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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Originally posted by Shaky
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.
What I'm about to say may be heresy in this forum, but I'll say it anyway :) . I think Shaky make a good point -- flip turns are mainly a competitive technique and they're not mandatory even in competition. In fact, many swimmers use open turns in races. The main benefit is to shave a little time off. So it seems to me that a beginning swimmer -- particularly one not interested in competing -- who really feels uncomfortable with them would be better off focusing on good basic swimming technique rather than be intimidated by more "advanced" skills. Those can be learned if and when he or she gets the urge to compete (or just to look cool :) ).
Originally posted by Shaky
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.
What I'm about to say may be heresy in this forum, but I'll say it anyway :) . I think Shaky make a good point -- flip turns are mainly a competitive technique and they're not mandatory even in competition. In fact, many swimmers use open turns in races. The main benefit is to shave a little time off. So it seems to me that a beginning swimmer -- particularly one not interested in competing -- who really feels uncomfortable with them would be better off focusing on good basic swimming technique rather than be intimidated by more "advanced" skills. Those can be learned if and when he or she gets the urge to compete (or just to look cool :) ).
