In the 2004 olympics kitajima dolphin kicked as he completed his pull down, with hands & arms next to his side, he later changed & started doing it before his pull down while his arms were still streamlined. The rules changed saying that there had to be some arm motion & a slight parting of the hands sufficed
some breastrokers take a dolphin kick on their dive in the bubbles, where officials can't see
While I used to hate him too, I now respect Kitajima and chose to view him as an innovator. I really like the dolphin kick at the commencement of the pulldown. It's very natural. When I swim butterfly, I do a kick at the commencement of my pulldown so it translates over very easily...
In the 2004 olympics kitajima dolphin kicked as he completed his pull down, with hands & arms next to his side, he later changed & started doing it before his pull down while his arms were still streamlined. The rules changed saying that there had to be some arm motion & a slight parting of the hands sufficed
some breastrokers take a dolphin kick on their dive in the bubbles, where officials can't see
While I used to hate him too, I now respect Kitajima and chose to view him as an innovator. I really like the dolphin kick at the commencement of the pulldown. It's very natural. When I swim butterfly, I do a kick at the commencement of my pulldown so it translates over very easily...
