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Originally Posted by Archaea
There are many theories on kicking, but some theories disabuse swimmers of the notion of hard kicking. A few styles actually encourage it. My style, except for sprinting, relies upon efficient arm pulls with very little kicking. In tris, I don't see a benefit of toasting your legs in the swim.
The sinking argument doesn't float, as the world's best swimmers are all non-buoyant. So in reality, you have all the tools to be a great swimmer, just not the mindset yet.
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My bil is, by all accounts, a really great swimmer. He also has incredibly short legs, and a long torso. He says that my sisters and I suck at swimming because we have long limbs and he claims that makes our kicking less efficient. I don't know if I buy it or not. Sadly, I am the "strong swimmer" out of the three sisters, but I have to be one of the most inefficient swimmers alive. I feel like I expend an incredible amount of energy for the distance I'm covering...which is generally very short.