Do this trick for 20% INSTANT improvement of ankle mobility for swimming!

On this video I’ll tell you a trick which will increase your ankle mobility by around 20% instantly. I’ll also explain the importance of ankle and toe mobility and flexibility and how to avoid getting cramps when you try to point your toes. Let’s do a deal, I won’t keep you waiting for the trick but in exchange I ask that you finish watching the video, because the information I’ll give you will help you even more in the long run. Ok the trick is actually on the hips. See how I cannot touch the floor with my toes here? Well if I internally rotate my hips I increase my range of motion immediately and am able to touch the floor. Well you might say, that’s good but not for swimming. Au contraire my friend, most of the good swimmers do this hip internal rotation, specially during the dolphin kicks. The toes are always tilted towards the inside of the body line. This is not easy and it takes practice, but it’s worth the extra range of motion. Why? Because, as you probably already know, the ankles are one of the most important joints in swimming. We bend the ankles as much, and in some cases, even more than ballerinas, who are famous for their ankle flexibility. But having flexible ankles is not enough. You actually need mobility. The difference is that mobility means that you will be active in pointing the ankle, not like when you do a stretch by sitting on the ankles, where your ankles are passive. That is called ankle flexibility. Mobility is when in the back kick you engage the calve muscles so that the ankle stays in plantar flexion. Flexibility is more like when you kick forward and the ankle is more relaxed because the pressure of the water is keeping it pointed. Ok so we established that you need ankle flexibility and mobility. How about the toes? The toes are considered a separate joint. They basically do the same thing, they must be relaxed on the forward kick and steady on the back kick. But if you flex them too much you might get a cramp. So having them in line with the ankle is enough, They don’t need to be flexed further. But as you will see in a video called “ankle mobility routine for swimmers”, we need to work on them separately. Before I send you to the routine, let’s recap. Hip internal rotation for immediate extra range of motion. Ankles and toes relaxed on the forward kick. And strong steady plantar flexed ankles and toes on the back kick. Practice it in slow motion in the water, then with fins, and then increase the speed. Now if you are ready and willing to spend around 15 minutes working on your ankles and toes, click on this video. See you there! Swim fast!

Channel: Skills N' Talents

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Keywords: swimming, 접영, swimming tutorial, 水泳, swimming technique, swimming videos, learning to swim, swimming techniques for beginners, swimming technique freestyle, swimming techniques to swim faster, ankle mobility exercises, ankle mobility, ankle mobility squat

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Length: 2min 47sec (167 seconds)

Published: Tue Apr 13 2021