Are flip turns all that fast when you consider how much oxygen they take up??.I have found that I am more able to swim at a regular tempo by doing "open" turns, than trying to do flip turns, which always put me out of my regular breathing pattern.:(
Originally posted by aquageek
I'll put this bluntly - without a flip turn, you can't hope to be competitive.
This reminds me of a story. At last year's Nationals in Indy I was waiting behind the blocks and a couple heats ahead of me was a men's relay team. These guys were probably all in their 50s and all wearing the expensive full-body suits. The funny thing is they all did open turns! I'm thinking to myself "shouldn't you learn how to do flip turns before you buy the fancy suit?" To me it's analogous to a skier who can only snowplow using Bode Miller's skis :)
Originally posted by aquageek
I'll put this bluntly - without a flip turn, you can't hope to be competitive.
This reminds me of a story. At last year's Nationals in Indy I was waiting behind the blocks and a couple heats ahead of me was a men's relay team. These guys were probably all in their 50s and all wearing the expensive full-body suits. The funny thing is they all did open turns! I'm thinking to myself "shouldn't you learn how to do flip turns before you buy the fancy suit?" To me it's analogous to a skier who can only snowplow using Bode Miller's skis :)
