Hi i counted my dolphin kicks after flip turn and i took 11 dolphin kicks to reach the 15m mark. Is that a good number? those dolphin kick were swift and fast ones. Should i dolphin kick after walls or just flip turn and freestyle?
I am aiming for 5-6 dolphin kicks for a 200m freestyle race.
Also is there any advantage for dolphin kicking off walls instead of just transitioning to normal freestyle?
For sprinting,it really,really depends on how fast your surface sprint speed is vs your SDK.Whereas a fast SDK is faster than a fast 200 free on the surface,many fast sprinters are just faster than a fast SDK.You need to experiment for you.Get some 15M sprint times with various SDK counts and see.I'm not that fast a free sprinter,nor a great SDKer,but my optimum count came to 3 SDKs YMMV.
For sprinting,it really,really depends on how fast your surface sprint speed is vs your SDK.Whereas a fast SDK is faster than a fast 200 free on the surface,many fast sprinters are just faster than a fast SDK.You need to experiment for you.Get some 15M sprint times with various SDK counts and see.I'm not that fast a free sprinter,nor a great SDKer,but my optimum count came to 3 SDKs YMMV.
