In another thread I read that an unnamed USS coach was teaching using 2 dolphin kicks in breaststroke pullout,sneaking the first one in after the dive (like Kitajima did.) I had previously heard coaches teaching dolphin kick on the pullout before it was legal saying "I'll keep teaching it until they DQ it." What do you all think of this? I think the refs should watch for this and DQ the swimmers of course,but I think the coach should be flogged I don't care how many Olympians the might have trained.
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My daughter is only 7 and is still in the Novice group. Every swim she makes shows improvement over the previous one. However, I have no intentions of hounding her about her times when the results are less than impressive. I want her to enjoy the sport and however she chooses to do that is fine with me. If she is happy to just compete and maintain her fitness I would be satisfied and support her fully. If she wants to set a PB every meet I will support her in that venture as well and whether it be words of encouragement upon failure of tears of joy upon success, I will be there.
My daughter is only 7 and is still in the Novice group. Every swim she makes shows improvement over the previous one. However, I have no intentions of hounding her about her times when the results are less than impressive. I want her to enjoy the sport and however she chooses to do that is fine with me. If she is happy to just compete and maintain her fitness I would be satisfied and support her fully. If she wants to set a PB every meet I will support her in that venture as well and whether it be words of encouragement upon failure of tears of joy upon success, I will be there.
