I am wondering if there are ways you can get hurt doing flip turns. I have done them (slowly) and I am carefull not to hit my legs on the pool edge. I will say they are not (underlined) as easy to do as many swimmers make it look! Especially if you are coming into the wall at any speed!
I can understand world class swimmers getting every edge but other then show offing ..do lap swimmers really need to do this?
Tips on flips Please ?
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You mentioned the swimmers who make it look easy. Have you tried watching what they do, but under water? I've noticed that flip turns seem to vary in the details from swimmer to swimmer, but the differences are not readily apparent from the pool deck. All you can see from above the surface is cheeks, feet, splash.
Next time you're in the pool and there are swimmers who make it look easy swimming around you, stop, dunk, and watch them. Make a note of where their hands are, how their bodies are positioned when their feet hit the wall, etc. Then try to emulate them.
You also mentioned that you do them slowly. They'll probably get remarkably easier when you get the confidence in your position to do them faster. I find that if I flip too slowly I'll sink too much, end up in entirely the wrong place and get a bad push off the wall.
Then again, I usually do open turns, because I don't compete and don't really need the time edge. I can do them, quite well in fact, but I'm just lazy. :D I'm interested to see if anyone has an answer to your question about the benefits of flip turns to lap swimmers if you're not competing, 'cuz I don't know them if there are.
You mentioned the swimmers who make it look easy. Have you tried watching what they do, but under water? I've noticed that flip turns seem to vary in the details from swimmer to swimmer, but the differences are not readily apparent from the pool deck. All you can see from above the surface is cheeks, feet, splash.
Next time you're in the pool and there are swimmers who make it look easy swimming around you, stop, dunk, and watch them. Make a note of where their hands are, how their bodies are positioned when their feet hit the wall, etc. Then try to emulate them.
You also mentioned that you do them slowly. They'll probably get remarkably easier when you get the confidence in your position to do them faster. I find that if I flip too slowly I'll sink too much, end up in entirely the wrong place and get a bad push off the wall.
Then again, I usually do open turns, because I don't compete and don't really need the time edge. I can do them, quite well in fact, but I'm just lazy. :D I'm interested to see if anyone has an answer to your question about the benefits of flip turns to lap swimmers if you're not competing, 'cuz I don't know them if there are.
