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)
Frankly the idea of submerging at race start and taking a chance at being trapped underwater by a tight pack of swimmers is terrifying. I would not like that at all. I suppose if you have Phelps like underwater kick you might be OK but since you can't sight to make sure you are swimming competely straight its still not appealling.
Good idea though. Having said that, I do think that someone could do dolphin kick for an open water swim--I think that Jack LaLanne used to do that in some of his old publicity stunt swims. I'm just not sure why you would want to do that however. I will sometimes do some dolphin kick in mid-swim to break the monotony for whatever reason--get a different feel--but that's with an arm pull of course.
Frankly the idea of submerging at race start and taking a chance at being trapped underwater by a tight pack of swimmers is terrifying. I would not like that at all. I suppose if you have Phelps like underwater kick you might be OK but since you can't sight to make sure you are swimming competely straight its still not appealling.
Good idea though. Having said that, I do think that someone could do dolphin kick for an open water swim--I think that Jack LaLanne used to do that in some of his old publicity stunt swims. I'm just not sure why you would want to do that however. I will sometimes do some dolphin kick in mid-swim to break the monotony for whatever reason--get a different feel--but that's with an arm pull of course.
