I noticed that Natalie Coughlin kicks underwater dolphin kick on her side for the 100m fly SCM recently. I have always felt it was easier to kick on your side or kick on your back. Why it is easier than face down, I don't know. Perhaps it is physics...... perhaps it's just my own inability. I didn't know it was legal to kick all the way on your side on fly.
This sport has changed too much. There's too much "cheatin" going on now. I can't handle it..... :-)
John Smith
I've been trying to work it into my swims. I think it helped a lot when I did the 10k postal swim. A couple kicks off each wall and I was well past the backstroke flags by the time I took my first breath. I think it probably saved me a stroke or two on each 50m. It didn't seem to help me so much with my 3000 and 6000 postals (swum SCY). I used it on my 3000 and felt pretty ragged the entire time, never really caught my breath. A week later I did the 6000 and dropped the SDK midway through the swim (again, feeling a bit ragged around 2500-3000 yds). I just couldn't recover completely from the little bit of added hypoxia before it was time to make the next turn. This wasn't a problem swimming long course.
Skip Montanaro
I've been trying to work it into my swims. I think it helped a lot when I did the 10k postal swim. A couple kicks off each wall and I was well past the backstroke flags by the time I took my first breath. I think it probably saved me a stroke or two on each 50m. It didn't seem to help me so much with my 3000 and 6000 postals (swum SCY). I used it on my 3000 and felt pretty ragged the entire time, never really caught my breath. A week later I did the 6000 and dropped the SDK midway through the swim (again, feeling a bit ragged around 2500-3000 yds). I just couldn't recover completely from the little bit of added hypoxia before it was time to make the next turn. This wasn't a problem swimming long course.
Skip Montanaro
