Could someone point me toward a photo of a pool that shows the placement of the backstroke flags?
I asked the new manager of my fitness center today if they could install backstroke flags above the pool. He had no idea what I was talking about. I thought that if I could show him a photo it would make more sense.
Anna Lea
When I went to swim my 3000 postal swim yesterday at Northwestern, we were set up for practice in the diving well just a couple hours before a varsity swimming/diving meet, so we had no backstroke flags (I tend to use the backstroke flags as turn indicators because we're in deep water and have no Ts on the bottom anyway). I went to set up some little cones so I could see something. The age group coach told me that the solid color at the end of the lines coincided with where the backstroke flags would be. Seeing that transition during a breath and realizing you're not going to get another purple-to-white section is a different matter. I found the cones I placed easier to use to identify the right spot.
As to whether or not the lines at your Bally's is accurately marked, I guess that's a different matter. In theory, it should be 15' from the start of the blue section to the wall. Is only one end solid?
Skip Montanaro
When I went to swim my 3000 postal swim yesterday at Northwestern, we were set up for practice in the diving well just a couple hours before a varsity swimming/diving meet, so we had no backstroke flags (I tend to use the backstroke flags as turn indicators because we're in deep water and have no Ts on the bottom anyway). I went to set up some little cones so I could see something. The age group coach told me that the solid color at the end of the lines coincided with where the backstroke flags would be. Seeing that transition during a breath and realizing you're not going to get another purple-to-white section is a different matter. I found the cones I placed easier to use to identify the right spot.
As to whether or not the lines at your Bally's is accurately marked, I guess that's a different matter. In theory, it should be 15' from the start of the blue section to the wall. Is only one end solid?
Skip Montanaro
