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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I don't swim the breaststroke unless forced to so I do not need to worry about this thread :-). However, I can see how two dolphin kicks might be used. When you dive in,the swimmer with flexibility in his back arches in at dive causing a natural first initial dolphin kick, however minor it is. The second one, is the obvious one when your streamline out past the flags getting ready to break your streamline from the dive and do your first pull.
I also realized this morning at practice why my breaststroke stinks. When swimming breaststroke I am concerned about the age groupers in my lane or next to me so when one is on side of me, I always do a dolphin kick. I would hate to bust a kids rib out on my kick. So I determined my breastroke kick is weak because of that (good excuse huh). As a result, I will stick with fly and just smack the age groupers in the head with my hands :rolleyes:
Greg
I don't swim the breaststroke unless forced to so I do not need to worry about this thread :-). However, I can see how two dolphin kicks might be used. When you dive in,the swimmer with flexibility in his back arches in at dive causing a natural first initial dolphin kick, however minor it is. The second one, is the obvious one when your streamline out past the flags getting ready to break your streamline from the dive and do your first pull.
I also realized this morning at practice why my breaststroke stinks. When swimming breaststroke I am concerned about the age groupers in my lane or next to me so when one is on side of me, I always do a dolphin kick. I would hate to bust a kids rib out on my kick. So I determined my breastroke kick is weak because of that (good excuse huh). As a result, I will stick with fly and just smack the age groupers in the head with my hands :rolleyes:
Greg
