Leg Kicking

[Quero]

LOL@Sarah - I need to get my thighs looking like that. Saying that I need to go running again (which'll help making my thighs look good and strengthen them more as well). And everything tastes like chicken!

Dale - thanks for that info. I did wonder. But this is recreational diving, not tech diving. I've noticed two of the DMS/OWSI's that i've had do the 'frog kick' (for want of a better word)...I've done breaststroke while swimming and dont' have any problems with moving my legs that way, but just seems weird doing that underwater. Like you said, it all comes down to practice and training.

Thanks

Lottie, your observation of DMs and Instructors is spot on! Most dive pros use the frog kick (and yes, that is the correct term).

For example, I use flutters in two main circumstances--a regular flutter kick when I'm teaching OW because I don't want to add any further complication; and a modified flutter kick when I'm traversing a narrow swim through and need to avoid contact with the surrounding walls. OW students just "naturally" use the flutter kick (it's the most common swim training kick and the neural pathways are very well developed for it). The rest of the time, I prefer frog kicks.

For scuba divers, frog kicks are more efficient than flutters in most situations: they provide more momentum in terms of energy expended, they keep the diver from kicking up sand or silt from the bottom, and the leg/knee positioning is the starting point for other manoevering techniques such as helicopter turns and swimming backwards.

Try it, you might like it!