I am completely horrible at dolphin kicking and wanted to know what others thought about changing my kick to flutter off walls and starts. Is it possible to be just as fast using the flutter kick (especially on backstroke turns) and does anyone here do it this way?
I remember seeing a clip of Popov and Hall at the turn. Popov didn't dolphin kick, in fact he didn't kick one beat until he surfaced. I'll try to dig it up
Here, I know it's old but Popov hit the wall at 23.51, 0.04 seconds later than Hall. Without kicking he then won on the second 50M.
Perhaps his strategy was to conserve on the second half after pushing Hall in the first half knowing he would do anything to get there befor him.
YouTube - Swimming technique Crawl Turn
I remember seeing a clip of Popov and Hall at the turn. Popov didn't dolphin kick, in fact he didn't kick one beat until he surfaced. I'll try to dig it up
Here, I know it's old but Popov hit the wall at 23.51, 0.04 seconds later than Hall. Without kicking he then won on the second 50M.
Perhaps his strategy was to conserve on the second half after pushing Hall in the first half knowing he would do anything to get there befor him.
YouTube - Swimming technique Crawl Turn
