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.
Kirk, it would be illegal to kick your feet upwards, then downwards. Let the kick happen with the wave motion of your body during the pullout, instead of keeping them rigid at the finish of the pull.
There might be many ways to make the kick effective, but I find that it gives you the best propulsion at the end of the pull.
And I too often forget to do the kick in workout. But I'm not worried if I forget in a race. In a 100 meter race I still have 98 other meters to compensate.
Kirk, it would be illegal to kick your feet upwards, then downwards. Let the kick happen with the wave motion of your body during the pullout, instead of keeping them rigid at the finish of the pull.
There might be many ways to make the kick effective, but I find that it gives you the best propulsion at the end of the pull.
And I too often forget to do the kick in workout. But I'm not worried if I forget in a race. In a 100 meter race I still have 98 other meters to compensate.
