Do you guys use a one arm pull to initiate a tumble turn at the wall or a two arm pull?
What are the advantages or disadvantages of each?
Which one is faster?
Thanks a lot.
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Oh no I'm not British, and I'm not from the 1950s either. My former coach who taught me the turn a long time ago used to call it tumble turn all the time, and that's where I picked up the term.
I"m asking this question about the two arm initiated pull because a teammate of mine in our team does it beautifully, and she comes out of the turn faster than all the boys. We would go into the turn together,us with one arm pull and she with the two arm, and start flipping at the same time, and she'd come up of the turn a bit earlier than us. I know that a two arm turn can help you achieve faster speed and greater momentum to turn. Is this enough to compensate for the speed loss when you glide with one arm in front of you waiting for the other arm to catch up? Then you get a speed boost as you go into the turn. Is this overall slower or faster or equal to the one arm pull?
Thanks.
Oh no I'm not British, and I'm not from the 1950s either. My former coach who taught me the turn a long time ago used to call it tumble turn all the time, and that's where I picked up the term.
I"m asking this question about the two arm initiated pull because a teammate of mine in our team does it beautifully, and she comes out of the turn faster than all the boys. We would go into the turn together,us with one arm pull and she with the two arm, and start flipping at the same time, and she'd come up of the turn a bit earlier than us. I know that a two arm turn can help you achieve faster speed and greater momentum to turn. Is this enough to compensate for the speed loss when you glide with one arm in front of you waiting for the other arm to catch up? Then you get a speed boost as you go into the turn. Is this overall slower or faster or equal to the one arm pull?
Thanks.
