Is it legal to keep your hands in a streamline position and just dolphin kick for a 200 fly (as long as you're not underwater more than 15 meters)? Or swim it by 50s alternating fly and kicking? Just wondering ... I think it is based on something the Wolfman said, but would like confirmation.
Don't bother to say swim the whole thing. I can't/won't/don't want to/aren't interested. I have a power fly stroke not suited for a 200 and can't keep the arms recovering for 200 yards/meters.
I remember there was a University of Washington swimmer a few years back who had a shoulder problem so dolphin kicked a 100 back at a dual meet.
If I was ever inclined to swim anything containing fly other than perhaps a 100IM this would be my rationale. Preserve the shoulders at all costs. I (almost) never swim any fly in practice. Whacking a lane line or another swimmer's arm basically wrecks my shoulder for several days. On occasion if I can swim down the center of the lane without potential interference I will swim a 25.
I should also admit that I was never a competitive swimmer in my younger days, so good fly technique has really never been a part of my bag of tricks. There is almost certainly a self-inflicted-pain component in the way I "swim" fly.
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I remember there was a University of Washington swimmer a few years back who had a shoulder problem so dolphin kicked a 100 back at a dual meet.
If I was ever inclined to swim anything containing fly other than perhaps a 100IM this would be my rationale. Preserve the shoulders at all costs. I (almost) never swim any fly in practice. Whacking a lane line or another swimmer's arm basically wrecks my shoulder for several days. On occasion if I can swim down the center of the lane without potential interference I will swim a 25.
I should also admit that I was never a competitive swimmer in my younger days, so good fly technique has really never been a part of my bag of tricks. There is almost certainly a self-inflicted-pain component in the way I "swim" fly.
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