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.
The sequence is:
1) Push off & glide in a locked streamline,
2) unlock your streamline by separating your hands a few inches then pause
3) DK & glide some then
4) begin your pull down
Learn how to do an optimal unlocked streamline
One question, one observation.
Could you unlock your streamline, dk, then return to a locked streamline to glide before completing your pullout?
I messed with this early dk business ever-so-briefly yesterday evening. If you are, like me, used to doing your dk in the midst of your pull down, it will take some practice to suppress it. I wouldn't try changing the sequence of movements in a meet until youhad practiced thus a lot. Of course, I'm sure there's a SFF post about that already. ;-)
Skip
This video has really helped me, so far. Is the rule again different or did they just clarify?
http://youtu.be/7S1fy8K7FQI
This is a good demonstration of what is legal.
One question, one observation.
Could you unlock your streamline, dk, then return to a locked streamline to glide before completing your pullout?
I messed with this early dk business ever-so-briefly yesterday evening. If you are, like me, used to doing your dk in the midst of your pull down, it will take some practice to suppress it. I wouldn't try changing the sequence of movements in a meet until youhad practiced thus a lot. Of course, I'm sure there's a SFF post about that already. ;-)
Skip
I think most elites dk and then immediately pull. With one dk, I wouldn't think that you'd get enough forward propulsion to drop back into a glide afterwards. It's sort of like the dk at the beginning of a butterfly pull.
One question, one observation.
Could you unlock your streamline, dk, then return to a locked streamline to glide before completing your pullout?
I messed with this early dk business ever-so-briefly yesterday evening. If you are, like me, used to doing your dk in the midst of your pull down, it will take some practice to suppress it. I wouldn't try changing the sequence of movements in a meet until youhad practiced thus a lot. Of course, I'm sure there's a SFF post about that already. ;-)
Skip
I think that if you separate your hands and then bring them back together ,that could be seen as a completed pull,so the regular pulldown would be your second consecutive pull and you would be DQd.
This is a good demonstration of what is legal.
I tried playing with the dolphin kick near the beginning, bbut it just doesn't feel right at all to me. I guess that's the flyer in me. I'm just going to stick with the kick near the end of my powerful pulldown. Not worth DQing myself.
I think that if you separate your hands and then bring them back together ,that could be seen as a completed pull,so the regular pulldown would be your second consecutive pull and you would be DQd.
I would hope so! All of this nitpicky stuff would be moot if they'd just had the stones to DQ Kitundulate the first time! I swam the stroke for 50 years without a hint of "natural" undulation on the pullout. We were just trained that way. Your lower body was still and dragged along by the pullout.
I have moved into the new era, after some trial and error. Personally, I find that the dolphin in conjunction with the pullout works better for me. That may be partially due to the fact that my SDK is pretty pitiful at the moment.
A butterfly kick isn't required in the breaststroke pullout, is it?
I've never believed in the reasons why this was allowed, and have never done it. Just want to make sure I won't get DQ'd for not including it in my pullouts.
A butterfly kick isn't required in the breaststroke pullout, is it?
I've never believed in the reasons why this was allowed, and have never done it. Just want to make sure I won't get DQ'd for not including it in my pullouts.
Nope,not required.
