Breaststrokers ---- make sure you understand the LATEST ruling on the pull-fly kick- br kick rule that has just been restated.
It says that you may use the fly kick AFTER the hands move apart & before the BR kick, on starts & turns, is the way I understand it.
a downward motion of the hands also counts. Its movement of the hands they look for, vertically or horizontally. You can maintain a streamline and push your hands down also.
Actually it doesn't anymore-www.usms.org/.../20120314_breast_interpretation.pdf
By this only a separation of the hands counts.
As I have said before ,the early kick is not faster for me(I don't have a great dolphin kick)but it is certainly faster for many BR swimmers ,YMMV.
Also the rule for the dolphin kick originally was so swimmers wouldn't get DQd for the "natural undulation" that often occurred during the pulldown.Now,if you use the early kickyou must have no undulation during the pulldown or you risk getting DQd.
a downward motion of the hands also counts. Its movement of the hands they look for, vertically or horizontally. You can maintain a streamline and push your hands down also.
Actually it doesn't anymore-www.usms.org/.../20120314_breast_interpretation.pdf
By this only a separation of the hands counts.
As I have said before ,the early kick is not faster for me(I don't have a great dolphin kick)but it is certainly faster for many BR swimmers ,YMMV.
Also the rule for the dolphin kick originally was so swimmers wouldn't get DQd for the "natural undulation" that often occurred during the pulldown.Now,if you use the early kickyou must have no undulation during the pulldown or you risk getting DQd.
