I just posted,slightly tongue in cheek,that changing the breaststroke rule so ones head can go underwater was the best change ever.It got me thinking what was the best rule change.(someone else can do a worst change poll.)
What's a rollover turn on the 100 IM? I just looked in the rule book and it doesn't have an exception for the 100 IM, the back-to-*** turn in the IM has to start with touching the wall while on your back.
You still have to touch the wall with your hand while on your back. But instead of doing an open turn, you can substitute the roll over turn. The quickest way to do it, and one I just learned thanks to Jeff Commings urging, is to do a lunging backstroke finish and flip directly backwards in a back somersault type motion. Your feet hit the wall and you push off and go right into the breaststroke pull out. You need only make certain that you are not "past vertical toward the ***" on the backstroke finish part. You also have to have some lung capacity for this turn. I think George provided some links to this turn on another recent thread where we were discussing it, but they all showed the rollover spin turn which is another variant. Not that many masters seem to do it, and I haven't tried it in a meet yet, but it's fun and speedy.
That's why I like the idea of one handed turns too. More speed.
I'm not sure about flip turns on fly, (S)he-Man. I need that breath at the turn to maximize SDKs.
What's a rollover turn on the 100 IM? I just looked in the rule book and it doesn't have an exception for the 100 IM, the back-to-*** turn in the IM has to start with touching the wall while on your back.
You still have to touch the wall with your hand while on your back. But instead of doing an open turn, you can substitute the roll over turn. The quickest way to do it, and one I just learned thanks to Jeff Commings urging, is to do a lunging backstroke finish and flip directly backwards in a back somersault type motion. Your feet hit the wall and you push off and go right into the breaststroke pull out. You need only make certain that you are not "past vertical toward the ***" on the backstroke finish part. You also have to have some lung capacity for this turn. I think George provided some links to this turn on another recent thread where we were discussing it, but they all showed the rollover spin turn which is another variant. Not that many masters seem to do it, and I haven't tried it in a meet yet, but it's fun and speedy.
That's why I like the idea of one handed turns too. More speed.
I'm not sure about flip turns on fly, (S)he-Man. I need that breath at the turn to maximize SDKs.
