Unless you swim the butterfly, is there any use of doing streamlined dolphin kicks in open water? Has anyone dolphin kicked long distance in OW? :rolleyes: (if anyone dolphin kick crossed the English Channel, they wouldn't be called Channel swimmer but Channel kicker :D)
Hmmmm.....
I was thinking about this the other day. In some open water races (triathlons, too), like the Beijing Olympics, the start is from a dock. If you wanted to potentially get a little clear of the mass chaos at the start, maybe SDK for 20 meters or so MIGHT have some value. If nothing else it might be a bit of a shock to competitors to see someone pop up, seemingly out of nowhere, with a few yard lead. Possibly doubly so for some of the pro triathlons, where they do 2 loops for the swim and back up onto the dock and dive off between the two loops.
-LBJ
Probably only good advice for those in the lead pack - It would not be fun for either swimmer if you surfaced under someone else...
Hmmmm.....
I was thinking about this the other day. In some open water races (triathlons, too), like the Beijing Olympics, the start is from a dock. If you wanted to potentially get a little clear of the mass chaos at the start, maybe SDK for 20 meters or so MIGHT have some value. If nothing else it might be a bit of a shock to competitors to see someone pop up, seemingly out of nowhere, with a few yard lead. Possibly doubly so for some of the pro triathlons, where they do 2 loops for the swim and back up onto the dock and dive off between the two loops.
-LBJ
Probably only good advice for those in the lead pack - It would not be fun for either swimmer if you surfaced under someone else...
