Back a few months, there were energetic discussions about doing away with the use of breastroke kick during butterfly swimming. At that time, I recall that FINA postponed the decision for Masters until after the Worlds. Has anyone heard anything?
I believe there is a big difference between a young swimmer who will eventually learn the motor skills to swim a legal butterfly and an older masters swimmer whose strength, flexibility and range of motion are in decline, making the possibility of a legal butterfly with dolphin kick less and less likely as the years pass. It's not in USMS's best interest to block older swimmers out of butterfly and IM events by mandating a dolphin kick.
I believe there is a big difference between a young swimmer who will eventually learn the motor skills to swim a legal butterfly and an older masters swimmer whose strength, flexibility and range of motion are in decline, making the possibility of a legal butterfly with dolphin kick less and less likely as the years pass. It's not in USMS's best interest to block older swimmers out of butterfly and IM events by mandating a dolphin kick.
