I found this article (see link), that thrashes American's attitude in regards to the our performace in Athans, espically in swimming and Basketball. Any truth to what was said?
www.msnbc.msn.com/.../
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Originally posted by Conniekat8
I haven't seen the Dolphin kick myself yet, but at our USMS nationals I happened to be in the hospitality when the officials were having a meetin and going over some rules, part of the conversation went like this... "Body dolphin is okay, it can be a part of the breaststroke and it needs to be followed by the arm oull... but repeated leg only dolphin kick is not okay.... "
Can anyone elaborate or comment on this?
Could this be what kitajima was doing?
I saw the kick.
There is a body dolphin that is an integral part of breaststroke. It brings the head up to breathe on each stroke, and then helps drive the arms forward into a streamline while delivering a bit of a snap to the legs as they kick back.
But no stroke was occurring when Kitajima did his infamous kick. Kitajima was coming out of his turn into his streamline, and hadn't even done his pullout yet. Dolphin kicking is allowed at that point for every stroke but breaststroke.
This sort of thing frequently isn't called in kids' swim meets or even in masters meets, because there is often only one stroke judge and he/she can't watch everyone constantly, and because this sort of thing would rarely make any difference in the outcome of an event (where 1st, 2nd, 3rd, and 4th place are frequently separated from one another by seconds, not hundredths of seconds). But in elite-level competitions like the Olympics, it can be significant.
Originally posted by Conniekat8
I haven't seen the Dolphin kick myself yet, but at our USMS nationals I happened to be in the hospitality when the officials were having a meetin and going over some rules, part of the conversation went like this... "Body dolphin is okay, it can be a part of the breaststroke and it needs to be followed by the arm oull... but repeated leg only dolphin kick is not okay.... "
Can anyone elaborate or comment on this?
Could this be what kitajima was doing?
I saw the kick.
There is a body dolphin that is an integral part of breaststroke. It brings the head up to breathe on each stroke, and then helps drive the arms forward into a streamline while delivering a bit of a snap to the legs as they kick back.
But no stroke was occurring when Kitajima did his infamous kick. Kitajima was coming out of his turn into his streamline, and hadn't even done his pullout yet. Dolphin kicking is allowed at that point for every stroke but breaststroke.
This sort of thing frequently isn't called in kids' swim meets or even in masters meets, because there is often only one stroke judge and he/she can't watch everyone constantly, and because this sort of thing would rarely make any difference in the outcome of an event (where 1st, 2nd, 3rd, and 4th place are frequently separated from one another by seconds, not hundredths of seconds). But in elite-level competitions like the Olympics, it can be significant.
