It is almost a humiliation that I ask this question. Can someone post the USA Swimming link or adequately describe the legal butterfly. I have a brewing situation with 3 fly kicks to 1 fly pull. It sure looks odd but I don't know if it is technically legal.
The short answer is you can take as many kicks per stroke cycle as you want. I'm pretty sure you could technically do legal fly without ever doing a pull (as long as you surface by the 15 meter mark). Ande and Leslie could probably beat most of us using this technique :)
I actually use this "legal fly" trick to get my swimmers to swim more fly than they think possible in practice sessions.
Dolphin kick and take a full butterfly stroke
only when you need a breath!
Yes, it is perfectly legal.
I can say that I have personally used this legal fly technique.
#1 - Boldly planned when I swam a 200 fly at the Rose Bowl Meet last SC season.
#2 - In an effort to "float the fly" at the end of the 1st leg of a 400IM - (actually have done this several times!)
The short answer is you can take as many kicks per stroke cycle as you want. I'm pretty sure you could technically do legal fly without ever doing a pull (as long as you surface by the 15 meter mark). Ande and Leslie could probably beat most of us using this technique :)
I actually use this "legal fly" trick to get my swimmers to swim more fly than they think possible in practice sessions.
Dolphin kick and take a full butterfly stroke
only when you need a breath!
Yes, it is perfectly legal.
I can say that I have personally used this legal fly technique.
#1 - Boldly planned when I swam a 200 fly at the Rose Bowl Meet last SC season.
#2 - In an effort to "float the fly" at the end of the 1st leg of a 400IM - (actually have done this several times!)
