The Race-Day Value of Using Kick Counts in Practice

By Olivier Poirier-Leroy on SwimSwam
Each day you go to the pool for practice, you are building a performance.
When the red hand on that big, white analog clock swings towards 60 to kick off a big main set, you are molding things like:
Technique. The different energy systems. Building strength and power. And refining the habits that you’ll use on race day.
This is especially the case with your underwater dolphin kick.
The Cost of Improvising Kick Counts
Often, swimmers will show up to the