How to use it?
Hold the board in front of you with both hands, arms extended in front, head in the water in a horizontal position. Do kick or undulation keeping your body straight. To breathe, you have 2 options. Lift your head in front or breathe to the side to improve your breathing technique.
Drills with a kickboard
Here are 2 exercises to improve your stroke and technique, using a board.
Pull stroke
Exercice : Hold the board with one hand and use the other hand to perform arm movements (front crawl or back crawl). Alternate arm, focusing on one arm at a time.
Goal : This drill strengthens the arm and works on arm-leg coordination.
Work on positioning
Exercice : Place the board under your chest and let it float under your body while you do kicks.
Goal : This exercise helps you maintain an upright body position and work on your buoyancy and balance in the water, as well as your sheathing.
Variation: still with the board under your chest, swim freestyle , breathing with a snorkel.The aim is not to drop the board.