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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The turns that I've seen used by the faster swimmers is either one hand lower OR a brush turn where the swimmer rapidly brushes the wall with one hand thereby dipping the shoulder. In both cases, obviously, the lower hand or "brushed" hand is left for left rotation and right for right rotation.
I think the brush touch is the fastest for fly/breaststroker and I've seen some swimmers use it when touching hands at the same time but in different planes. It helps swimmer rotate their bodies earlier in the turn but does raise the risk of a DQ since it can seem "odd" to less experienced stroke/turn judges who might think the touch is non-simultaneous.
The turns that I've seen used by the faster swimmers is either one hand lower OR a brush turn where the swimmer rapidly brushes the wall with one hand thereby dipping the shoulder. In both cases, obviously, the lower hand or "brushed" hand is left for left rotation and right for right rotation.
I think the brush touch is the fastest for fly/breaststroker and I've seen some swimmers use it when touching hands at the same time but in different planes. It helps swimmer rotate their bodies earlier in the turn but does raise the risk of a DQ since it can seem "odd" to less experienced stroke/turn judges who might think the touch is non-simultaneous.
