I'm a good kicker, but not a great kicker

Oct
7

I'm a good kicker, but not a great kicker

Posted by Kevin Doak on Friday at: 7:11pm (October 7th, 2011)

Fridays are kick sets.  It went something like this:

2 x 50y @ 1:00 [1 easy, 1 fast]
200 swim 12.5y underwater off each wall
3 x 50y @ 1:00 [Descend 1-3]
3 x 150 swim 12.5y underwater off each wall
4 x 50y @ 1:00 [Odd easy, Even fast]
4 x 100 swim 12.5y underwater off each wall
5 x 50y @ 1:00 [Descend 1-3 then 1 easy, then 1 fast]
50 easy

I started off at 26 second 50y kicks from a push which was among the fastest in the pool of 50 guys.  Due to the separation between college guys and the post grad's, I couldn't see the college guys or how fast they were swimming but I was getting the reports from the coaches.  By the second set of 50's I sped up to a personal best of a 25.3 and later a 25.4.  My times were darn good for me, definitely the fastest of my life.  Compared to the college guys I was 4th out of the group and 1st out of the post grads which includes 4 olympians.  The fastest college guys were kicking 22.8's by swimming the entire thing underwater and pulling on the lane lines into the wall.  I have to give those guys a lot of credit for going that fast and holding their breath for 23 seconds while swimming all out!

I'm very proud of my times from today.  I'm the best kicker I've ever been! 

Training Quote
"Don't be afraid of going fast" - Coach Mark Hill
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