Dry exercise for flutter kick?

[sunshine]

My flutter kick is rubbish. I just can't seem to engage the water. Can anyone suggest a dry exercise for flutter kick? I'm already spending time daily 'kneeling' to stretch my feet back, but I need technique, too. One thing that confuses me is the advice to kick from your hips; should I be wiggling my hips like Elvis, or is the advice more to do with the thighs?

[MadHighroller]

I think using the word ' hips ' is confusing - I would elaborate by saying 'hip flexors'. Which is the very top thigh muscles and up into the lower abdomen.

I dont know about dry drills, but practising kicks in the water with or with a kick board, and also on your back.

Nice floppy feet/ankles in the water, floppy, floppy, floppy.

[Linny]

I give all adults "homework" of the same exercises to do as you get on aeroplanes to improve ankle flexibility.

Children and adults get "homework" for their flutter kick of kicking off their socks at night and seeing how far they can kick them across the room.

[sunshine]

Originally Posted by Linny

I give all adults "homework" of the same exercises to do as you get on aeroplanes to improve ankle flexibility.

What exercise is that, please?

[Linny]

Originally Posted by sunshine

What exercise is that, please?

I'm really just meaning the exercises that help prevent swelling (women get them to do during pregnancy too) and reduce the risk of deep vein thrombosis on long flights so they aren't exercises for flexibility as such.

I give them as "homework" because they are easy to do and do help with mobility and flexibility, especially for older people and/or people who are sedentary (not suggesting you fall into either of these categories).

This is a link to the type of thing I mean although googling will reveal any number of sites with similar exercises on them. They aren't a bad thing to do anyway and you can do most of them watching the tele.