I know I could look up the rule somewhere but I figured this would be easier. When you flip on your stomach to start the turn in the backstroke, can you continue to kick or do you have to stop kicking once you get on your stomach and just glide into the turn.
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Kicking isn't permitted unless it's part of the "continuous" turning action. In other words you can't flip over and just kick into the wall. The lead arm has to be in the process of pulling your torso into the turn to allow for any foot flutter. If the stroking arm has completed the pull into the wall and is down around your hip, then any kicking done after this motion is considered illegal. (It's better to get the timing down just right to keep the kicking to a minimum.) Besides, any glide or kicking during the turn means that the wall may have been a bit too far away before you rolled over under the flags.:)
Kicking isn't permitted unless it's part of the "continuous" turning action. In other words you can't flip over and just kick into the wall. The lead arm has to be in the process of pulling your torso into the turn to allow for any foot flutter. If the stroking arm has completed the pull into the wall and is down around your hip, then any kicking done after this motion is considered illegal. (It's better to get the timing down just right to keep the kicking to a minimum.) Besides, any glide or kicking during the turn means that the wall may have been a bit too far away before you rolled over under the flags.:)
