How Do You Get Disqualified Swimming Butterfly?
The butterfly is probably the hardest stroke to perfect. It requires strength and stamina to properly perform the butterfly pull and kick. Because the stroke is complex, getting disqualified during swimming competitions is not difficult to do. The following are a few common ways that swimmers get into trouble while swimming butterfly. Swim underwater for more than 15 meters. You can do as many dolphin kicks as you want off the start, but you must emerge from the water by the 15-meter mark in order to avoid disqualification. Alternate your arms or bring them out of the water non-simultaneously. The butterfly stroke requires you to simultaneously bring both arms up and out of the water, and then re-submerge them out in front of your head at the same time. Keep your arms underwater during the stroke recovery. The recovery part of the pull is when you bring your arms forward in front of your head. This must be accomplished by bringing your arms up and out of the water, not by pushing your