Natalie Coughlin - Kicking

Natalie Coughlin - Kicking Tips
Comments: Here's the short version - notice how compact her kick is. Focus on:

1. Kick and recovery (your leg is a lever that works in both directions)
2. Slight knee bend (use long levers instead of short ones)
3. Keep as much pressure on your feet as possible (both during kick and recovery)

Race Club

Gary Hall Sr. - Secret Tips Legs
Comments: Here's the long version - this playlist contains a set of four great kicking clips:

1. Propulsion
2. Lift
3. Stabilizing Force
4. Inertia

Click the following link to watch the playlist on YouTube (it's easier to navigate between clips on the YouTube player): Open Playlist on YouTube.

Glenn Mills - Limit the Legs
Comments: This drill progression helps to develop a compact kick. In the first stage - band flutter drill - you can substitue an old bike tube - and then use it again for the third stage instead of the ankle lock.

Freestyle - Limit the Legs from Glenn Mills on Vimeo.

Glenn Mills - Happy Feet (Vertical Kicking)
Comments: Passing a diving brick or medicine ball is a good way to develop kicking .

Unconventional - Happy Feet from Glenn Mills on Vimeo.

Training-Fin Sprint

Glenn Mills - Training-Fin Sprints
Comments: This isn't just for sprinters. Glenn emphasizes using fins to help adjust to the pain and effort of fast swimming - but I like to emphasize that faster swimming for longer periods of time helps your entire body adapt to the increased drag of swimming faster.

Training - Fin Sprint from Glenn Mills on Vimeo.