Recently I've forced myself to do flip turns in practice, hoping I'll get better/faster at them. My question is about hand position. Many years ago I'd use my hands to scull and help flip me over. Now, however, after some experimentation, I'm just using my torso and a dolphin kick to turn myself over. My hands stay in front of me the whole time as far as I can tell. This seems to put them in a streamlined position faster so I'm ready to push off faster. Back to the question part: Is/does this sound right? It feels faster, but I don't know if I'm missing something. Any help/suggestions is/are appreciated. Thanks.:wiggle:
After the push from the wall in the Free, is it best to flutter kick or SDK or personal choice? If SDK, when do you transition to flutter. I like the SDK, but seem to lose a half stroke in transition.
Bill -
As Allen mentioned, personal choice. If you want to try out the SDK, you're going to need to trust in yourself AND the SDK to make the post-tumble SDK'ing a success. I know exactly what you mean about losing your momentum in the transition.
It takes a lot of practice to get that timing down. Work on it for every turn in practice. Work additional SDK into some of your sets - ie, when doing a boring free set, force yourself to do 6-8-10-12 kicks off the wall. Especially as you tire, you'll start to learn how improve your breakout (so you can get that breath!). My advice is when you switch to a free-kick, those kicks need to be as strong and keep you at the same speed or FASTER than what you were going with SDK.
After the push from the wall in the Free, is it best to flutter kick or SDK or personal choice? If SDK, when do you transition to flutter. I like the SDK, but seem to lose a half stroke in transition.
Bill -
As Allen mentioned, personal choice. If you want to try out the SDK, you're going to need to trust in yourself AND the SDK to make the post-tumble SDK'ing a success. I know exactly what you mean about losing your momentum in the transition.
It takes a lot of practice to get that timing down. Work on it for every turn in practice. Work additional SDK into some of your sets - ie, when doing a boring free set, force yourself to do 6-8-10-12 kicks off the wall. Especially as you tire, you'll start to learn how improve your breakout (so you can get that breath!). My advice is when you switch to a free-kick, those kicks need to be as strong and keep you at the same speed or FASTER than what you were going with SDK.
