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The dolphin kick used to be the strategy for the shorter butterfly events. Butterfly the first length, then dolphin kick pretty much the whole of the next lengt
by fiftyacorn 10y ago
The dolphin kick used to be the strategy for the shorter butterfly events. Butterfly the first length, then dolphin kick pretty much the whole of the next length. They changed the rules so you could only dolphin kick so far off the glide phase
- Bromskloss 10y ago> Butterfly the first length, then dolphin kick pretty much the whole of the next length. Why this division? Why not, for example, the other way around?
- fiftyacorn 10y agoA good dive will carry you through the water say 1/2 distance, then you butterfly the rest. The return leg is a dolphin kick off a tumble turn against the wall. The dolphin kick helps maintain the momentum