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.
I've been adding DK off the wall, and I see what y'all mean about burning oxygen.
Dolphins off the walls are by definition anaerobic -- there just isn't any air down there! For something like a 50 back, fly or free you can kick as hard as you can to 15 meters and it won't hurt until you've got your towel wrapped around you, but I've found that about the third turn in the 100 is when it catches up with me. And by the end of a 200 anything my kick is pretty feeble. But doing them in practice off every turn is the way to become good at it. I don't think there is any other way.
I've been adding DK off the wall, and I see what y'all mean about burning oxygen.
Dolphins off the walls are by definition anaerobic -- there just isn't any air down there! For something like a 50 back, fly or free you can kick as hard as you can to 15 meters and it won't hurt until you've got your towel wrapped around you, but I've found that about the third turn in the 100 is when it catches up with me. And by the end of a 200 anything my kick is pretty feeble. But doing them in practice off every turn is the way to become good at it. I don't think there is any other way.
