Frog kicking and Jetfins

[mobeeno]

I watched an old dive instructional video where divers flutter kick with Jetfins. What is the history behind frog kicking and Jetfins.

[CompuDude]

Frog kicking isn't specific to jetfins, it just happens to work really well with them.

Frog kicking is more about the need for non-silting kicks, which weren't the focus of early dive education. Caves and such came later. A recognition of the need for an alternate style of kicking came about after people started dying from zero vis whiteouts in said caves.

[DiverBry]

The frog kick is excellent to prevent stirring up silt... your body is in a horizontal, flat plane, but your knees are bent, and your fins end up in a parallel horizontal plane above the rest of your body.

Here are a few videos: http://www.frogkick.dk/multimedia/video/frogkick/

[RikRaeder]

I love froggy style. It helps conserve energy.

[wolfen42]

Any tips for practicing frog kicking?

[Charles R]

best suggestion is to have someone record you doing the frog kick and watch the tape and see where you can improve. But I practice in my pool but I seem to spend more time practicing helicopter turns and backwards kicks than anything else.

[wolfen42]

Originally Posted by Charles R

best suggestion is to have someone record you doing the frog kick and watch the tape and see where you can improve. But I practice in my pool but I seem to spend more time practicing helicopter turns and backwards kicks than anything else.

Intentionally or otherwise, eh?

[Skinsfan1311]

Originally Posted by Charles R

best suggestion is to have someone record you doing the frog kick and watch the tape and see where you can improve. But I practice in my pool but I seem to spend more time practicing helicopter turns and backwards kicks than anything else.

LOL!! That can be a frightening thing!!

We dove the Cenotes, and the DM told us to frog kick, to help avoid the silting.

We had a videographer along on the trip. Long story short, we stopped for lunch and the videographer played the video while we ate.

I wasn't paying too much attention, until everyone at the table started to bust out laughing.

I looked up and, to my chagrin, it was me, "frog-kicking"

I looked like a wounded tadpole!! It was not a thing of beauty.

The good thing is, that seeing myself on video really helped me with my technique...

[LCFrigon]

Originally Posted by DiverBry

The frog kick is excellent to prevent stirring up silt... your body is in a horizontal, flat plane, but your knees are bent, and your fins end up in a parallel horizontal plane above the rest of your body.

Here are a few videos: http://www.frogkick.dk/multimedia/video/frogkick/

Thanks for this video site...I found it to be very informative and not just for froggykicks the long hose demo was nice to see also