The dolphin kick will be allowed in breaststroke races soon. This will make Japan happy, as will it make a certain university in California vindicated that all of its breaststrokers have been doing that kick for at least 15 years.
www.swimmingworldmagazine.com/.../9740.asp
Personally, I don't want to do it. But of course I'll have to if I want to win against those who have total freedom to do it.
This is the worst rule change ever.
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I remember when they penalized guys like Berkoff by only allowing 15M under water for backstroke. I see guys break the surface all the time past the 15M mark but they hardly ever get DQ'd for it.
For the lif of me I don't understand why it is 15M in SC pools also. Like it or not the backstroke sprints in short course are nothing but a contest to see who has the strongest dolphin kick and lung capacity. It is not a swimming race.
Breaststroke has changed so much over the years, I really wonder what world records would look like if you were still not allowed to drop you head below the surface of the water, and had to come up after one pull and kick, not while starting your second stroke.
I remember when they penalized guys like Berkoff by only allowing 15M under water for backstroke. I see guys break the surface all the time past the 15M mark but they hardly ever get DQ'd for it.
For the lif of me I don't understand why it is 15M in SC pools also. Like it or not the backstroke sprints in short course are nothing but a contest to see who has the strongest dolphin kick and lung capacity. It is not a swimming race.
Breaststroke has changed so much over the years, I really wonder what world records would look like if you were still not allowed to drop you head below the surface of the water, and had to come up after one pull and kick, not while starting your second stroke.
