Kicking and timing of kicking can be the trickiest elements of swimming... this drill
from GoSWIM TV can prove helpful to you as it has done to me...
Some comments made on this blog are quite important.
Kudos to Goswim & commentators !
"Hopefully the experiment will show the swimmer that a downkick with the right leg/foot early in the arm cycle of the right arm will generate maximum power. That timing of the kick augments the body rotation/snap to the opposite side which is how power is generated. The down kick of the right leg forces the right hip up which is the movement that gets the swimmer onto the left side which is the power generating movement.
The same with the other side. A down kick with the left leg/foot early in the arm cycle of the left arm assists in the body rotation back to the right side. While the body is rotating to the opposite side, the high elbow arm configuraion of the pulling arm is connected to the rotating body to provide the power to move the body forward through the water."
"Kick timing is indeed very important and a somewhat neglected subject (as is kick positioning); fine-tuning of the kick has an enormous effect on balance, streamline and, consequently, speed."
Enjoy !
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