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Are You Kicktastic?

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Paul Newsome, Swim Smooth
Apr 30, 2010
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When they swim freestyle, everyone has to kick to some extent to keep their body position high in the water. But generally, as distance swimmers and triathletes, we're looking to minimise the effort we put into our kick.
The propulsion from leg kick is very small; even if you have a fantastic leg kick technique it's unlikely to be more than ten percent o…

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