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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Evolution breastroke with a frog kick, it then became ok to bring the arms over the top in breaststroke.
Matt Manne jr started to do what they called a fish tail kick I was in London Ontario the first time he demonstrated this new thing.
Then someone started to do a double kick which they called a dolphin kick this was not legal for breaststroke and this is where the two strokes seperated.
When you were not allowed to do a fish tail in came the whip kick for breaststroke, as close as they could get to the fishtail without breaking the rules. From there who knows the rest of the changes, above water, below water head position, swimming all the way underwater and rule change after rule change... the story continues.
The only reason I know this is because I am getting long in the tooth.
George Park www.swimdownhill.com
Evolution breastroke with a frog kick, it then became ok to bring the arms over the top in breaststroke.
Matt Manne jr started to do what they called a fish tail kick I was in London Ontario the first time he demonstrated this new thing.
Then someone started to do a double kick which they called a dolphin kick this was not legal for breaststroke and this is where the two strokes seperated.
When you were not allowed to do a fish tail in came the whip kick for breaststroke, as close as they could get to the fishtail without breaking the rules. From there who knows the rest of the changes, above water, below water head position, swimming all the way underwater and rule change after rule change... the story continues.
The only reason I know this is because I am getting long in the tooth.
George Park www.swimdownhill.com
