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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I am laughing because I have seen exactly the same thing, splashy flips by swimmers that were not "really fast" and thought they were doing this to show off. Now I dont care about my swim speed and I dont bother to count my laps either. I swim for the exercise benefit and I do get a laugh out of some of the swimmers who think they are trying out for the olympic team and get way too serious. I can understand people wanting to be like Olympic swimmers and competeing against others in their age group and not realizing how much splash they put up. Actually we all would take a lesson or two if we saw ourselves on video tape swimming.
I am laughing because I have seen exactly the same thing, splashy flips by swimmers that were not "really fast" and thought they were doing this to show off. Now I dont care about my swim speed and I dont bother to count my laps either. I swim for the exercise benefit and I do get a laugh out of some of the swimmers who think they are trying out for the olympic team and get way too serious. I can understand people wanting to be like Olympic swimmers and competeing against others in their age group and not realizing how much splash they put up. Actually we all would take a lesson or two if we saw ourselves on video tape swimming.
