I recently posted a question about racing and received a lot of great answers so here is another question. I am about to participate in my first race (in a pool) and I am worried about being disqualified now. What are some of the common mistakes I need to be aware of? Turns maybe?
The back turn has to be timed perfectly as the rule states it is a continuous motion, so if you are too far, you can't backpedal and get away with it. One way to eek out and save a back turn that is too far is to keep that 1-handed free turn arm in front of you, and not pull back right away, or else you are stuck kicking head first and that's an easy dq to spot. Hoever, with the hand up in front, you could arguably say you were in motion, continuous motion, so save yourself a dq if not a very clean turn.
Google fixing optional, but yes, legal.
Actually, on a backstroke turn, the only thing that matters is the top half of the body. You can get deeked either by (1) failure to initiate the pull after turning on your belly or (2) failure to initiate the turn after taking your one pull (head must move, hips up, etc, for there to be continuous motion). So if you leave the one arm extended without any motion and just kick, that is DQ #1. To avoid a DQ if you are too far out, you should do a slow continuous sculling type of pull with the extended arm to get yourself closer to the wall for the flip.
You can actually adjust your goggles at any turn. However, for *** and fly, this can only be done after a legal touch for that stroke and before pushing off the wall. The wall is like free space. For backstroke, either adjust goggles staying on your back. Or touch the wall on your back, adjust goggles and push off on your back.
The back turn has to be timed perfectly as the rule states it is a continuous motion, so if you are too far, you can't backpedal and get away with it. One way to eek out and save a back turn that is too far is to keep that 1-handed free turn arm in front of you, and not pull back right away, or else you are stuck kicking head first and that's an easy dq to spot. Hoever, with the hand up in front, you could arguably say you were in motion, continuous motion, so save yourself a dq if not a very clean turn.
Google fixing optional, but yes, legal.
Actually, on a backstroke turn, the only thing that matters is the top half of the body. You can get deeked either by (1) failure to initiate the pull after turning on your belly or (2) failure to initiate the turn after taking your one pull (head must move, hips up, etc, for there to be continuous motion). So if you leave the one arm extended without any motion and just kick, that is DQ #1. To avoid a DQ if you are too far out, you should do a slow continuous sculling type of pull with the extended arm to get yourself closer to the wall for the flip.
You can actually adjust your goggles at any turn. However, for *** and fly, this can only be done after a legal touch for that stroke and before pushing off the wall. The wall is like free space. For backstroke, either adjust goggles staying on your back. Or touch the wall on your back, adjust goggles and push off on your back.
