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?
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Time for a pure butterfly affectionato to weigh in. (pun intended) ! I only have one stroke to give to my sport. In the early 50's, the dolphin kick was just becoming known. My coach and I learned it out of a book, the "Swimming Times" of Great Britain. One of my team-mates and I would race a 100 fly every Monday, for time trials. Every time he would catch me in the last 10 yards and I still remember the sound of that dreaded frog-kick catching up with me. But one time I failed to die at the end and that was the last time trial for him. He was also the last frogger to ever beat me. So; what is the point ? I feel that as long as the rules allow, and as long as the poor froggers cannot beat real butterfly, what's to lose ? Seriously, the frog kick should be grandfathered out. The only question in my mind, brought to my attention by my ***-friend, Peter Cruise, is at what age should we require the purification of the stroke ? Over to you.......................:p
Time for a pure butterfly affectionato to weigh in. (pun intended) ! I only have one stroke to give to my sport. In the early 50's, the dolphin kick was just becoming known. My coach and I learned it out of a book, the "Swimming Times" of Great Britain. One of my team-mates and I would race a 100 fly every Monday, for time trials. Every time he would catch me in the last 10 yards and I still remember the sound of that dreaded frog-kick catching up with me. But one time I failed to die at the end and that was the last time trial for him. He was also the last frogger to ever beat me. So; what is the point ? I feel that as long as the rules allow, and as long as the poor froggers cannot beat real butterfly, what's to lose ? Seriously, the frog kick should be grandfathered out. The only question in my mind, brought to my attention by my ***-friend, Peter Cruise, is at what age should we require the purification of the stroke ? Over to you.......................:p
