I just got my new Swimming World and it said that FINA was looking at allowing a dolphin kick in the breaststroke pullout. Does anyone know the status of this?
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I think the backstroke turn rule would be ok if it said that you can rotate onto your front before touching as long as the rotation is continuous. This would have eliminated the problem with judging whether the swimmer was past ninety degrees at the instant they touched without allowing swimming on the *** as part of backstroke. I even suspect that this was the intent of the rule change but they botched the wording.
I think the backstroke turn rule would be ok if it said that you can rotate onto your front before touching as long as the rotation is continuous. This would have eliminated the problem with judging whether the swimmer was past ninety degrees at the instant they touched without allowing swimming on the *** as part of backstroke. I even suspect that this was the intent of the rule change but they botched the wording.
