I still wish toe curling was leagal for backstroke starts
I remember watching people do stand-up backstroke starts during my brief age group career (1987-89) and thanking, "Man, I'm glad I'm not a backstroker!"
I do miss not being able to curl the toes over, though. I always wondered why they changed that rule. Ande's comment makes sense.
use a nose clip, there are several world class swimmers who do
ande
Ande, it's the same problem for me as other people, I need to exhale slowly out my nose when on my back, which limits my distance. I feel like I'm developing some strengths on underwater dolphin kicks in the past few months but I'm limited by my habit of exhaling.
use a nose clip, there are several world class swimmers who do
ande
I'll give it a try. I'm entered in the 50 back at the arizona meet this weekend so I'll try it with a noseclip, and try to maximize the distance on the start and turn. I figure it can only speed me up, since backstroke is my worst stroke. I haven't done a backstroke start in 20 years or more, I'll have to work on that during the meet warm up (no blocks at my pool)!
Ande, it's the same problem for me as other people, I need to exhale slowly out my nose when on my back, which limits my distance. I feel like I'm developing some strengths on underwater dolphin kicks in the past few months but I'm limited by my habit of exhaling.
