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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I've posted this before so forgive me for the repeat, but if you missed it in another thread I thought you might like to see it again.
Every now and then I'll get in to swim and just don't feel like swimming a workout... for a better word I want a playout. Because I think flip turns are fun I do this playout for those times I don't want to work (ha ha, don't kid yourself)
Start at mid pool, swim to the wall, flip, streamline and GLIDE as far as you can. From the spot where you stop, swim to the wall, flip, streamline and glide as far as you can. Repeat and repeat and repeat and repeat trying to get more and more distance on your glide by concentrating on a good flip and streamline. Then when you get tired of that, swim to one end or the other and sprint 50. Repeat, from beginning of playout. Occasionally switch ends of the pool so you are getting flip practice in both the deep and shallow ends. Then do the same playout, but practice your backstroke flip turn. Don't forget to throw in some underwater dolphin after the turn for added fun. As a warm down I usually do a lap of summersaults... swim for a few strokes, do a complete flip mid lane, swim for a few strokes, do a complete flip, etc until you reach the other end of the lane (now THAT makes me dizzy)
I've posted this before so forgive me for the repeat, but if you missed it in another thread I thought you might like to see it again.
Every now and then I'll get in to swim and just don't feel like swimming a workout... for a better word I want a playout. Because I think flip turns are fun I do this playout for those times I don't want to work (ha ha, don't kid yourself)
Start at mid pool, swim to the wall, flip, streamline and GLIDE as far as you can. From the spot where you stop, swim to the wall, flip, streamline and glide as far as you can. Repeat and repeat and repeat and repeat trying to get more and more distance on your glide by concentrating on a good flip and streamline. Then when you get tired of that, swim to one end or the other and sprint 50. Repeat, from beginning of playout. Occasionally switch ends of the pool so you are getting flip practice in both the deep and shallow ends. Then do the same playout, but practice your backstroke flip turn. Don't forget to throw in some underwater dolphin after the turn for added fun. As a warm down I usually do a lap of summersaults... swim for a few strokes, do a complete flip mid lane, swim for a few strokes, do a complete flip, etc until you reach the other end of the lane (now THAT makes me dizzy)
