I'm been working on it again. The rules state that you can do a single pull or double pull in order to execute the turn. When you have went from being on your back or side to front is one front crawl pull use to be able to execute the turn. Sometimes, I don't get close enough to the wall and head up with two which is illegal. Also, from back to ***, when you touch with one hand at the wall after that you can pull underwater and come up breaststroke. I almost was unable to breath after that moved in a 200 Im in practice. One asking these questions because I thinking maybe I might do a 200 IM in a meet and don't want to be DQ because of illegal turns on the backstroke or back to ***.
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I can try to explain what a double arm pull is in regards to an intermediate turn in the backstroke.
Legal: You are on the back and your last recovery (arm over the water) you leave that arm forward, turn to the front--and AS YOU are turning bring the arm that had been at your side forward and it looks like a front crawl stroke. When you are prone you then have two arms forward and you use both arms to execute a flip turn. That is a double pull. Note: Once you are prone you have to start those arms in the pull to the flip turn otherwise you will be kicking without continuous turning action.
Illegal: You are on the back and your last recovery you turn over and that arm continues to pull to the waist. You are all the way over prone now, then stroke the other arm like in front crawl and turn.
The trick is to do that front crawl like stroke AS YOU ARE turning over and not doing it after you are all the way over to the stomach.
I can try to explain what a double arm pull is in regards to an intermediate turn in the backstroke.
Legal: You are on the back and your last recovery (arm over the water) you leave that arm forward, turn to the front--and AS YOU are turning bring the arm that had been at your side forward and it looks like a front crawl stroke. When you are prone you then have two arms forward and you use both arms to execute a flip turn. That is a double pull. Note: Once you are prone you have to start those arms in the pull to the flip turn otherwise you will be kicking without continuous turning action.
Illegal: You are on the back and your last recovery you turn over and that arm continues to pull to the waist. You are all the way over prone now, then stroke the other arm like in front crawl and turn.
The trick is to do that front crawl like stroke AS YOU ARE turning over and not doing it after you are all the way over to the stomach.
