By Olivier Poirier-Leroy on SwimSwam
Diving into the water and shooting off the wall are some of the most enjoyable parts of swimming.
And why not—we’re moving at speeds much faster than we do at the surface.
This means diving or pushing off with max force, using a tight streamline, carrying as much speed as possible into the underwater dolphin kick, and exploding into those crucial first strokes.
But before we can start swimming, there’s the final few kicks as we approach the