Dolphin kick on *** pullout

yes Kosuke "kick"ajima takes his when his arms are completing the pull down, that's how I do mine Hansen takes his just before his arms start the pull down Some breastrokers dolphin kick in the bubbles after they dive in, (the judges can't see) youtube.com/watch youtube.com/watch Is it legal now to throw a dolphin kick at the end of a pullout in breastroke? If so, when did that happen? I swam in a master's meet yesterday, and was surprised to see people incorporating dolphin kicks into their breat pullouts. Everytime, I looked at the official at of habbit - expecting him to raise his hand, but he didn't...

No that was definately a dolphin but it's going to be nearly impossible for a judge to see it with the entry splash.

As of last year...you can take one dolphin kick during the pull-out. Most people time it (the dolphin) with the finish of the hands by the waist. Then they do their regular breaststroke kick before the breakout. www.youtube.com/watch

Thanks quicksilver! Man, I wish I had gone over the rules before yesterday. I swam both the 50 and 100 yd *** yesterday, and hate feeling like I could have gone faster...

You're welcome John. youtube.com/watch Did you see the middle lane at the entry? Two dolphins??! Is that allowed?...or did the legs just flicker after they entered?

Two kicks such as he did are definitely illegal.It is hard to see,but also the level of cowardly officials seems to go up at international meets.If he'd done it at a local Masters Meet he'd have been much more likely to be DQ'd.

i think the double dolphin is hard to catch masters refs probably wouldn't see it Two kicks such as he did are definitely illegal.It is hard to see,but also the level of cowardly officials seems to go up at international meets. If he'd done it at a local Masters Meet he'd have been much more likely to be DQ'd.

Ande,its hard to see if it is right after the dive so it's lost in the bubbles(as some coaches of questionable character are teaching:rant3:) but this one looked late enough and distinct enough that it might have been caught. There needs to definitely be underwater camera judging for major international meets IMHO.

They should add underwater camera judging, and then revert back to the old no-dolphin rule. The only reason it's there now is because the cheaters were too hard to catch.

Strangely, the new rule did nothing to actually address the inability to see kicks immediately after entry, it just moved us from cheaters doing one dolphin kick to doing two. It did remove the need to judge whether a motion that looks like a dolphin kick was an illegal dolphin kick or just a motion that flowed out of an energetic pull down. For that reason they wouldn't withdraw it even if they had cameras. Not that they would likely withdraw a rule anyway. With camera technology becoming so cheap I wonder how long it will be before cameras are readily available for meets. It would certainly be great for swimmers to be able to review their races in detail.