Is anyone else disappointed at the new FINA decision to allow dolphin kick on breaststroke starts and turns? It may be that the "short-axis"strokes now become indistinguishable from one another! With this new FINA ruling and the currently-allowable armstroke breaking the plane of the water on recovery, why not go all the way back to the 1950's designation of "butterfly-breaststroke"? Kitajima's 2004 "victory" certainly prompted this ruling, but that doesn't make the decison a proper one.
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Originally posted by jswim
years from now when people come up with new world record times in breaststroke that are way better than the current times, will people realize that the stroke was performed totally different at the time, or will they just assume that the future athletes are the better ones?
The same thing happened when the backstroke turn was revamped. The 50.0 second barrier was immediately lowered in the hundred yard distances as soon as the flip turn was allowed. Dolphin kicking only helped lower the time standards further.
If they didn't limit the distance of kicking allowed, there would to this day probably be a 100 meter dolphin kick event on one's back.
Originally posted by jswim
years from now when people come up with new world record times in breaststroke that are way better than the current times, will people realize that the stroke was performed totally different at the time, or will they just assume that the future athletes are the better ones?
The same thing happened when the backstroke turn was revamped. The 50.0 second barrier was immediately lowered in the hundred yard distances as soon as the flip turn was allowed. Dolphin kicking only helped lower the time standards further.
If they didn't limit the distance of kicking allowed, there would to this day probably be a 100 meter dolphin kick event on one's back.
