Lately I have been really working hard to improve my turns and I have a few questions about a fast sprint freestyle turn.
1. On the push off you to initiate the rotation onto your belly with your feet or by pushing off straight and twisting your upper body?
2. Does it matter what side you rotate to? For example if you are right handed rotate to your left?
3. Where should your arms be for the best streamline. Covering the ears or slightly behind?
4. How deep should you be when you push off? The center of the "+" on the wall?
5. How do you roll to get a deeper push off?
Thanks for any help or advice given.
KEvin
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I did my 5300 (3 miles in 1:16:30) freestyle last week, all flipturns, in the local 25 yd pool. I try for smoothness and effortlessness. I noticed that I was having the feeling that as I got close to the wall, I sort of "slid through a tube". It was as though there was a U shaped tube that I had to slip though without touching the sides. It was a bit different feeling than the "flip-stop-pushoff" kind of turn.
I love flipturns.
I did my 5300 (3 miles in 1:16:30) freestyle last week, all flipturns, in the local 25 yd pool. I try for smoothness and effortlessness. I noticed that I was having the feeling that as I got close to the wall, I sort of "slid through a tube". It was as though there was a U shaped tube that I had to slip though without touching the sides. It was a bit different feeling than the "flip-stop-pushoff" kind of turn.
I love flipturns.
