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 :)
Very helpful, thanks. I found it interesting that you can stop and stand on the bottom in free without getting DQ'd but not in the other strokes.
I am a bit disappointed as I was looking forward to tossing my first 7/8 this Summer.
Very helpful, thanks. I found it interesting that you can stop and stand on the bottom in free without getting DQ'd but not in the other strokes.
I am a bit disappointed as I was looking forward to tossing my first 7/8 this Summer.
I guess that's what you'd call "free to stand". :cool:
What's "tossing your first 7/8"? :confused:
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!)
You just thought you had your target all lined up, didn't you. Sorry to :badday:
Remember the only stroke that has a defined arm pull/kick requirement is Breaststroke. The other 3 do not specify any correlation between arm pulls and kicks. So someone swimming Fly, Back or Free can do it all arm pulls or all kicks, as long as the other stroke requirements are met.
Very helpful, thanks. I found it interesting that you can stop and stand on the bottom in free without getting DQ'd but not in the other strokes.
Go back and re-read the rules as it pertains to body position and you'll have your answer. It's because Free is the only stroke that does not specify body position, either rotated towards the back (Back) or rotated towards the *** (*** and Fly). So in those three strokes, if a swimmer stands up, is that swimmer's body position clearly rotated to the correct position? Nope, unfortunately not.
