Improve Your Freestyle Kick | Swimming Drills To Make You Faster

Kick is easily overlooked when learning to swim, but it is a really effective part of propulsion through the water! It's true, in triathlon you want to save your legs for the bike and run, but you'll still need the power in the race so here are our tips and drills to improve your freestyle kick!

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Kick is easily overlooked when learning front crawl. Admittedly it makes up a small percentage of your forward propulsion in middle to long distance swimming, but still an effective kick is vital for an efficient overall stroke.

It's true, in triathlon you want to save your legs for the bike and run to a certain extent but you also want to finish the swim as quickly as possible without wasting energy.

Here are our tips and drills to improve your freestyle kick!

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