What's the Minimum Depth Required to Do a Flip Turn?

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What's the minimum recommended depth of water to do a flip turn in? Some of the pools I swim in are only 3 to 4 feet deep.
Parents
  • the LCM pool i grew up practicing in (summers only) was only about 2 feet deep at the turn end. that made for interesting practices! you definitely had to be creative with how you did your turns, sometimes having to decide if it was better to bounce your head off the bottom or knee yourself in the face... :shakeshead: but we did all have nice tight turns by the end of the summer!
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  • the LCM pool i grew up practicing in (summers only) was only about 2 feet deep at the turn end. that made for interesting practices! you definitely had to be creative with how you did your turns, sometimes having to decide if it was better to bounce your head off the bottom or knee yourself in the face... :shakeshead: but we did all have nice tight turns by the end of the summer!
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