Ryan Woodruff, Lynchburg YMCA
In any training group, having a wide range of speed/ability can present challenges when trying to create or run a workout. This set is an example of how we make it work for a kick set:
16x (:40 kick + :20 rest)
Descend the effort (get faster) on the :40 kick 1-4, 5-8, 9-12, 13-16.
We start the set with all of the swimmers in each lane spread out over the length of the pool. We all start at the same time and the coach calls out “STOP” at the conclusion of each 40 seconds. Swimmers get their rest by either standing on the bottom or treading water in whichever spot they are in when they stop, this eliminates the need for separate intervals for different kicking speeds. We did this set with six swimmers per lane and had everyone do flutter kick with a board.
Of course, there are endless variations and creative changes you could do with this framework.
You could vary the number of rounds or manipulate the length of time for kicking. I like keeping it short like this so that we can get a high level of effort on the 4th one each time and not have an extreme amount of passing going on.
The Swimming Wizard 
I did this with my senior swimmers on Sunday. You get a really good feedback as you can stand mid pool and watch the speeds on each of the 4 reps.
Get them to carry their water bottles on their floats so they drink in the rest mid pool 🙂
I loved it, they didn’t as much
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