The Butterfly Lane

OK, to unhijack this thread, I do have an actual butterfly question. These are the rules of the stroke: Stroke—After the start and after each turn, the swimmer’s shoulders must be at or past the vertical toward the ***. The swimmer is permitted one or more leg kicks, but only one arm pull under water, which must bring the swimmer to the surface. (Note: After the start and after each turn, only one breaststroke kick is allowed prior to the arm pull that brings the swimmer to the surface.) It shall be permissible for a swimmer to be completely submerged for a distance of not more than 15 meters (16.4 yards) after the start and after each turn. By that point, the head must have broken the surface. The swimmer must remain on the surface until the next turn or finish. From the beginning of the first arm pull, the body shall be kept on the ***. Both arms must be brought forward over the water and pulled back simultaneously. Now to the context of the question: Yesterday, at the end of a set with a lot of butterfly, which is something I have not swum a lot of in recent memory, I was quite tired and started inserting a third kick as my hands entered the water on the recovery, giving me a glide not unlike that you have in breaststroke. Basically, I was trying to avoid having to go to one-arm fly. (I'm stubborn.) Question: Is this actually legal? Yes.You can have as many dolphin kicks per pull as you like.The only restriction on the number of kicks is only on breaststroke kick per pull (and that is only legal for masters.)You could just do dolphin kicks and be legal as long as you surface after 15M(I'm not sure if you would have to do at least one pull per length).

OK, to unhijack this thread, I do have an actual butterfly question. These are the rules of the stroke: Stroke—After the start and after each turn, the swimmer’s shoulders must be at or past the vertical toward the ***. The swimmer is permitted one or more leg kicks, but only one arm pull under water, which must bring the swimmer to the surface. (Note: After the start and after each turn, only one breaststroke kick is allowed prior to the arm pull that brings the swimmer to the surface.) It shall be permissible for a swimmer to be completely submerged for a distance of not more than 15 meters (16.4 yards) after the start and after each turn. By that point, the head must have broken the surface. The swimmer must remain on the surface until the next turn or finish. From the beginning of the first arm pull, the body shall be kept on the ***. Both arms must be brought forward over the water and pulled back simultaneously. Now to the context of the question: Yesterday, at the end of a set with a lot of butterfly, which is something I have not swum a lot of in recent memory, I was quite tired and started inserting a third kick as my hands entered the water on the recovery, giving me a glide not unlike that you have in breaststroke. Basically, I was trying to avoid having to go to one-arm fly. (I'm stubborn.) Question: Is this actually legal? Yes.You can have as many dolphin kicks per pull as you like.The only restriction on the number of kicks is only on breaststroke kick per pull (and that is only legal for masters.)You could just do dolphin kicks and be legal as long as you surface after 15M(I'm not sure if you would have to do at least one pull per length).