Strap 2 Knees Together
- Quick option to strap the knees together
- Great for Breast Kicking (better than pull buoy as the hips are allowed to press forward)
- Helps ensure the Breast kick catches water quickly and finishes completely
- Great around the knees for pull sets instead of a pull buoy or ankle strap
- 1 size fits all
- Strong enough to attach to a parachute from the knees
- Also works as an ankle strap for pull sets
- Note: this strap is also our Junior 1SwimBelt to fit the waist of most younger swimmers (ages 10 and under)
Purchase Options
Additional Uses/Tips/Support:
The Knee Strap is perfect size to fit around kickboards (to add our Weight Bags, Drag Cups, Hip Fins, 1SwimChute, or Power Bags to kickboard)
Long-Term Maintenance:
- As the female Velcro ‘feathers out’ just take scissors and trim down the excess to get more life out of your straps.
Adding Weight to your Kickboard:
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- Make your kickboard more neutrally buoyant by combining:
- Our Weight Bags
- Our Knee Strap
- This can nearly eliminate the flotation of your board so you have to use your core to stabilize yourself
- It can also help maintain a more ideal body position, position, and alignment while underwater off your walls
Adding Drag to your Kickboard:
- We have 3 options for adding drag to your kickboard. Start with our Drag Cups along with our Power Bags
- Our Power Bags with our Weight Bags inside the bags
- Or our 1SwimChute can be clipped with the carabiner to the front of soft kickboards or use 1-2 of our Knee straps to secure it.
- Make your kickboard more neutrally buoyant by combining:
- These options are similar to pulling a parachute but can be dropped on the pool deck faster than a parachute can be removed for alternating race pace and EZ effort in your sets.
Adding Alignment to your Kickboard:
- Combine our Hip Fins to the underside of your kickboard
- This will provide a new way to feel you board as you come off the walls and help encourage ‘straight on/straight off’ instead of ‘circle swimming’ all your walls
Train the Ideal Ankle Catch and Finish for Breast Kicking
BR Kick with knee strap and Power Bags
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- Quick to install around the knees (can leave slightly loose for personal preference)
- Better than a buoy between knees as the buoy forces the hips too high instead of hips moving forward
- Trains the ankles to quickly flex out and catch as much water as possible
- Trains a complete whip kick around and back behind the body
- Add the Power Bags to the feet (close the bottoms to keep feet inside bags) for more kick power
- Kick vertical with the Knee band to ensure the most power and quality
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Feedback (Swimmers FEEL / Coaches SEE / Video for Self-Analysis):
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- FEEL your feet recover fast and fully
- FEEL your feet catch water with the outer edge of feet as high as possible
- FEEL your feet (big toes) finish completely together
- SEE the feet finish up close to the surface and not down below the body
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Links: Using the Knee Strap to Fine Tune Breast kicking
Control Knee Width on Flip Turns
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- Wrap around knees for the desired distance between knees
- At first you may want to keep knees close
- Eventually you want to train the knees to maintain shoulder width on recovery
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Feedback (Swimmers FEEL/ Coaches SEE / Video for Self Analysis)
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- You should feel water moving through your legs as you recover the legs on flip turns
- Your feet need to land on the wall at shoulder width
- Stop your flip with your feet on the wall and check to see your foot placement
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Link: Using the Knee Strap to Improve Flip Turns
Use the Knee Strap as an Ankle Strap
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- Use for pull sets to train the core to press the chest and raise the legs
- Makes pull sets much harder due to the added drag of the legs lower in the water
- Use to attach parachutes from the ankles for added power to pull sets
- Add a pull buoy between the ankles to create more imbalance to the front of body
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Feedback (Swimmers FEEL / Coaches SEE / Video for Self-Analysis):
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- As your feet sink, press down on your chest to help drive up your legs
- Alternate between adding a pull buoy between the ankles in different sets
- Feel any ‘fishtail’ of your legs and use your core to stabilize your side-to-side balance
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Links: Using the Knee Strap to Fine Tune Upper Body Strength
Use Knee Strap for Pull Sets
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- Knee strap with pull buoy between thighs
- Like pull sets with an ankle strap, you can also do pull sets with the knees strapped together
- This is an easier transition if you are struggling with an ankle strap on pull sets
- Can also use knee strap to help hold buoy between thighs
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Feedback (Swimmers FEEL / Coaches SEE / Video for Self-Analysis):
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- As your feet sink, press down on your chest to help drive up your legs
- Be sure to do pull sets without a pull buoy to help improve your core and power
- Feel any ‘fishtail’ of your legs and use your core to stabilize your side-to-side balance
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Links: Using the Knee Strap to Fine Tune Upper Body Strength
Use Knee Strap as Belt
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- Great as a 1SwimBelt for thinner swimmer (10 and under)
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