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.
At the 2004 Olympics Kitajima won the 100M BR while famously doing a dolphin kick during the pulldown.The refs didn't call it and said that it was hard to tell a dolphin kick from the natural undulation that could accompany a hard pulldown.The rule was changed to allow this,but then Kitajima started doing the Dolphin kick before the pulldown.Rather than say "enough is enough" FINA wimped out again and clarified that the pulldown begins as soon as the hands are separated.
Allen,
I noticed something else subtle Kitajima was doing in the Olympics more so than other swimmers. His dive entry included a hard dolphin kick just as he entered, then yet another on the pulldown.
At the 2004 Olympics Kitajima won the 100M BR while famously doing a dolphin kick during the pulldown.The refs didn't call it and said that it was hard to tell a dolphin kick from the natural undulation that could accompany a hard pulldown.The rule was changed to allow this,but then Kitajima started doing the Dolphin kick before the pulldown.Rather than say "enough is enough" FINA wimped out again and clarified that the pulldown begins as soon as the hands are separated.
Allen,
I noticed something else subtle Kitajima was doing in the Olympics more so than other swimmers. His dive entry included a hard dolphin kick just as he entered, then yet another on the pulldown.
