I was reading the rules and need to know what type of kick you can use of the start and the turns. The rules are not that clear.
btw, i swam my first meet in 13 years on Sunday. had serious case of the buterflies but all that left when I was on the block of my first race. did better than I expected.
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I might add that a solid body-dolphin (admittedly a horizontal one, not a vertical) is at the core of an effective butterfly. At the risk of becoming a broken record, to read more about it, go to www.h2oustonswims.org and in the "Articles" section there are two excellent pieces by Emmett Hines "Slip Slid'n' Away" and "Vive le Papillon."
Shakey, I hear you on people who push the rules. The real irony is that the butterfly itself was created in reaction to a breaststroker who noticed that the rules as they then existed permitted arm recovery over the water. The traditionalists howled in protest, and much to the surprise of everyone, the committee/compromise solution ended up being a creative win/win proposition. We got a new stroke--the fly-- and a rewrite the rules to maintain breaststroke in the form we all know and love.
BTW, I was also astounded to hear a breaststroke kick is permitted off of a turn in fly. I would have bet any amount of money that was not the case.
Matt
I might add that a solid body-dolphin (admittedly a horizontal one, not a vertical) is at the core of an effective butterfly. At the risk of becoming a broken record, to read more about it, go to www.h2oustonswims.org and in the "Articles" section there are two excellent pieces by Emmett Hines "Slip Slid'n' Away" and "Vive le Papillon."
Shakey, I hear you on people who push the rules. The real irony is that the butterfly itself was created in reaction to a breaststroker who noticed that the rules as they then existed permitted arm recovery over the water. The traditionalists howled in protest, and much to the surprise of everyone, the committee/compromise solution ended up being a creative win/win proposition. We got a new stroke--the fly-- and a rewrite the rules to maintain breaststroke in the form we all know and love.
BTW, I was also astounded to hear a breaststroke kick is permitted off of a turn in fly. I would have bet any amount of money that was not the case.
Matt
