I am still new to swimming, so as practicing at the local pool I noticed that people do turns in freestyle differently.Some do a turn when you kinda do the somersault and some just sort of dive in and then just flip over on their side and then push off the wall.Obviously I cannot do either right now so I was wondering which one is the best to do and what is the exact way to do it.
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Originally posted by suares
Thanks Guvnah,
I've been swimming for 36 years and I've always used my arms to help fuel my flip. I knew it was wrong. As a kid, other swimmers would always joke about how i would stick my arms out when I turned.
Now I get to start from basics. This is going to be as difficult to fix as a bad golf swing.
I used to do that too. I changed it about 8-10 years ago, after having been doing it for decades.
You CAN teach old dogs new tricks!
It won't happen overnight. Even after I got it right, for a while I still found myself reverting back to that old method in meets -- especially under the split-second pressure of a 50 free. (Which is the time you need it to be as quick as possible.) When I swim now with others who still do the arms-out flip, I often pick up a body length on them.
When you work at it, visualize keeping your hands pointing back at the other end of the pool at all times during the flip. And don't give up!
Originally posted by suares
Thanks Guvnah,
I've been swimming for 36 years and I've always used my arms to help fuel my flip. I knew it was wrong. As a kid, other swimmers would always joke about how i would stick my arms out when I turned.
Now I get to start from basics. This is going to be as difficult to fix as a bad golf swing.
I used to do that too. I changed it about 8-10 years ago, after having been doing it for decades.
You CAN teach old dogs new tricks!
It won't happen overnight. Even after I got it right, for a while I still found myself reverting back to that old method in meets -- especially under the split-second pressure of a 50 free. (Which is the time you need it to be as quick as possible.) When I swim now with others who still do the arms-out flip, I often pick up a body length on them.
When you work at it, visualize keeping your hands pointing back at the other end of the pool at all times during the flip. And don't give up!
