At the U.S. Trials there was one official in every lane looking at the turns, so now that we're in Athens, how does Kitajima get away with that dolphin kick on his turn? It seemed clear to me from the above water shot, then was confirmed with the underwater. Other breaststrokers care to weigh in?
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Originally posted by dreamer
Why is a dolphin kick off the breastroke turn prohibited? In the other strokes I noticed a dolphin kick used after turning off the wall, or even at the start. Just curious..
I'm sure there is some historical tie-in to the time when the butterfly was created as a sort of "spin-off" of the breaststroke - although I don't know what that is.
BUT - a dolphin kick is definately allowed off the wall on the fly, backstroke (on your back of course) and free. In fact, they are pretty much accepted as the best way to keep up the speed off the wall for those three.
Originally posted by dreamer
Why is a dolphin kick off the breastroke turn prohibited? In the other strokes I noticed a dolphin kick used after turning off the wall, or even at the start. Just curious..
I'm sure there is some historical tie-in to the time when the butterfly was created as a sort of "spin-off" of the breaststroke - although I don't know what that is.
BUT - a dolphin kick is definately allowed off the wall on the fly, backstroke (on your back of course) and free. In fact, they are pretty much accepted as the best way to keep up the speed off the wall for those three.
