Text Box: 90 Ways to Kick

USMS Allegheny Mountain Masters

1.  Kicking with old sneakers

2.  Kicking against a wall

3.  Kick with a brick

4.  Kick against short surgical tubing (breast)

5.  Vertical kick – eggbeater

6.  Vertical kick – dolphin

7.  Vertical kick – streamlined

8.  Vertical kick – hands on head

9.  Vertical kick – with a medicine ball

10.  Vertical kick – with a medicine ball holding over the head

11.  Vertical kick – breast kick

12.  Vertical kick – free/back kick

13.  Vertical eggbeater sculling with right / left hand over head

14.  Vertical leg explosions into a streamline off the bottom, free kick deep end

15.  Vertical leg explosions into a streamline off the bottom, dolphin kick deep end

16.  Kick with fins – dolphin on back

17.  Kick on back – flutter kick

18.  Kick on back – breast kick

19.  Kick on back – dolphin kick

20.  Kick on back – arms 45° out of the water

21.  Kick on back – hands folded behind head

22.  Kick on back – streamlined

23.  Kick on back – one arm holding straight arm at elbow

24.  Kick on side – flutter kick

25.  Kick on side – arms 45° out of the water

26.  Kick on side – dolphin kick

27.  10 kicks right side / 10 kicks left side – free

28.  10 kicks right side / 10 kicks left side – back

29.  6 kicks right side / 6 kicks left side – back

30.  3 kicks + 1 pull = breast

31.  2 kicks + 1 pull = breast

32.  4 kicks underwater streamlined – breast 1 stroke

33.  Eggbeater kick with partner = :30 each pushing against each other

34.  Hyper kick – freestyle

35.  Breast kick with hands behind back

36.  Large dolphin kick

37.  Triple dolphin kick

38.  Breast pull with free kick

39.  Breast pull with dolphin kick

40.  Fly arms with breast kick

41.  Breast kick = 4 under water + 4 over water

42.  Kick with small kick board

43.  Kick underwater with board

44.  “Skippys” – catch-up using a board

45.  Dolphin kick with hands behind back

46.  Kick at surface in streamline

47.  Kick breaststroke with pull buoy

48.  Kick breast with stack of 3 (or more) kickboards

49.  Max. distance per kick – breast

50.  Kick dolphin with hands on hips

51.  Fly = 1 stroke + 8 kicks

52.  Fly = 5 kicks + 3 strokes

53.  Underwater streamline – dolphin

54.  Underwater streamline – breast kick

55.  Underwater streamline – width of pool

56.  Kick – rolling corkscrew pattern

57.  Kick with board over knees – prevents “peddling”

58.  Kick with fins – freestyle

59.  10 kicks + 5 fast strokes

60.  Eggbeater with a board

61.  Dryland flutter kick on back

62.  Dryland dolphin kick on back

63.  Leg explosions off bottom of pool (shallow end)

64.  Kick freestyle – swimmers at opposite ends of kickboard

65.  Kick dolphin – swimmers at opposite ends of kickboard

66.  Pull breast + free kick with fins

67.  4 kicks + 1 pull = fly

68.  Dolphin with fins

69.  Kick on back with fins

70.  Kick with fins = breast

71.  Kick with monofin on back underwater

72.  Kick with monofin on stomach underwater

73.  Kick with monofin on surface on stomach

74.  Kick with monofin on surface on back

75.  Kick with monofin on side

76.  Kick on back “hugging” kickboard

77.  Kick with fins on back underwater

78.  Kick with fins on stomach underwater

79.  Kick with fins on surface on stomach

80.  Kick with fins on surface on back

81.  Kick with fins on side

82.  Kick with fins on back underwater - dolphin

83.  Kick with fins on stomach underwater - dolphin

84.  Kick with fins on surface on stomach - dolphin

85.  Kick with fins on surface on back - dolphin

86.  Kick with fins on side – dolphin

87.  Kick with fins = 10 kicks left + 10 kicks right

88.  Kick with fins = dolphin + breast arms

89.  Kick fly with pull buoy

90.  Kick with vertical kickboard