The dolphin kick was used by almost all butterfly swimmers in 1958 when I swam, and one of our backstrokers did the back butterfly with the dolphin kick both underwater and on the surface for the whole 100 yard race in 1958. Our best breast stroker swam most of the race under water in the 100 yard breast stroke in 1958, before it was outlawed. When we played underwater tag, the fastest stoke was the dolphin kick without using one's arms.
@OneAdam12Adam Жыл бұрын
That's impossible.
@shaimeinbray57888 ай бұрын
Dolphin kick with light arms is how we help train little ones in survival techniques with roll over with belly up..
@abc-me9ic6 жыл бұрын
Phelps : Thank you.
@billybob66046 жыл бұрын
tom shields
@agustinmanyari5 жыл бұрын
caleb dressel 😹
@loulecloss80144 жыл бұрын
Ryan lochte
@SilphSpectre4 жыл бұрын
Ricky Berens
@The-Dom6 жыл бұрын
Shaves head, keeps mustache. lolz
@RL-tz8so6 жыл бұрын
It's his turbo. Improves breathing
@guillermojrboy32926 жыл бұрын
The bristles help trap air which the swimmer uses for breathing when fully submerged. xD
@Bertolucci_5 жыл бұрын
It was the 80's man. No explanation needed
@jameschristophercirujano66505 жыл бұрын
@@guillermojrboy3292 Exactly like how gills work.
@danialhasyeimi5 жыл бұрын
its cool though
@cooliodiablo61175 жыл бұрын
That's how I always swam around the pool as a kid. With flippers on you can go really quick. Definitely the most natural way we're supposed to swim I think.
@sampathalwis36493 жыл бұрын
This was oddly satisfying ....the way these great athletes spoke of the sport, recognition & respect they had about their opponents , and the background music 👌 This is one of the best videos in youtube .
@dud6215 жыл бұрын
So when do they explain what the dolphin kick is and how it differed from standard technique
@austin15675 жыл бұрын
dud621 it’s when starting or turning you kick with both legs together off the wall or start while in streamline position
@ironjohn035 жыл бұрын
I guess this video is for swimmers who already know what a dolphin kick is? You can simply search for "what is a dolphin kick" if you want.
@foxmcfog78094 жыл бұрын
@Mary Antonio I assume someone somewhere did, just not widespread or recognized. Most probably just pushed off like you do before you are taught dolphin
@applemauzel4 жыл бұрын
@Mary Antonio Yes, but it wasn't used strategically to min-max the system. Like people kicked twice or thrice out of habit before surfacing, until that one guy realized that going underwater is faster than above water, then its intentionally "im never going to surface because i can win".
@natsfan1003 жыл бұрын
Dolphin kick is both legs kicking together essentially. When done underwater you can put your whole body into it and it's very fast. Normal backstroke uses a flutter kick (legs alternate) because of how your arms alternate in backstroke.
@intldawn6 жыл бұрын
This is cool but I wish they also would have talked about how swimmers used the dolphin kick in other strokes. I remember in 1996 Olympics, Denis Pankratov of Russia swam maybe 30, 35 meters of the 100 butterfly doing the dolphin stroke underwater. He did it in the 200, too, but not quite as far. He won gold in both and set a world record in the 100. I seem to recall they changed the rule after that. In a lot of ways the dolphin kick has been really controversial throughout swimming history so there’s more of this story to be told
@MiguelPerez-my7kx6 жыл бұрын
Melivin steward's
@iREVOLTER6 жыл бұрын
Of course there is. Many swimmers use it in different ways, with different power which lead to getting a head start against competition. Would love to here more about other's experiences.
@GunsNRoses11233 жыл бұрын
That sounds like getting away with cheating as this one said it was chanced 88.
@donna258713 жыл бұрын
You swim faster underwater - that’s why swimmers did this and FINA created the 15m rule.
@lajohnson1ly3 жыл бұрын
@@GunsNRoses1123, it wasn't "cheating" because it wasn't against rules as long as the swimmer stayed on their back. The international governing body then regulated it so that their heads had to break the surface by 10, then 15 meters and actually swim the stroke. Now it's a standard element of the turn cycle except in breaststroke, where the rules limit it to one dolphin kick (though some swimmers succeed in getting away with 2 or 3).
@takebackthenight43906 жыл бұрын
Cameron Van Der Burg invented Dolphin Kick in the 100m Breaststroke in 2012.
@billybob66046 жыл бұрын
u mean cody miller in 2016
@dianaowusu61826 жыл бұрын
@@billybob6604 It couldn't be in 2016 because i knew it *_wayyy_* before 2016
@user-eu6sj2gj1t6 жыл бұрын
Actually I invented it yesterday
@junsib98296 жыл бұрын
Diana Owusu no he’s talking about when Cameron dove in he did 2 dolphin kicks. It’s a joke
@dianaowusu61826 жыл бұрын
@@junsib9829 Ow ok😂
@loretta_3843 Жыл бұрын
To be so fit that you can go so far on a breath and then continue is crazy to me. If I have to run 10 metres for a train, I'm puffing to catch my breath, these guys can't even stop and take a breath away from the water, so impressive.
@mahendersingh61956 жыл бұрын
Can't Wait For Tokyo 2020
@imamgiuseppe51035 жыл бұрын
😀😀😀i know it's gonna be epic
@imamgiuseppe51035 жыл бұрын
Rio was so boring
@Lokielan5 жыл бұрын
Asians now to bring the world together.. Just look at Beijing.
@marshycazeau90164 жыл бұрын
Sorry to tell you but...
@theonlynoob29394 жыл бұрын
its been postponed
@himbeerkonfiture30146 жыл бұрын
Aaahhhh the good 80's... Love the vibe
@MyBoomStick111 ай бұрын
Lol does this comment imply there’s also a bad 80’s lol
@snoopyshultz Жыл бұрын
THEY SHOULD JUST HAVE A DOLPHIN KICK EVENT IN THE OLYMPICS
@pegasusted25045 жыл бұрын
These are awful to watch. Such a confused mess I don't even think we actually got to see the guy do it the first time it was done.
@marcuslea68215 жыл бұрын
Ted Cameron it was done first by him off camera
@centanhotbox844 жыл бұрын
THANKS. utibbis ruined by wishy washiness
@johncitrowske99224 жыл бұрын
Ikr the whole video confused me. Never explained the dolphin kick, explain when it was first done and that video. Bunch of random people in different languages talking about random races where they used it
@KARMA-gr4uh3 жыл бұрын
@@johncitrowske9922 I mean, dolphin kick is pretty well known so it’s kinda on you if you don’t know
@davidwang12295 жыл бұрын
This is a cool story! Thanks for the upload.
@上田剛弘-s3w9 ай бұрын
このレースは何度見ても興奮します。鈴木大地選手、金メダルおめでとうございます。
@musacpuerto6 жыл бұрын
Jesse Vassallo was an olympic gold medalist and world record holder. Sad they didn't even mention that.
@sween133775 жыл бұрын
MTV Cribs around 9:00 in the recognize that Vassallo technique
@musacpuerto5 жыл бұрын
@@sween13377 yeah I'm talking about more his achievements, not development of the technique. Sounds almost like a random good swimmer. He was on the cover of sports illustrated with Muhammad Ali and Wilt as the greatest athletes ...should mean something
@sween133775 жыл бұрын
MTV Cribs some amazing athletes that want nothing else then that gold but even if you win any medal at any Olympics that still is an accomplishment
@vrokhlenko5 жыл бұрын
"Jesse Vassallo was an olympic gold medalist" No, he was not! Check your stats! He was a World Champion and a world record holder.
@musacpuerto5 жыл бұрын
@@vrokhlenko lol ok. He won a gold medal at the US version of the Olympics paralleling the boycotted Soviet ones with much better times than all the competitors at the boycotted ones. Happy? Greetings from Mother Russia, Vadim... Na kaleni Suka.
@fturla___1564 жыл бұрын
The new rules for the under water dolphin kick and the 15 meter limit applied to all the races meant that I will get DQ'd if I don't remind myself to only do one dolphin kick off a turn in a race. This happens to me if I lose concentration and lapse back to trying to push for more speed. I was afraid my niece would get DQ'd in a race when you don't surface by the flag lines in the Olympic trials. It did happen to her in the nationals and that was disappointing because she won the race.
@tenningale3 жыл бұрын
Reagan Smith almost got DQ'd in the Olympics since she takes advantage of all 15m underwater and was literally inches away from going over 15.
@mauriciomigliorelli7255 жыл бұрын
The editing of this vid is astonishing. I need to know which music have they used.
@heirtotheshwa5 жыл бұрын
Great edits and video work
@Olympics5 жыл бұрын
Thank you! We're glad you enjoyed it 🙂
@kristinerivera66373 жыл бұрын
I’m really enjoying watching these Olympic swimming sports because I have never learned how to swim but you know I am really happy for these people!!!
@ahmedalhamadi12312 жыл бұрын
Try to swim.. you will learn
@cre8bigone2 жыл бұрын
I was there back in 1988, Seoul. It was very interesting to see Dolphin kick backstroke. Time goes really fast uh?
@piggiswinks75435 жыл бұрын
Three words, "Man from Atlantis" 🤘😌👌 Look it up!
@joeekaps5840Ай бұрын
Maybe they should consider having a exclusive dolphin stroke event or events?
@KeeganVera6 жыл бұрын
I really enjoy this channel.
@justbynk6 жыл бұрын
Very well made infographic video !!
@karenharper43185 жыл бұрын
I remember using the dolphin kick like that and I stopped competing in 1984.
@22Hideman6 жыл бұрын
Hi I'm Troy McClure you may remember me from commentating the 1988 Olympics.
@josh-spooky5 жыл бұрын
Ok, Daniel.
@laurenlopez47725 жыл бұрын
nice, daniel.
@MiguelPerez-my7kx6 жыл бұрын
this bring back memories from 96 Us trails and 1996 ATL games..DENNYS PRANKATOV,MEL STAWERD
@無かった事に4 ай бұрын
That was stupid dope. I want it to be brought back to competition.
@garrysekelli67766 жыл бұрын
I think water would go in my nose if I tried this.
@1houndgal6 жыл бұрын
Try using a nose clip, at least while you are learning the underwater dolphin kick on your back.
@1houndgal6 жыл бұрын
Blowing bubbles out of your nose while you do this helps. Otherwise get a nose clip.
@mikejones82696 жыл бұрын
It’s worse going down your nose and through your throat
@campkira6 жыл бұрын
If you strong enough.
@SergeantColdgirl5 жыл бұрын
A technique they do is "humming" which gradually releases air at a constant rate creating air bubbles that prevent water from going in and by the time they resurface they just breathe in.
@erwiny976 жыл бұрын
What a nice video, thanks
@thibod075 жыл бұрын
Amazing! What an amazing contribution To the world of swimming. The dolphin kick is now used with all swimming technics associated to the turn so it is in fact one of the most used technic in pool racing as it is the fastest technic to use.
@madpuppy543 жыл бұрын
all FINA ever does is ban stuff to follow the protocol they want. Why didnt they think of adding a race for dolphin kick technique. That would have been the best stroke of the 5 to watch underwater.I loved when some swimmers turned sideways underwater to do their kick. I tried it once.
@rolltru5 жыл бұрын
how are they doing that effect on the video, i need to know
@diobrando77593 жыл бұрын
They should just do a dolphin kick race
@AmxCsifier3 жыл бұрын
You're a Japanese Athlete swimmer and your last name is Suzuki.. imagine the pressure
@tromboneJTS5 жыл бұрын
Geeez, Berkoff had a piano with him the last 25 meters
@sealand0004 жыл бұрын
It would be nice to see a swimming event made up solely of kicking.
@olib23363 жыл бұрын
Why not have this as a new race, with the underwater dolphin kick as primary, allowing competitors to come up for air as often as needed? For a 50m race, most may probably not need to come up at all.
@henrydavis69832 жыл бұрын
My best friend's uncle is David Berkoff, this is nuts.
@shaimeinbray57888 ай бұрын
Is there anywhere I can try out for a team. I can swim brestroke with dolphin kick 53. Seconds in 100 meters
@EmilSosnin5 жыл бұрын
very aesthetic Olympics KZbin channel, very cool.
@househomie61283 жыл бұрын
Amazing. Especially that the music matches the time period
@yanzhang57856 жыл бұрын
The person next to me is John Naber (John Neighbor)
@w2385-i2s6 жыл бұрын
Why am I watching this? I will never swim in the Olympic.
@iREVOLTER6 жыл бұрын
Never stop dreaming and keep going. You can do it!
@campkira6 жыл бұрын
Improvement in life.
@davidwang12295 жыл бұрын
Lmao, time to dolphin kick underwater in the backyard pool. Dont hit your head though
@texabara5 жыл бұрын
w23857980 but if you make the minimum times, you might swim at the world master swimming championships. I went to Montreal 2014 and to Budapest 2017. Go for it!
@jayuppercase33985 жыл бұрын
I believe in you
@Wheel3336 жыл бұрын
Really enjoyed that thanks.
@leonard876611 ай бұрын
Fidias is a legend!
@NathanHeaver5 жыл бұрын
the dolphins are suing over naming it after them
@bobayekadabogeyman98195 жыл бұрын
Yh clever comparing humans suing to dolphins suing says a lot
@banksportsaustralia41106 жыл бұрын
amazing video !!!
@AdamBhay6 жыл бұрын
I don't think technique should require rule changes. Advantages gained by gear, or other forms of performance enhancements should have rules to restrict them for sure, but not outright better technique.
@Toastwig5 жыл бұрын
But it's a race for that particular stroke. It's not better technique it's a totally different motion. It would be like allowing freestyle in breaststroke because it's faster.
@Ayyyyther5 жыл бұрын
imagine some guy who is really good at the dolphin kick, so much so that he can get enough edge on people to win every stroke competition. I think FIDA was trying to prevent that scenario.
@juliasenzon80335 жыл бұрын
i think people would hyperventilate before a race to trick their mind into thinking they don't need oxygen so they could stay underwater longer and some people died as a result
@tonglau63505 жыл бұрын
@Shank C Its because of loss of hypoxic drive to the brain stem I believe.
@KeithHiew5 жыл бұрын
You don't give people a medal to make them happy. Just remember their names, and name something after them.
@toivonencresto5 жыл бұрын
As someone said, they put the limit After Pankratov... but even with the limit, it simply ‘depends’: during Rome 2009’s 200 free final when Phelps was playing the lullaby game underwater Biedermann ‘open the water’ à la Moses (disclaimer: i don’t like Biedermann @ all and 200 and 400 WR should have bene given to Agnel and (back to) Thorpie)
@MrJohanGuzman5 жыл бұрын
I definitely know Japanese.
@glasshousefuture68362 жыл бұрын
I'm so very confused that I feel like I missed something. The title mentions "dolphin kick" but it seems like everyone said something about a "butterfly kick" and finally a "Vassallo" kick, so I feel like I missed something since no one said "dolphin".
@tewfik8616 Жыл бұрын
The freestyle should be 100% free as a discipline on its own in the olympics where the athletes are able to swim in and outside the water as they wish, whereas crawl could be a separate discipline as it is today.
@chochola1209 Жыл бұрын
Totally agree. It's be interesting to have the crawl and freestyle as separate events. Everything goes in freestyle - underwater, dolphin kick, switch strokes whatever you want. The first person to touch the end wins kind of race. Lol
@Obez455 жыл бұрын
great video, could we get a soundtrack list?
@Gabriel_Micah6 жыл бұрын
This is really cool
@ruirodrigues1971 Жыл бұрын
Maybe one day we will have Dolphin Kick style competition hehehe
@jefffawcett3 жыл бұрын
Berkoff with an awful reaction time at start, freeze at 5:00, he has barely moved an inch and other guys are already arching back
@paulblackman81595 жыл бұрын
Laurie Lawrence at 5:20. No Australians in final. Why??
@jagobbin24 жыл бұрын
I was going to post the same thing but decided to scroll the comments first. Was he privately coaching one of the other athletes? Googling "laurie lawrence 1988 olympics backstroke" draws a blank - just articles about Duncan Armstrong
@AndresBonilla2113 жыл бұрын
No subtitles for Suzuki's part in Japanese??
@weixiangwong22273 жыл бұрын
you can turn on closed captions for that. i'm not sure why they didn't add it in to the in-video subtitles
@이구미호를진짜없애자6 жыл бұрын
서울1988 때 센세이션 바로 돌핀킥 이때 나왔군요 스즈키씨 잘했네 하지만 FINA에서도 규칙바뀐것은 어쩔수가없을듯
@whatwelearned3 жыл бұрын
So they had Suzuki speaking but didn't bother to put up a translation? Maybe I'm the only dunce who can't speak Japanese...
@diorynovis5 жыл бұрын
What if somebody did it 15.5 meters?
@magioti5 жыл бұрын
Diory N he would be Disqualified!
@MonsterElephantBlog6 жыл бұрын
Very nice made video
@allgoo19646 жыл бұрын
Good example, it's not cheating when everybody does it. lol
@alma_nasiri4 жыл бұрын
lol XD
@forgottenone905 жыл бұрын
how can you constantly blow water out of your nose without losing air???
@madmagyver99815 жыл бұрын
I remember the dolphin kick could only be use with the butterfly stroke. Just one of the factors allowing faster lap times.
@daquan999993 жыл бұрын
Win a swimming competition with diving skill, they should be shamed.
@namn.24663 жыл бұрын
This Jesse guy looks like the Jesse guy in Breaking Bad
@DrZoom20235 жыл бұрын
Inventor of dolphin kick Jesse Vasallo!
@ayf70335 жыл бұрын
Wait for me..I will invented a new stroke
@josephwashington84806 жыл бұрын
Beautiful.
@istvansipos99406 жыл бұрын
strange. some1 developes a better technique for high jump. that can stay. this dolphin technique can't. although both techniques brought huge changes into their sports. strange, indeed
@istvansipos99406 жыл бұрын
@Colin Daniels well. it is callet BACKstroke for a reason. you should do BACK stroke for the majority of the distance, yeah. and that's exactly what they did. Even if they dolphin swim 40-45 meters, - they are still on their backs - the majority of the 100m (especially that of the 200m) is on the surface, in the original, traditional back stroke besides, race walking is a poor example. no1 will "invent" running there because it is already crystall clear in the rules that running is not allowed. they made it clear and prevented any chaos and confusion. there was no prevention for dolphin stroke in swimming rules. I guess, it was not even mentioned, because it was not even invented yet
@texabara6 жыл бұрын
István Sipos oh, you can use it, but later you have to swim the style. No one start a race today without it!
@geoffhuang24386 жыл бұрын
Not all better techniques for high jump can stay lol. In the past, a bunch of gymnasts would do a bunch of back handsprings and flip at the end to get really high off the ground, and this strategy was quickly put to a stop. A part of me wishes all techniques were allowed in these sports. How fast can a human actually swim? How fast can a human actually jump? Edit: the high jump flips I am mentioning are the reasoning behind the high jump rule that you need to take off of one foot (instead of two). Another flip technique was also banned for the long jump as well.
@r1goldrush6 жыл бұрын
because in one sport you have to jump by yourself over something but there is not only one way allowed just one more effective, in the other you have to you a distance but in a certain way so if you do a third of the distance by swimming in another way it's logical that they have change the rule or at the end you will have people you didn't swim backstroke for the 50 first meters.
@kenguvasantoshkumar85275 жыл бұрын
No under water cameras at that time
@sebclax50735 жыл бұрын
imagine when that guy did the first backwards high jump
@ah70275 жыл бұрын
they laughed at him warming up until they saw how high he jumped. lol
@pedrooliveros30854 жыл бұрын
They should start a new race. Underwater dolphin kick, 50, 100, 400, etc. I swim leisurely and can do it for 35 meters, so an olympian can do 50 and 100 easily but 400 will be for the free divers
@petermacleod57103 жыл бұрын
A friend of mine used to be DISQUALIFIED for doing this
@SouthernGryphus2 жыл бұрын
1:40 Hello, ¿me escuchas? 😂
@lilbickleymane5 жыл бұрын
What's the song?
@nothingwrongwiththisname23136 жыл бұрын
Why would u put music over someone talking .
@Jacob-sb3su6 жыл бұрын
3:23 did they edit out the russian flag?
@americanbobtail16 жыл бұрын
It was Soviet not Russian flag in 1988.
@texabara6 жыл бұрын
VASALLO: From Puerto Rico. 🇵🇷😎👍🏽 Even thou PR is a colony of the USA, we got our own olympic representation. He competed for USA because swimming here was very difficult. I do not applaud his decision, but still he was one of the greatest!
@edizhang85314 жыл бұрын
"Swimming next to John (Neighbor)"
@michellejane90925 жыл бұрын
There was this american girl who did the dolphin kick on her side in 1984 and won Gold in the 100 & 200 freestyle
@ncode036 жыл бұрын
I tried this but it didn't help at all? Useless technique for me. Just maybe its because one hand was up my nose to help holding my breath underwater.
@jasonmcmechan20726 жыл бұрын
ncode03 Breathe out of your nose, try humming underwater, it blows water out of your nose naturally
@caesar49406 жыл бұрын
Probably just your ankle flexibility. If you haven't been training it with dryland exercises and hundreds of yards of kicking each day, you aren't going to go anywhere lol
@ahhsjdjsjddj66576 жыл бұрын
don't put your hand on your nose, the bulk of your hand will slow you down!
@benchia6 жыл бұрын
Whoosh 🤦🏻♂️
@ncode036 жыл бұрын
Guys, I was implying my swimming skills is on par with a zombie, who never learn how to swim when it was still alive.
@robeanfran6 жыл бұрын
Why would 5 dolphin kicks only get you 5 meters lol
@SpikeyKactus5 жыл бұрын
The editing is really weird ...
@QUABLEDISTOCFICKLEPO3 жыл бұрын
So, if the Dolphin Kick is so great, why are other kicks still used? Why isn't it the only kick that is taught and used?
@mancebo74 жыл бұрын
Tradução muito deficiente. (Por exemplo: "Short course"/"percursos curtos"!)
@allgoo19646 жыл бұрын
3:28 Sensored. lol
@darKILLusionnn5 жыл бұрын
Censored*
@tromboneJTS5 жыл бұрын
Jesse Vasallo?
@indramani88884 ай бұрын
what if ryan lochte would have born in that era.
@butter_nut18176 жыл бұрын
Subtitles would have been nice
@tromboneJTS5 жыл бұрын
I remember watching this race live on TV and Berkhoff's start was horrible. It probably lost him the race.
@spensert49335 жыл бұрын
@olympic why not have a dolphin kick event that is short enough for people not do drown? Would be cool?
@rileygshep76063 жыл бұрын
Freedivers do already swim 200+ meters underwater without drowning or blacking out
@bambangsudirman60635 жыл бұрын
I did 25m dolphin kick at school during interhouse competitiom and got dqed i was first though
@bigstronkbee3 жыл бұрын
Remember the 15m limit! They exist for a reason :D
@jia42285 жыл бұрын
Me thankyou this guy
@uchicha6664 жыл бұрын
I thought it's Lawrence from Arabia at the beginning
@aamicasda11385 жыл бұрын
now let's call shaks for the competition... we can swim faster
@rushrush12093 жыл бұрын
I'm not a swimmer. But I don't think the dolphin kick should be banned or have any restrictions. As long as you're touching all the walls and not using PED's, then I think everything is fine. Isn't the point to finish first? The elite swimmers spend so much time in the pool that they should be able to perfect the dolphin kick, if they think it will get them a faster time. In running, not every running gait is the same... Then again, I'm not a swimmer, so there may be a good reason to restrict the dolphin kick.
@jackfuller29323 жыл бұрын
because Dolphin kick is easily faster than the other strokes, so everyone would do it forever, making the stroke part useless and the underwater Dolphin kick more important