At this past weekend's Zone meet I was DQed in my 100 backstroke during my turn. I was told I glided into the wall, of which means that I must either be flipping or making an arm stroke. However the rules:
Upon completion of each lenght, some part of the swimmer must touch the wall. During the turn the shoulders may be turned past the vertical toward the ***, after which a continuous single arm pull or a countinuous simultaneous double arm pull may be used to execute the turn. Once the body has left the position on the back, any kick or arm pul must be part of the continuous turning action. The swimmer must have returned to a position on the back upon leaving the wall.
do not say that I have to be moving, it just says may. I searched the rest of the rules and found no "glide" anywhere in the rules. I do not understand why they told me I must use my arm when the rules state that I may. Is it possible that they used a different set of rules? I was talking to my coach afterwards and was told that many of the officials do kids meets as well and there are some differences. I just want to know why when to me it seems I didn't do anything wrong.
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I still don't think I get it 100%. I guess I forgot to say what happened. Obviously for most people your stroke changes a bit when a meet comes around. My backstrock got a bit longer and when I flipped over I was much closer to the wall then I normally am, hench I didn't pull because I would have basically reached out and then been ready to turn. I will also add that not everyone uses their hands to flip, I do not.
Also the rule does say "Once the body has left the position on the back, any kick or arm pull", and they did say I kicked just did not pull. IMHO I thnk the rule needs to be looked at at least a bit, does this mean that if I am a very strong kicker that I could flip over halfway down the pool and do a very slow arm pull?
I still don't think I get it 100%. I guess I forgot to say what happened. Obviously for most people your stroke changes a bit when a meet comes around. My backstrock got a bit longer and when I flipped over I was much closer to the wall then I normally am, hench I didn't pull because I would have basically reached out and then been ready to turn. I will also add that not everyone uses their hands to flip, I do not.
Also the rule does say "Once the body has left the position on the back, any kick or arm pull", and they did say I kicked just did not pull. IMHO I thnk the rule needs to be looked at at least a bit, does this mean that if I am a very strong kicker that I could flip over halfway down the pool and do a very slow arm pull?
