How Elite Swim Coaches Train Faster Underwaters

By Olivier Poirier-Leroy on SwimSwam
Dolphin kicking!
It’s awesome when we can do it right.
Not-so-awesome when it’s clunky, timing is off, and we surface like a cork instead of like a dolphin.
And training it can be frustrating as there is so much that goes into doing it well.
So how about elite swim coaches…
How do they train it?
Great question!
How Swim Coaches Train the Underwater Dolphin Kick
A recent survey (Thompson et al., 2022) asked 66 UK swim coaches—from nati