Re: Going nowhere using kickboard

In message <t8TFe.4896$p5.672@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx!nnrp1.uunet.ca>, jtaylor <jtaylor@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes 

"congokid" <newsabuse001@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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I have
been practising lengths using as few strokes as possible and have it
down to 8 with a good push and glide from the wall.

I think this is helping me improve my stroke - would that be the case? 

It is not clear from the above whether you are referring to

a) Front Crawl kicking (and the Front Crawl stroke); or
b) Breaststroke kicking (and the Breaststroke);

but assuming the latter -

Breaststroke does often have a large contribution from the kick; and if you
are improving in that part, you should see a corresponding improvement in
the whole stroke, assuming you do not run into timing or co-ordination
issues.

I should have clarified - it's breaststroke that I'm doing when I'm counting strokes up and down the pool. I don't think I'm seeing co-ordination issues, though as I use a longish glide element for each stroke, I usually end up a bit puffed after a couple of lengths.

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