Ok, so I laid out of the pool for over 25 years. What I'm seeing now is dolphin kick off the wall seems to be SOP for every stroke. Is that true?
Are there any rules and restrictions about this that a returning swimmer should know about? Anything that'll get you DQed?
Thanks.
Links are 404 now. :-(
With all the back and forth on those threads, I'm more confused now than anything.
So I may better achieve clarity, when is the dolphin kick allowed in the breaststroke glide and when is it illegal?
As for the other strokes, I reckon you can do as you please as long as you don't take it past 15m?
A single downward dolphin kick is allowed during the pulldown off the turns.The pulldown is ruled to start when your hands separate from streamline and finish when your hands reach your sides.It must be followed by a breaststroke kick.On the surface(after the pullout) during the stroke a dolphin kick isn't allowed,but many swimmers have significant body undulation that looks almost like a dolphin kick.The key is that there is no downward movement of the legs from the knees with the feet turned in(instead of out like in a breaststroke kick.)
Links are 404 now. :-(
With all the back and forth on those threads, I'm more confused now than anything.
So I may better achieve clarity, when is the dolphin kick allowed in the breaststroke glide and when is it illegal?
As for the other strokes, I reckon you can do as you please as long as you don't take it past 15m?
A single downward dolphin kick is allowed during the pulldown off the turns.The pulldown is ruled to start when your hands separate from streamline and finish when your hands reach your sides.It must be followed by a breaststroke kick.On the surface(after the pullout) during the stroke a dolphin kick isn't allowed,but many swimmers have significant body undulation that looks almost like a dolphin kick.The key is that there is no downward movement of the legs from the knees with the feet turned in(instead of out like in a breaststroke kick.)
