Elisabeth Tinnon, a rookie breaststroker at U of Texas at the Big 12 champs on Friday night. At her first turn in the 100 *** she touched with both hands, and then did a flip turn (like a freestyle flip) She was not DQ'd. IT did appear that she picked up ground on the rest of the field. Has anyone seen this before.
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Interesting idea.
Since Lefty saw this can he give us a more complete report.
First, did she flip ALL of her turns?
Second, did she touch the wall with her hands slightly below the water?
For those breaststrokers that have experimented with some of the training techniques popularized by Mike Barrowman can report that you get incredible push off when flipping breaststroke turns (of course in this training routine you don't touch the wall with your hands) but you also pay a pretty good price in terms of oxygen debt (actually CO2 build up).
This is pure speculation but I guess that she touched with her hands just below the surface of the water and didn't flip all of her turns. You also have to be careful that when you come off the wall on your back that you return to the *** before your first pulldown or you will be DQ'd.
Interesting idea.
Since Lefty saw this can he give us a more complete report.
First, did she flip ALL of her turns?
Second, did she touch the wall with her hands slightly below the water?
For those breaststrokers that have experimented with some of the training techniques popularized by Mike Barrowman can report that you get incredible push off when flipping breaststroke turns (of course in this training routine you don't touch the wall with your hands) but you also pay a pretty good price in terms of oxygen debt (actually CO2 build up).
This is pure speculation but I guess that she touched with her hands just below the surface of the water and didn't flip all of her turns. You also have to be careful that when you come off the wall on your back that you return to the *** before your first pulldown or you will be DQ'd.
