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.
I've seen some swimmers do a small dolphin at the beginning of the arm pull as well as one near the end. I don't think it's intentional but a part of the set-up for the arm pull (comments breaststrokers?). A lot of times it's missed by the turn official because of the surface turbulance and if the stroke judge on the side sees it he/she can't make the call because the swimmer is not yet in their jurisdiction.
I've seen some swimmers do a small dolphin at the beginning of the arm pull as well as one near the end. I don't think it's intentional but a part of the set-up for the arm pull (comments breaststrokers?). A lot of times it's missed by the turn official because of the surface turbulance and if the stroke judge on the side sees it he/she can't make the call because the swimmer is not yet in their jurisdiction.
