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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I don't even do backstroke but from prior discussions on the board and the coverage of Piersol's reversed DQ at the Olympics I believe the rule is that by the time you complete the pull you have to begin your flip, continuing to glide or kick is illegal. So if you turn over to your front too early your only legal option is to really extend your pull so as to get close enough to the wall to flip before it finishes.
SW 6.4 During the turn the shoulders may be turned over the vertical to the *** after which a continuous single arm pull or a continuous simultaneous double arm pull may be used to initiate the turn. Once the body has left the position on the back, any kick or arm pull must be part of the continuous turning action. The swimmer must have returned to the position on the back upon leaving the wall. When executing the turn there must be a touch of the wall with some part of the swimmer’s body.
I don't even do backstroke but from prior discussions on the board and the coverage of Piersol's reversed DQ at the Olympics I believe the rule is that by the time you complete the pull you have to begin your flip, continuing to glide or kick is illegal. So if you turn over to your front too early your only legal option is to really extend your pull so as to get close enough to the wall to flip before it finishes.
SW 6.4 During the turn the shoulders may be turned over the vertical to the *** after which a continuous single arm pull or a continuous simultaneous double arm pull may be used to initiate the turn. Once the body has left the position on the back, any kick or arm pull must be part of the continuous turning action. The swimmer must have returned to the position on the back upon leaving the wall. When executing the turn there must be a touch of the wall with some part of the swimmer’s body.
