I don't believe that I have seen this mentioned, but several people have asked me this. Will the walls at Indy LC Nationals be FINA-style flat walls or regular gutter style?
Backstrokers are particularly anxious about this regarding the start, but other strokes are affected at the turns.
Mary
I don't know why it would make a difference to backstrokers whether or not the walls are flat. You can't curl your toes on a gutter anyhow.
As for the toes under the water, I *thought* that your toes could be either above or below the water as long as you were NOT curled over the gutter or lip. At one point in time perhaps you had to have your feet submerged completely but not anymore. Of course, I'm not a backstroker so maybe I'm totally wrong on this topic (but swimming *is* discussed in our house an awful lot...)
Re: *** and fly turns, well duh... don't swim more than a 50 and it's not a problem!!! :D
I don't know why it would make a difference to backstrokers whether or not the walls are flat. You can't curl your toes on a gutter anyhow.
As for the toes under the water, I *thought* that your toes could be either above or below the water as long as you were NOT curled over the gutter or lip. At one point in time perhaps you had to have your feet submerged completely but not anymore. Of course, I'm not a backstroker so maybe I'm totally wrong on this topic (but swimming *is* discussed in our house an awful lot...)
Re: *** and fly turns, well duh... don't swim more than a 50 and it's not a problem!!! :D
