I'm a new Master's swimmer. I workout on my own for now, and plan to enter a few SCY meets in 2007. Presently, I'm 45 (yep one of those 45-49 in that age group bubble, unfortunately) and will swim some 50 and 100 yard breaststroke, and maybe 50 yard freestyle to get a meet time and have a few chuckles. I've read through the forum (not the entire forum) and haven't stumbled across this topic yet. Ok, my question is regarding the USMS Rule 101.2.3 Kick (Breaststroke) it states, "After the start and after each turn a single downward butterfly (dolphin) kick followed by a breaststroke kick is permitted while wholly submerged,....."
What is this dolphin kick off the start and turn, who does it, how should you incorporate it properly not to DQ?
Skip I think you got it backwards. The 100 Br was before the 200 at the Olympics. Also on the start of the 100 Kitajima did one dolphin kick before the pull and another one with the pull. Even by the new rules he should have been DQd. Then in the 200 he swam a clean race and won. I don't believe Kitajima had anything to do with the rule change. It is my understanding that the European judges said that accurately distnguishing incidental body movement from a true kick was too hard and so they petitioned to get the rule changed.
Thank-you Allen! You made my night! My memory is ok after all! :thhbbb:
Skip I think you got it backwards. The 100 Br was before the 200 at the Olympics. Also on the start of the 100 Kitajima did one dolphin kick before the pull and another one with the pull. Even by the new rules he should have been DQd. Then in the 200 he swam a clean race and won. I don't believe Kitajima had anything to do with the rule change. It is my understanding that the European judges said that accurately distnguishing incidental body movement from a true kick was too hard and so they petitioned to get the rule changed.
Thank-you Allen! You made my night! My memory is ok after all! :thhbbb:
