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.
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.
This is where I do my dolphin kick, near the end of the pulldown phase. I have no problem getting to or a little past 15 meters off the dive, and I can get nearly 1/2way down the pool on all other lengths (most of the time). I don't understand how people "get away with" the dolphin kick at the beginning of the pulldown...it just doesn't seem natural.
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.
This is where I do my dolphin kick, near the end of the pulldown phase. I have no problem getting to or a little past 15 meters off the dive, and I can get nearly 1/2way down the pool on all other lengths (most of the time). I don't understand how people "get away with" the dolphin kick at the beginning of the pulldown...it just doesn't seem natural.
