Aug 19
2008Phelps and his Dolphin Kick
Filed Under (News) by Linen DeFiller on 19-08-2008
Tagged Under : 2008 Beijing Summer Olympics, Berkoff Blastoff, David Bergkoff, Dolphin Kick, Michael Phelps, Rajat Mittal, Sports Celebrities, Swimming, USA Swimming
Does Dolphin Kick really win races ?
Seemingly yes, Phelps has shown it when swimming freestyle he always stayed underwater longer than any of his competitors, but the question really is, did we learn it from Phelps or did he learn it from its history and perfect it, to take advantage of FINA’s rules governing the underwater portion of the race? so what’s all this sudden buzz about dolphin kick ?
IIT Kanpur alum and George Washington University researcher Rajat Mittal has spent the past five years studying Phelps and his dolphin kick - also known as the ‘Berkoff Blastoff’ after the Harvard backstroker who used it the first time at the Olympics 20 years ago.