[Jimbo]

Only just started swimming "seriously" (well..not professionally) just seriously using swimming for fitness.

I'm trying to become more efficient at it. One of my struggles is developing an acceptable flutter kick. Though I never did that much swimming, it seems that I did enough to develop a bad flutter kick. I have a habit of kicking ONCE with the opposite foot that I am stroking with my arm..in other words..right arm stroke/left foot kicks/left arm strokes/right foot kicks.

This works okay. But I'm definitely not very fast with this so I have been playing around trying to figure out what works and doesn't work.

I have found that I can ignore the habit and do some serious kicking but my kick is more of a kick than a "flutter". Using a float board, I find that doing a real "flutter" type kick, I just stay suspended in one spot. I don't move much at all. I don't see how a "flutter" type kick can propel me?

I've found videos but no real good shots of the kick going on..

Anyone know of a diagram or animation showing the proper mechanics?