Sissi - 

Hi! I’d like to know if it’s better to make the dolphin kick in hyperstreamline or while you’re separating your hands apart to initiate the pullout. 

Also, how long should you wait to break the surface? 

**2004 Athens Olympics**

*   Kitajimi Start - https://youtu.be/5vy-\_ak0l\_w?t=132
*   Kitajimi Turn - https://youtu.be/5vy-\_ak0l\_w?t=155
*   Cameron Vandenberg Start - https://youtu.be/5vy-\_ak0l\_w?t=24
*   Darren Mew - https://youtu.be/5vy-\_ak0l\_w?t=71

**Dave Denniston** - <https://www.goswim.tv/lessons/887-pullouts>

:31 - Rigid legs

**Monday - Update**

<https://www.goswim.tv/lessons/1921-breaststroke-underwater-pullout-update>

:10 - legs rigid

:24 - kick after hand separation

:34 - dolphin happens at anytime

:42 - separated and updated… need rigid legs again

**Tuesday - Brendan McHugh**

<https://www.goswim.tv/lessons/2183-underwater-pull-details>

:40 - dolphin before with fairly rigid from end

1:04 - full dolphins before hand separation

1:08 - hands separate close to the end of the dolphin

Legs remain rigid through the pulldown.

1:46 - recovery timing

**Wednesday - Jerry**

<https://www.goswim.tv/lessons/2341-breaststroke-underwater-pull-sequence>

From beginning - traditional or normal timing

:50 - push off in line

1:21 - push off add dolphin

1:52 - push off dolphin pull down

3:10 - head tilt down

5:06 - recovery happens w no legs

5:29 - full pullout

**Thursday - Merle**

<https://www.goswim.tv/lessons/1925-underwater-pull-fine-tuning>

:07 - traditional kick timing

1:10 - torso at line

1:15 - dolphin kick first

1:31 - hips at line

1:51 - hand recovery timing

**Friday - Felipe**

<https://www.goswim.tv/lessons/2622-breaststroke-underwater-pull>

2:00 - under

2:08 - dolphin first - longer underwater

3:22 - good line prior to dolphin

3:36 - dolphin first

3:44 - hands separate sooner - quicker underwater

**Saturday - No Underwater**

<https://www.goswim.tv/lessons/2608-breaststroke-no-underwater-pullout>

:26 - resistive position

:45 - push off - dolphin - then swim

1:05 - push off shallow

1:27 - full turn with breakout

1:37 - masters swimmer full pullout

1:50 - masters swimmer no underwater

**Sunday - No Underwater**

<https://www.goswim.tv/lessons/2342-breaststroke-no-underwater-pull>

:39 - depth of push

:48 - Skipping underwater

1:33 - shallow push off

2:39 - side by side

3:27 - breakout

3:37 - experiment and time

3:50 - momentum variation


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Aug 24, 2021 - Breaststroke Underwater Pull Timing