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
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I don't do backstroke (or fly or ***) but regarding the flags being
5 yards away for a 25 yard pool and 5m away for ?cm pools, this kind of seems ridiculous to me. A swimmer's body (height or length in water) and distance per stroke (not SPL but distance per stroke) do not change with the type of pool, Y or M.
Hear, hear!!! I have always thought the exact same thing. And I have to deal with it on a weekly basis. In our workouts we swim a 25-yard course during the week and a 50-meter course on Saturdays.
It may not make as much difference for the better swimmers who take fewer strokes per length; BF says it only makes a difference of a partial stroke for him. But for a not-as-good swimmer like myself, it makes a difference of at least one and sometimes two strokes.
Anna Lea
I don't do backstroke (or fly or ***) but regarding the flags being
5 yards away for a 25 yard pool and 5m away for ?cm pools, this kind of seems ridiculous to me. A swimmer's body (height or length in water) and distance per stroke (not SPL but distance per stroke) do not change with the type of pool, Y or M.
Hear, hear!!! I have always thought the exact same thing. And I have to deal with it on a weekly basis. In our workouts we swim a 25-yard course during the week and a 50-meter course on Saturdays.
It may not make as much difference for the better swimmers who take fewer strokes per length; BF says it only makes a difference of a partial stroke for him. But for a not-as-good swimmer like myself, it makes a difference of at least one and sometimes two strokes.
Anna Lea
