前言：這是一篇美國游泳教練的文章，談為什麼不能用浮板來練習打腿，是對傳統游泳訓練方法的巨大顛覆。
Kickboards (swimming boards) are evil.Having a great kick is priceless.
浮板是魔鬼，但好的打腿無價。
I try not to live by too many rules as theytend to constrict ones ability to think creatively, however, I do have a rulewhen it comes to kickboards (also referred to as swimming boards). Do not usethem when you are learning to swim! Ok, it is not entirely true that kickboardsdo not have their place around swimming pools, but let me explain why I suggestnot to use swimming boards.
我的生活中沒有太多的守則，因為那會限制你的創造力。然而，關於浮板我確實有一條守則---在你學游泳的時候，別用它們。當然並不是說浮板在游泳世界完全沒有價值，下面我會詳細解釋我的想法。
If you remember from one of my previousarticles, body and head position is one of the key elements to a successfulswimming stroke. The problem with using a kickboard for kicking is that yourbody defies the proper positioning. With your head above the water, your legssink deeper into the water and instead of swimming in a horizontal position,you suddenly find yourself swimming up a hill with your feet angling downtowards the pool floor. This is totally not the position you want to beimprinting into your brain .
身體和頭部位置是成功的游泳決定性因素之一。用浮板的問題在於它違背了正常的游泳身體位置。這時候你的頭是在水面上，腿部下沉，而不是處於水平的位置，你是在向上游。這絕對不是你應該讓大腦記住的游泳姿態。
If you learn to rely on a kickboard whileyou are learning to swim or learning a proper body position, it will take youthat much longer to actually achieve your goal. If you resist the temptation touse a kickboard and practice your kicking without it, it might be a bit moredifficult at the beginning, however, you will not only gain great bodyposition, but also better balance and strength in your core body.
如果你依賴浮板來學習游泳或合理的身體位置，它只會讓你花更多的時間。但如果你拒絕這種誘惑而是靠自己來練習打腿，可能在開始的時候比較困難，但你會發現你不僅會獲得良好的身體位置，還會有更好的平衡和更強的軀幹力量。
Not convinced to leave your kickboard athome yet? Well, just think about what is the reason that you started to useyour swimming board in the first place. Chances are that you just do as othersdo and kick with a kickboard, because everybody else kicks with it (we areafter all a society with monkey ancestry). Or you find it easier to kick thatway, because you can breath as much as you'd like or you use kickboard as aflotation device. Whatever your reason for using a kickboard is, trust me whenI say, you don't need it and here are more reasons why:
還不能說服你把浮板留在家裡？那麼，想想是什麼原因讓你開始使用浮板。很可能是因為你看到其它人都在用，或者是因為你發現用它打腿會更容易，因為你可以更輕鬆地呼吸。不管是什麼原因，相信我說的話，你不需要它，以下是更多的理由：
1) I already mentioned the improperpositioning of your body with your hips down and your legs sinking, but this isso important, I mention it again. This is definitely a no no. Instead youshould work on keeping your head under the water and your butt at the surfacewhile you kick, so your body is in a nice streamline.
1、我已經提到過不正確的身體姿勢是你的下半身下沉，這是絕對不允許的。相反，你應該在打腿的時候讓你的頭沉入水裡，屁股露出水面，這樣你的身體才能保持良好的流線型。
2) Yes, it is easier to breath whilekicking with a kickboard as you can take in as many breaths as often as you'dlike , however, if you practice kicking on your sides with your face down or in a streamline with your face down, you can at the same time practice your sidebreathing and a proper breathing rhythm.
2、的確，如果扶板打腿確實比較容易，你可以隨意地呼吸，但是，如果你不用浮板，而是保持頭朝下的方式側身打腿，你就可以練習側身呼吸和正確的呼吸節奏。
3) After you drop the kickboard, you canconcentrate better on the kick itself and not on what your swimming board isdoing or how you hold it. It is important that you focus only one thing at atime, so keep it simple.
3、在你扔掉浮板以後，你可以更關注於打腿本身，而不是浮板。一次只關注一件事很重要，儘量保持簡單。
4) You can eliminate the neck ache fromkicking with your head above the water and any shoulder tightness due toextended periods of kickboard holding. Remember, keeping a flat, wrinkle freeneck during the time your head is underwater is important to keep a nicestreamline.
4）浮板打水會給你的頸部和肩部增加壓力，而頭朝下保持一個平整，毫無褶皺的頸部對保持良好的流線型很重要。
So, now you might be wondering. What do Iuse a kickboard for then? Did I throw my money away? Well, you did not throwyour money away completely. Firstly, you supported your local swim shop , but more importantly, you could use your kickboard in more advancedswimming situations. For example if you want to kick fast for a time. Getting alot of oxygen is very important during a timed swim. You could also use yourkickboard as a resistance tool by holding it in front of you in the water in avertical position as if you'd kick against a wall. Or if you kick on a sidewith your bottom arm forward, you could press on the kickboard to get it underthe water (if the kickboard is small enough) and thus raising your hips andlegs to the surface to improve your core body strength for better bodyposition. Enough about kickboards, now it is time to improve your kicking skills.
也許你會問，那我的浮板怎麼辦呢，難道我的錢就白白扔了。當然不是，你支持了當地的游泳商店；更重要的是，你可以把浮板用在更高級的游泳場合。比如，你想要有更快的打腿，在一個有限的時間裡，獲得充足的氧氣很重要。你也可以把浮板在你前面豎起來增加你打腿的阻力。或者在你側身一手在前的時候，你可以把浮板按向水裡，從而抬高你的胯部和腿部提高你的軀幹力量。浮板就談到這裡吧，現在是時候提高你的打腿技術了。
