Is there any limit to how far you are allowed to swim underwater in freestyle? If not and if it's true that dolphining underwater is faster than anything done on the surface, why don't we see people racing the 50 free underwater? Before the limitation was placed on back and fly, what were the best times achieved by swimming underwater in those events?
Personally I find even long pullouts are torture, I'm just curious.
Originally posted by LindsayNB
But the wording of the rule got me wondering, is modern breaststroke, which can involve periods of being completely submerged in each stroke cycle, legal freestyle? Or does it violate "must break the surface throughout the race"?
USMS rule book, Article 101.2.2 (Breaststroke-stroke), about halfway in...
"Some part of the swimmer's head shall break the surface of the water at least once during each complete cycle of one arm stroke and on leg kick..."
Originally posted by LindsayNB
But the wording of the rule got me wondering, is modern breaststroke, which can involve periods of being completely submerged in each stroke cycle, legal freestyle? Or does it violate "must break the surface throughout the race"?
USMS rule book, Article 101.2.2 (Breaststroke-stroke), about halfway in...
"Some part of the swimmer's head shall break the surface of the water at least once during each complete cycle of one arm stroke and on leg kick..."
