Given the new FINA/NCAA/ USA/USMS rule changes related to the breaststroke pullouts/turns have people out there figured out WHEN to introduce the now allowed dolphin kick for maximum advantage.
My only input, and not a very detailed one at that, is from daughter who is freshman at a DIV III swimming power. She told them they are introducing the dolphin during the pulldown phase "at about the point" when people were formerly DQ'd for illegal dolphin. She claimed it was "hard to explain", this by the way from an English major, and so I'm not taking this description at 100% of face value. I presume though she meant at the finish of the pull phase when the body can go into a natural dolphin.
What is the current practice?
BTW, I did notice that the Div III A times for the breaststroke events are significantly faster this year but the B times are just about unchanged. I guess they are worried that the new kick might result in much faster times.
Bob, where the formerly illegal dolphin kick took place was just at the end of the pullout, when the hands pressed down at the hips. It's the most powerful part of the pullout, and the part where the body tends to change from a slightly downward angle to a more neutral one.
I've been working on it since August, and that's where it seems to work best.
Bob, where the formerly illegal dolphin kick took place was just at the end of the pullout, when the hands pressed down at the hips. It's the most powerful part of the pullout, and the part where the body tends to change from a slightly downward angle to a more neutral one.
I've been working on it since August, and that's where it seems to work best.
