How many of you poeple actually power to the 15m mark using underwater dolphin kick during a, say, 100m free race? 50m free race? (in SC)
I've watched a lot of the videos of Athens and Montreal meets, and I didn't find a lot of dolphin kicks during 100m free races. Jason Lezak during the 4x100 Medley Relay immediately popped out and started dashing furiously. So for you guys, are your dolphin kicks slower or faster than your freestyle stroke? And do you use dolphin kicks to 15m?
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A lot of times they pop out farther than you think but they are just so darn fast in their dolphin kicks that you might not notice. You want to have a good breakout. You don't want to go too deep on your dive.
If you can powerfully, quickly and efficiently dolphin kick to the 15m mark do it! Test out and see what is faster. You also want to avoid the wake coming off of the wall (especially in 50s and 100s) so you want to get under that and dolphin your butt off to at least the flags.
A lot of times they pop out farther than you think but they are just so darn fast in their dolphin kicks that you might not notice. You want to have a good breakout. You don't want to go too deep on your dive.
If you can powerfully, quickly and efficiently dolphin kick to the 15m mark do it! Test out and see what is faster. You also want to avoid the wake coming off of the wall (especially in 50s and 100s) so you want to get under that and dolphin your butt off to at least the flags.
