Simple. You have absolute power to change any technique rules, start/finish rules, age up rules, sky is the limit as long as the rules pertain to swimming. What would you change and why?
For those that have trouble judging the backstroke turn, I can offer this advise. There are only two things you need to watch. Watch the hand doing the pull while the swimmer in on their front. When it stops, move the eyes to the head and shoulders. If the turning action has not started, then it is a DQ. If it has, then it is clean. The turning action could be pulling the head up to drive it down or just driving it down (faster by the way in most cases). Everything else is a distraction. The kick doesn't make a difference and the only reason it was mentioned was because FINA had it. FINA changed the wording because the French (the original language for the FINA rules) couldn't get it right (hence Peirsol's temporary DQ at the Olympics.)
Leo
For those that have trouble judging the backstroke turn, I can offer this advise. There are only two things you need to watch. Watch the hand doing the pull while the swimmer in on their front. When it stops, move the eyes to the head and shoulders. If the turning action has not started, then it is a DQ. If it has, then it is clean. The turning action could be pulling the head up to drive it down or just driving it down (faster by the way in most cases). Everything else is a distraction. The kick doesn't make a difference and the only reason it was mentioned was because FINA had it. FINA changed the wording because the French (the original language for the FINA rules) couldn't get it right (hence Peirsol's temporary DQ at the Olympics.)
Leo
