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.
I stand corrected. Funny, the last time I got clarification on this rule was only TWO days before that new interpretation was published (it was at Sectionals the first weekend of March). That was what I was referring to in my previous post.
Good to know.
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.
I stand corrected. Funny, the last time I got clarification on this rule was only TWO days before that new interpretation was published (it was at Sectionals the first weekend of March). That was what I was referring to in my previous post.
Good to know.
