Does anyone know if submerged dolphin kicks are always better than submerged freestyle (or backstroke) kicks?
I find fly kicks very tiring and slow for my particular body. It seems I can go as fast if not faster off the walls kicking free or back underwater--and these take much less energy.
If SDK is the obviously preferred approach, can anybody provide actual evidence--swimming science studies, for instance--that compare the same person's speed doing both? Similarly, is there some physical cause for why split-leg kicking should be intrinsically slower than legs-together kicking?
Obviously, you have to do SDK on fly and *** pullouts (if you are going to do any kick at all.) But for free and back, you still have a choice, and I'd like to know if the SDK choice is always (or almost always) a better one.
I am wondering if it is sufficient to conclude that because most of the world's fastest swimmers do this, it necessarily means it's an optimal technique. Dara Torres, for her part, does not use SDK in her sprints. Is this just a case of old dogs having trouble with new tricks? Or could it be that SDKs work great for some--but not so great for other body types?
Does anyone know if submerged dolphin kicks are always better than submerged freestyle (or backstroke) kicks?
each swimmer should
test
train and
retest
to figure out what is best for them
you wrote "I find fly kicks very tiring and slow for my particular body. It seems I can go as fast if not faster off the walls kicking free or back underwater--and these take much less energy."
flutter kicking might be better for you
If SDK is the obviously preferred approach, can anybody provide actual evidence--swimming science studies, for instance--that compare the same person's speed doing both?
you need to do those studies on your own
for me, I
SDK 25 yards in 10.4
SFK 25 yards in 11.9
for me: SDK is much faster
but there is the issue of
speed, air & fatigue
"is there some physical cause for why split-leg kicking should be intrinsically slower than legs-together kicking?"
when the legs are spread there's more drag
on sdk the legs are together so they are more streamlined
"I'd like to know if the SDK choice is always (or almost always) a better one."
it depends on you
"is it sufficient to conclude that because most of the world's fastest swimmers do this, it necessarily means it's an optimal technique."
it's an optimal technique for them, not necessarily you
so far Dara doesn't SDK
could it be that SDKs work great for some--but not so great for other body types?
Does anyone know if submerged dolphin kicks are always better than submerged freestyle (or backstroke) kicks?
I find fly kicks very tiring and slow for my particular body. It seems I can go as fast if not faster off the walls kicking free or back underwater--and these take much less energy.
If SDK is the obviously preferred approach, can anybody provide actual evidence--swimming science studies, for instance--that compare the same person's speed doing both? Similarly, is there some physical cause for why split-leg kicking should be intrinsically slower than legs-together kicking?
Obviously, you have to do SDK on fly and *** pullouts (if you are going to do any kick at all.) But for free and back, you still have a choice, and I'd like to know if the SDK choice is always (or almost always) a better one.
I am wondering if it is sufficient to conclude that because most of the world's fastest swimmers do this, it necessarily means it's an optimal technique. Dara Torres, for her part, does not use SDK in her sprints. Is this just a case of old dogs having trouble with new tricks? Or could it be that SDKs work great for some--but not so great for other body types?
Does anyone know if submerged dolphin kicks are always better than submerged freestyle (or backstroke) kicks?
each swimmer should
test
train and
retest
to figure out what is best for them
you wrote "I find fly kicks very tiring and slow for my particular body. It seems I can go as fast if not faster off the walls kicking free or back underwater--and these take much less energy."
flutter kicking might be better for you
If SDK is the obviously preferred approach, can anybody provide actual evidence--swimming science studies, for instance--that compare the same person's speed doing both?
you need to do those studies on your own
for me, I
SDK 25 yards in 10.4
SFK 25 yards in 11.9
for me: SDK is much faster
but there is the issue of
speed, air & fatigue
"is there some physical cause for why split-leg kicking should be intrinsically slower than legs-together kicking?"
when the legs are spread there's more drag
on sdk the legs are together so they are more streamlined
"I'd like to know if the SDK choice is always (or almost always) a better one."
it depends on you
"is it sufficient to conclude that because most of the world's fastest swimmers do this, it necessarily means it's an optimal technique."
it's an optimal technique for them, not necessarily you
so far Dara doesn't SDK
could it be that SDKs work great for some--but not so great for other body types?
Does anyone know if submerged dolphin kicks are always better than submerged freestyle (or backstroke) kicks?
I find fly kicks very tiring and slow for my particular body. It seems I can go as fast if not faster off the walls kicking free or back underwater--and these take much less energy.
If SDK is the obviously preferred approach, can anybody provide actual evidence--swimming science studies, for instance--that compare the same person's speed doing both? Similarly, is there some physical cause for why split-leg kicking should be intrinsically slower than legs-together kicking?
Obviously, you have to do SDK on fly and *** pullouts (if you are going to do any kick at all.) But for free and back, you still have a choice, and I'd like to know if the SDK choice is always (or almost always) a better one.
I am wondering if it is sufficient to conclude that because most of the world's fastest swimmers do this, it necessarily means it's an optimal technique. Dara Torres, for her part, does not use SDK in her sprints. Is this just a case of old dogs having trouble with new tricks? Or could it be that SDKs work great for some--but not so great for other body types?
