With the ability to do a dolphin kick now along with the pulldown, what is the proper timing. I have been out of swimming for a while, and when I competed, we couldn't use the dolphin kick at all.
I don't know what the proper timing is of the dolphin kick from the standpoint of maximizing its effect. I believe it has to be completed during or before the pulldown is finished.
There was some discussion here a week or so ago (probably in the "my SDK sucks!" thread) where someone mentioned that it's important to push on the knee flexion as well as the extension part of the kick. This seemed to help me with free and back pullouts (I basically don't do fly - see my avatar). I tried it during a *** pulldown, and I think it results in an illegal kick. If I do it as just extension, then there is a bit of "echo" back toward flexion once my knees are fully extended. No problem, but that echo isn't really propulsive. If I flex then extend I think I can get more power, but there's still that "echo" which would make the SDK illegal. Correct?
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I don't know what the proper timing is of the dolphin kick from the standpoint of maximizing its effect. I believe it has to be completed during or before the pulldown is finished.
There was some discussion here a week or so ago (probably in the "my SDK sucks!" thread) where someone mentioned that it's important to push on the knee flexion as well as the extension part of the kick. This seemed to help me with free and back pullouts (I basically don't do fly - see my avatar). I tried it during a *** pulldown, and I think it results in an illegal kick. If I do it as just extension, then there is a bit of "echo" back toward flexion once my knees are fully extended. No problem, but that echo isn't really propulsive. If I flex then extend I think I can get more power, but there's still that "echo" which would make the SDK illegal. Correct?
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