I do focus on the up kick as well. Mostly because the paddle/sole of your foot is at an optimum angle for pushing water away from you for better thrust. Watch the bubble plumes when your kicker is sitting on the edge of the pool. The bubble plumes push/go away from him much more so on the down/sole of the foot stroke, than on the top of the up/top of the foot stroke. Any one who has an ankle that hyper extends has a mechanical advantage with a more efficient oar angle.I figure that arms work as paddles to pull, and legs as oars to push. I figure another reason to put some effort into the up kick is an action/reaction thing, the two different actions compliment each other, similar to how the spiral action moves down the length of the body from arms to feet. I also have always wondered about flexing at the hip a tiny bit to get the knee a bit lower so your leg starts at a higher angle rather than parallel to the water. It seems that all strong kickers do this to some extent.... Funny side note, when kickers are doing the back stroke kick, none of them seem to flex their ankles when kicking towards the top of the water.... Oh, another point on the up kick, a much better swimmer than I told me I was using too much body wave in my butterfly kick and all of my kick energy was going straight down rather than pushing. Started focusing on that. I asked him now many kicks it took him to go one length of a 25 yard pool. It took him 50. It took me 40. I asked him if he put any effort into the up kick and he said 'practically none'. I had guesstimated that to be about the % of difference before I had learned to focus on the up kick. If I am out of my mind, you can tell me. Some things just aren't explained so that I can understand them....

When I kick its seems like I stay in the same place without moving just getting tired?

A very informative and practical video. Good job 👍

my kicking is terrible and will be following the techniques shown on this video

thanks I like what you are saying but that kick thing is hard for me and I am a sinker and afraid both

6:56 is the best method learn lower body part ,Minds is always sinking and get tireds easily

Nice music 😊

Thanks

In freestyle we should focus on the down beat. Does it mean we should focus on the up beat in backstroke?

I do a 25 in about 20 sec on the board. My legs and feet remain straight and my foot bends a bit. This is very hard but it's really good for core and legs. I do ten of these in a typical workout every second day. I just started a month ago after leaving it sinnce 2001. I'm 54 and 6. Ft 2 in.

I have a problem with my kicks plus I don’t go in a straight line... hahahaha... any advice

Hi. This video is so helpful. I started swimming lessons and have had 10 lessons and been struggling with my kick. I move backwards and my right leg seems to move sideways. Will try and point my legs downwards and see if they will be a difference.

It really helped me now I am able to swim but I am problem keeping my head below the water is there any method of keeping head above the water

I've been trying for past two days to front crawl with kickboard. I don't seem to move forward at all. On the other hand I move backward if i flex foot to dorsal position. I had my toes pointed in extreme plantar position with my body in flat position and extending horizontal as much as possible. I can feel the bubbles, but there is no forward motion what so ever. For the ankle flexbility, do you suggest that in downward kick, to let it relax from plantar position instead of stiff extension ? I tried to kick with my hips as much as possible but that didn't help. how do you get forward propulsion when kicking/flapping in vertical? I understand when you kick breaststroke, the foot is pushing water backwards and you get a opposite reaction. The butterfly kick (or free style kick)atleast in my case , it doesn't give any forward motion at best it's giving upward thrust to stay lower body afloat. what am I doing wrong ?

I am new to swimming and am learning the kick and haven’t reached the hand movement yet. My upper body moves left and right a lot while kicking. Is it normal or am I wrong somewhere?

Hi, when i swim with fins on, I can move forward without issue. But as soon as I take them off and kick, I am not moving. What could be the issue? Also do my feet need to kick above the water on the upkick?

Yep!!! I do get cramps 🤪

What about the deepest end of the pool someone may sink

I got sore front thighs after practicing kicking, us that because I’m not kicking using the hips?

What's the song?

This is a really good video. I have 2 problems. 1: when I kick, I don’t move forward. I tried to kick from my hips, and straight my legs. Still not move forward. 2: when I start kicking, my legs immediately sink. Not sure why. Then I felt I was sinking and kicks were not gonna work. Can you help me with those ?? Thank you!!

Good video. But what does it mean to engage your Core? 🙂

Sorry, how can propulsion come from down beat and not from upbeat ? from observation, down beat is actually moving the water towards your face side. Which according to newton's third law of motion will cause the body to move back. Its the upbeat that moves the water back (and some of it up) that pushes the body forward. No ?

Not able to perform kicking with ankle pointed,legs sink don't come up,knee bending

Thanks. I’ll practice the foot flexing exercises. I like the video, move backwards

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Great video, thanks! but the music is annoying and loud, I hope you release future videos without it

My coach told me the zoomers would help with the kicks.

Why do people have to play music whilst talking? It is just annoying. Otherwise, great video

too much technical jargon