Sorry to go on here, but I noticed something else from watching the whole video - this particular technique is being taught to Navy cadets (termed 'pre-tadpoles' according to a SEAL instructor I knew) at a thing called 'mini-BUDS' - and the stroke is really more specific for their early non-tactical swim training in BUDS - like the long, night swims off San Clemente Island... and later they modify the scissor kick by switching over to fins. When I was in dive school, I just did breaststroke instead as it was permitted and was faster for me than this sidestroke as I could do multiple pulls and kicks off the wall (the Navy is non-FINA!). OK, I have doubled my entire number of posts in the past 3 years - I'm done!
Sorry to go on here, but I noticed something else from watching the whole video - this particular technique is being taught to Navy cadets (termed 'pre-tadpoles' according to a SEAL instructor I knew) at a thing called 'mini-BUDS' - and the stroke is really more specific for their early non-tactical swim training in BUDS - like the long, night swims off San Clemente Island... and later they modify the scissor kick by switching over to fins. When I was in dive school, I just did breaststroke instead as it was permitted and was faster for me than this sidestroke as I could do multiple pulls and kicks off the wall (the Navy is non-FINA!). OK, I have doubled my entire number of posts in the past 3 years - I'm done!
