Hi,
I just read Doug Strong's awesome story from LC Nationals. He had mentioned a previous DQ in the meet for something he thought was very questionable. That reminds me...
Does anyone else think the latest backstroke rule is a little silly? I'm talking about the one where one glides into the wall "too long" on their stomach for the turn. To me, as I mentioned, it just seems silly. (1) I believe the rule says that you must have continuous forward motion into the turn. If you are gliding in, which by the way is not faster, then you are moving forward. I've yet to see one stop completely! And (2) there is definitely no advantage to gliding in for that "moment too long" that is the decision of the official.
I have a feeling that this rule will go by the way of some other rules and be gone in the next few years.
Just some thoughts, and a question :)
Karen
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Originally posted by SWinkleblech
I'm confused. Don't ask me what about, I am just plan confused.
Continuos motion? Is that with the hands or the whole body?
The rule never uses the term "continuous motion". It does mention "continuous turning action", but only to say that once the body has left the position on the back, any arm pull or kick must be part of the continuous turning action.
Sometimes when I do my turn I find that I am to far from the wall and after I finish my stroke I may glide a little before I start my turn. Does this mean I can be DQ?:confused:
The safest thing to do if you're too far away is to kick into the wall on your back. Beyond that, what the rules say are:
- If you take an arm pull after rolling onto your ***, there can't be a pause between the completion of the arm pull and the start of your turn, since this would mean that the arm pull was not part of your continuous turning action.
- If you take an arm pull after rolling onto your ***, there can't be a pause in the middle of the arm pull, since this would mean that your arm pull was not continuous.
- After you roll onto your ***, you can't glide and kick before beginning your continuous turning action (which includes the arm pull if there is no pause between the arm pull and the turn), since this would mean that that kick or those kicks weren't part of your continuous turning action.
Originally posted by SWinkleblech
I'm confused. Don't ask me what about, I am just plan confused.
Continuos motion? Is that with the hands or the whole body?
The rule never uses the term "continuous motion". It does mention "continuous turning action", but only to say that once the body has left the position on the back, any arm pull or kick must be part of the continuous turning action.
Sometimes when I do my turn I find that I am to far from the wall and after I finish my stroke I may glide a little before I start my turn. Does this mean I can be DQ?:confused:
The safest thing to do if you're too far away is to kick into the wall on your back. Beyond that, what the rules say are:
- If you take an arm pull after rolling onto your ***, there can't be a pause between the completion of the arm pull and the start of your turn, since this would mean that the arm pull was not part of your continuous turning action.
- If you take an arm pull after rolling onto your ***, there can't be a pause in the middle of the arm pull, since this would mean that your arm pull was not continuous.
- After you roll onto your ***, you can't glide and kick before beginning your continuous turning action (which includes the arm pull if there is no pause between the arm pull and the turn), since this would mean that that kick or those kicks weren't part of your continuous turning action.
