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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To follow up with my "open eyes" question from yesterday -- I tried to flip with my eyes open today. I had to concentrate very hard finally to make that happen. Wall after wall I would try to psych myself up and convince/remind myself that I was going to do it. It took quite a while before I could get a turn to happen with my eyes open.
Maybe it's just an old-dog-new-trick thing (I've been doing flip turns with my eyes closed for over 30 years). Maybe people who always do it with their eyes open find the same thing in reverse...
And the few time I flipped with my eyes open were dizzying to me. (Of course, I get motion sickness on a merry-go-round, nevermind any of the more harrowing carnival rides, so I'd say that my inner ear is not very tolerant to twirling.)
To follow up with my "open eyes" question from yesterday -- I tried to flip with my eyes open today. I had to concentrate very hard finally to make that happen. Wall after wall I would try to psych myself up and convince/remind myself that I was going to do it. It took quite a while before I could get a turn to happen with my eyes open.
Maybe it's just an old-dog-new-trick thing (I've been doing flip turns with my eyes closed for over 30 years). Maybe people who always do it with their eyes open find the same thing in reverse...
And the few time I flipped with my eyes open were dizzying to me. (Of course, I get motion sickness on a merry-go-round, nevermind any of the more harrowing carnival rides, so I'd say that my inner ear is not very tolerant to twirling.)
