Hi all,
I noticed something this past week on my flip turns. I consistently get a smoother, faster turn at the deep end of the pool, and my shallow end turns are less fluid and a bit more timid coming into the wall.
I assume this is because the shallow depth makes me feel a bit more crowded so that I hesitate more. Also I think I tuck my legs in more at the shallow end and my timing is slightly off.
Any suggestions?
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I'm the opposite of you. During almost all of my career I practiced in a relatively uniform depth pool. 4-4.5ft at one end, 6 at the other.
All of my meets had pools 4ft deep in the shallow, 13ft in the deep. It honestly would affect my turns because your prospective of the bottom is very different 10 feet higher off the bottom. There is a range of positions that seem acceptable, but it's not actually true. During my warmups I'd always try to focus on my turns to get used to all the different pools.
I botched my first race at states junior year because the pool was a 50meter with 25yd lanes perpendicular. So basically the floor was sideways and getting deeper. It really screwed with me. The warmup lanes had a uniform bottom, naturally.
I'm the opposite of you. During almost all of my career I practiced in a relatively uniform depth pool. 4-4.5ft at one end, 6 at the other.
All of my meets had pools 4ft deep in the shallow, 13ft in the deep. It honestly would affect my turns because your prospective of the bottom is very different 10 feet higher off the bottom. There is a range of positions that seem acceptable, but it's not actually true. During my warmups I'd always try to focus on my turns to get used to all the different pools.
I botched my first race at states junior year because the pool was a 50meter with 25yd lanes perpendicular. So basically the floor was sideways and getting deeper. It really screwed with me. The warmup lanes had a uniform bottom, naturally.
