I've been wanting to start doing flip turns again, but every time I try, I wind up dizzy coming out of the turn. Does this happen to anyone else? Can you stop it? How?:confused:
Kae
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Originally posted by auto208562
To read an article and watch a video on flip turns, go to this link and read the article. Also, click on the top link to watch the video.
www.goswim.tv/drilloftheweek_comments.php
I just watched this video. This guy does really smooth flip turns and gets great distance of the wall.
Here's a thought: take a couple days during the week and for the last 30 minutes of your normal workout, practice just flipping over and over, doing what this guy does in the video. Its a little like water play but the result, I predict, will be a greater comfort level (in your brain) with the phenomenon of the flip.
We did these drills when I was an age group swimmer, usually as we tapered for SC or LC championships, to make sure we were sharp on the technical aspects of our swims (missing the wall in a 50 or 100 free means no finals for Freddy!). After 20 years of almost no swimming, the first flip turn I did felt as normal as walking to the pool, except for the sensation of the expanded mid-section.
Good luck.
Originally posted by auto208562
To read an article and watch a video on flip turns, go to this link and read the article. Also, click on the top link to watch the video.
www.goswim.tv/drilloftheweek_comments.php
I just watched this video. This guy does really smooth flip turns and gets great distance of the wall.
Here's a thought: take a couple days during the week and for the last 30 minutes of your normal workout, practice just flipping over and over, doing what this guy does in the video. Its a little like water play but the result, I predict, will be a greater comfort level (in your brain) with the phenomenon of the flip.
We did these drills when I was an age group swimmer, usually as we tapered for SC or LC championships, to make sure we were sharp on the technical aspects of our swims (missing the wall in a 50 or 100 free means no finals for Freddy!). After 20 years of almost no swimming, the first flip turn I did felt as normal as walking to the pool, except for the sensation of the expanded mid-section.
Good luck.
