Coaches will always tell you on the two short axis strokes of breaststroke and butterfly, never pull into a turn. Always kick into the turn. By adjusting your stroke about 5 meters out, looking at the wall, you will automatically adjust and come into the wall with all the power of the breaststroke kick.
But what if you are at the Olympics and you have misjudged the turn. Your kick has finished too far out and you have to pull into the wall. What do you do? Why cheat of course!
Check out the mpeg video called bossini2004a.mpeg at swimfastest.net/.../athens2004.html
This video of Paolo Bossini and Kitajima in heat 4 of the 200 ***, shows the start of the race, where both Bossini and Kitajima have some loose legs but not actual dolphin kicks like what Kitajima did in the 100.
What is interesting is at frames 700-731 (23.357 to 24.358 sec) which distinctly shows a downwards dolphin and eddy to push him (Bossini) into the turn faster. His kick ended at frames 653 (21.788 sec) and he is pulling into a turn, which every breaststroker knows is a no no.
So to keep himself up he dolphins into the turn.
This is how you cheat at the Olympics:mad:
Avery Lee's video processing tool VirtualDub www186.pair.com/.../index.html
This will allow you to move the slider and go frame by frame.
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Look at the turn on kitajima2004a.mpg. Interesting that Kitajima and Brendan Hanson hit the wall together just above the cross in the touch pad. But Kitajima has a slightly faster turn, he gets into a tighter ball and his feet leave the wall just before Brendans. What is amazing is Hansen has what I consider a poor streamline. If you clasp your thumb over the side of the top of the other hand, you can get into a tighter streamline as your shoulders are pulled in tighter. This allows Kitajima to get to the 5 meter line first at frames 380. Brendan breaks streamline to begin his pulldown, while Kitajima continues until frame 388 to start his backwards pulldown. Note: do not just put one hand on to of the other, use your thumb to lock over the other hand, and stretch into a tighter streamline.
But look at the other end, Kitajima sneaks his feet up from frames 380 to 392. Here he begins the BIG CHEAT. Watch carefully boys and girls, this is advanced cheating 201. Frames 392 to 402 clearly show a downwards dolphin kick, note the huge eddy currect shown in frames 402 to 412. Note his hands are still in front of his face at frame 402 when the dolphin kick is completed.
Generally if the body pikes during the pulldown from pulling so hard, it happens when the arms get to the chest and past. When your hands are out in front, you do not have the mechanical advantage that you create when you are in your power zone from the chest to the waist. This is the only area that you can over pull and create a dolphin kick from pulling too hard. And it actually breaks streamline if it occurs in this area.
Kitajima clearly uses the dolphin to gain a HUGE advantage. He gains over 18 inches on this one CHEAT alone. He did the same off the start of the 100.
When Kitajima hits the 15 meter mark, (the red lane lines) at frames 754 his neck is passing the 15 meter mark as Brendans hands get to the mark at frame 775. Clearly over 2 feet.
Without cheating he would have had six inches to as much as a foot lead. With cheating a GOLD medal!!!! Priceless.
Look at the turn on kitajima2004a.mpg. Interesting that Kitajima and Brendan Hanson hit the wall together just above the cross in the touch pad. But Kitajima has a slightly faster turn, he gets into a tighter ball and his feet leave the wall just before Brendans. What is amazing is Hansen has what I consider a poor streamline. If you clasp your thumb over the side of the top of the other hand, you can get into a tighter streamline as your shoulders are pulled in tighter. This allows Kitajima to get to the 5 meter line first at frames 380. Brendan breaks streamline to begin his pulldown, while Kitajima continues until frame 388 to start his backwards pulldown. Note: do not just put one hand on to of the other, use your thumb to lock over the other hand, and stretch into a tighter streamline.
But look at the other end, Kitajima sneaks his feet up from frames 380 to 392. Here he begins the BIG CHEAT. Watch carefully boys and girls, this is advanced cheating 201. Frames 392 to 402 clearly show a downwards dolphin kick, note the huge eddy currect shown in frames 402 to 412. Note his hands are still in front of his face at frame 402 when the dolphin kick is completed.
Generally if the body pikes during the pulldown from pulling so hard, it happens when the arms get to the chest and past. When your hands are out in front, you do not have the mechanical advantage that you create when you are in your power zone from the chest to the waist. This is the only area that you can over pull and create a dolphin kick from pulling too hard. And it actually breaks streamline if it occurs in this area.
Kitajima clearly uses the dolphin to gain a HUGE advantage. He gains over 18 inches on this one CHEAT alone. He did the same off the start of the 100.
When Kitajima hits the 15 meter mark, (the red lane lines) at frames 754 his neck is passing the 15 meter mark as Brendans hands get to the mark at frame 775. Clearly over 2 feet.
Without cheating he would have had six inches to as much as a foot lead. With cheating a GOLD medal!!!! Priceless.
