1. I started doing flip turns about a year ago, and I'm comfortable doing them when I am working out alone. But when circle swimming with my masters team, it's hard to get comfortable doing flip turns coming in at an angle to the wall. Any suggestions on how to approach these kinds of flip turns?
2. I am also pretty new to butterfly. I am concerned about crashing my hand into someone swimming back toward me on the opposite side of the lane. I will sometimes try to extend my outside hand out slightly over the lane marker to stay as far to the right as possible, but I often brush the lane marker with the top of my hand as my arm is coming up out of the water. Any suggestions on navigation?
1. Watch in your peripheral vision for the swimmer ahead of you to leave the wall. When s/he has passed you, angle to your left. Flip as far to the left of the lane as you can and come out straight (which will put you properly on the right) with your head between your arms. If you and your lane-mates are not too fast or too numerous, go 10s apart so that you have space to practice good turns.
2. I sometimes dive deeper than usual and do an extra kick to avoid smacking hands in our pool's narrow lanes.
1. Watch in your peripheral vision for the swimmer ahead of you to leave the wall. When s/he has passed you, angle to your left. Flip as far to the left of the lane as you can and come out straight (which will put you properly on the right) with your head between your arms. If you and your lane-mates are not too fast or too numerous, go 10s apart so that you have space to practice good turns.
2. I sometimes dive deeper than usual and do an extra kick to avoid smacking hands in our pool's narrow lanes.
