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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Here are the FINA Rules:
SW 7 BREASTSTROKE
SW 7.1 From the beginning of the first arm stroke after the start and after each turn, the body shall be kept on the ***. It is not permitted to roll onto the back at any time.
SW 7.2 All movements of the arms shall be simultaneous and in the same horizontal plane without alternating movement.
SW 7.3 The hands shall be pushed forward together from the *** on, under, or over the water. The elbows shall be under water except for the final stroke before the turn, during the turn and for the final stroke at the finish. The hands shall be brought back on or under the surface of the water. The hands shall not be brought back beyond the hip line, except during the first stroke after the start and each turn.
SW 7.4 All movements of the legs shall be simultaneous and in the same horizontal plane without alternating movement.
SW 7.5 The feet must be turned outwards during the propulsive part of the kick. A scissors, flutter or downward dolphin kick is not permitted. Breaking the surface of the water with the feet is allowed unless followed by a downward dolphin kick.
SW 7.6 At each turn and at the finish of the race, the touch shall be made with both hands simultaneously at, above, or below the water level. The head may be submerged after the last arm pull prior to the touch, provided it breaks the surface of the water at some point during the last complete or incomplete cycle preceding the touch.
SW 7.7 During each complete cycle of one arm stroke and one leg kick, in that order, some part of the swimmer's head shall break the surface of the water, except that after the start and after each turn the swimmer may take one arm stroke completely back to the legs and one leg kick while wholly submerged. The head must break the surface of the water before the hands turn inward at the widest part of the second stroke.
Kitajima clearly broke Rule SW 7.5 "downward dolphin kick is not permitted". In the 100 meters he did 2 dolphins off the start and one huge one at the turn. CHEATER!
Here are the FINA Rules:
SW 7 BREASTSTROKE
SW 7.1 From the beginning of the first arm stroke after the start and after each turn, the body shall be kept on the ***. It is not permitted to roll onto the back at any time.
SW 7.2 All movements of the arms shall be simultaneous and in the same horizontal plane without alternating movement.
SW 7.3 The hands shall be pushed forward together from the *** on, under, or over the water. The elbows shall be under water except for the final stroke before the turn, during the turn and for the final stroke at the finish. The hands shall be brought back on or under the surface of the water. The hands shall not be brought back beyond the hip line, except during the first stroke after the start and each turn.
SW 7.4 All movements of the legs shall be simultaneous and in the same horizontal plane without alternating movement.
SW 7.5 The feet must be turned outwards during the propulsive part of the kick. A scissors, flutter or downward dolphin kick is not permitted. Breaking the surface of the water with the feet is allowed unless followed by a downward dolphin kick.
SW 7.6 At each turn and at the finish of the race, the touch shall be made with both hands simultaneously at, above, or below the water level. The head may be submerged after the last arm pull prior to the touch, provided it breaks the surface of the water at some point during the last complete or incomplete cycle preceding the touch.
SW 7.7 During each complete cycle of one arm stroke and one leg kick, in that order, some part of the swimmer's head shall break the surface of the water, except that after the start and after each turn the swimmer may take one arm stroke completely back to the legs and one leg kick while wholly submerged. The head must break the surface of the water before the hands turn inward at the widest part of the second stroke.
Kitajima clearly broke Rule SW 7.5 "downward dolphin kick is not permitted". In the 100 meters he did 2 dolphins off the start and one huge one at the turn. CHEATER!
