I figured compling my random questions into one post was better than two or three.
1. When I breath to my left before I do a flip turn then I can't do a good one. I end up rolling sideways, like over my shoulder, rather than front, tucking my head and going. I've tried looking to the left and then rolling in the middle of the pool and the same thing happens. I just can't seem to get my head back to being straight before I roll. Any ideas of how to fix this other than just breath to the right because sometimes my stroke count doesn't work out so that I can do that all the time?
2. This new backstroke rule...Im still kinda confused. So when I roll onto my stomach then I have to either roll immediately or take a stroke that is part of the continous roll motion right? I can't glide to the wall?
3. How can I improve my lung capacity? I need to be able to hold my breath longer so that my underwater kicks can take me as far as I know they can and not be hindered by a need for air.
I think that was everything for now. Thanx for all your help!!
~Kyra
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Here's my 2 cents (about 1 cent over-priced):
Backstroke rule: Don't know. First time I saw this new turn was at the '04 Olympics. When I was swimming competitively (early '80s) as an age grouper, we were just beginning to see the standing backstroke start (which now seems out of vogue, like me).
On lung capacity, try breath control drills, e.g. pulling and breathing every 3, 5 or 7 strokes; no breathers (as far as you can make it at first gradually increasing to 25 yards and farther as you get really good); etc. At the end of my workouts, I will pull 6 -8 100s and breath 3 times per length, once about two strokes out of the turn, once at mid-pool (about 5-7 strokes later) and once about 2 strokes before the turn.
On your turns, don't breath right before your turn. I was always coached to take my last breath about 2 strokes before executing the turn (for me that's a stroke before the big black T on the bottom of the pool). Your body length and stroke will tell you when to take your last breath. In this way, your head is already forward and your body in the correct position when you execute your turn.
Does this make sense? I am trying to describe it without using my hands and a diagram, a tall order for a lawyer.
Here's my 2 cents (about 1 cent over-priced):
Backstroke rule: Don't know. First time I saw this new turn was at the '04 Olympics. When I was swimming competitively (early '80s) as an age grouper, we were just beginning to see the standing backstroke start (which now seems out of vogue, like me).
On lung capacity, try breath control drills, e.g. pulling and breathing every 3, 5 or 7 strokes; no breathers (as far as you can make it at first gradually increasing to 25 yards and farther as you get really good); etc. At the end of my workouts, I will pull 6 -8 100s and breath 3 times per length, once about two strokes out of the turn, once at mid-pool (about 5-7 strokes later) and once about 2 strokes before the turn.
On your turns, don't breath right before your turn. I was always coached to take my last breath about 2 strokes before executing the turn (for me that's a stroke before the big black T on the bottom of the pool). Your body length and stroke will tell you when to take your last breath. In this way, your head is already forward and your body in the correct position when you execute your turn.
Does this make sense? I am trying to describe it without using my hands and a diagram, a tall order for a lawyer.
