I've been swimming since I was 2 (I lived in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, everyone is a swimmer there), and even though I had a break for a few years due to lack of an affordable pool nearby (ah, the wonders of living in NYC), everything for me is still quite natural, including flip turns. However, I always notice people doing them differently.
I, for one, turn myself over while flipping, so when I come off the wall I'm already to my side almost on my stomach, that's the way I learned and how I remember everyone else did it as well, but I've seen quite a few people doing a complete flip, coming off the wall on their backs then turning to their stomachs.
So, I'm curious, what is your flip turn style?
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I learned in the 80's, I guess that's how it was back then. Can't do the other one for the life of me, if I do a complete flip, I lose too much time, push off the wall too deep and can never seem to get on the right direction, I'm always sort of diagonal...
I learned in the 80's, I guess that's how it was back then. Can't do the other one for the life of me, if I do a complete flip, I lose too much time, push off the wall too deep and can never seem to get on the right direction, I'm always sort of diagonal...
