We live out in the middle of nowhere and everyone at my pool touches and turns around - I can't find anyone to show the transition from back to *** that actually incorporates some kind of flip. Does anyone know of a good video online that shows this or some really easy textual explanation?
Thanks
I am not much of an IM'er, so perhaps it is from lack of practice, but I find this flip (back to ***) to be slower than a regular touch and go turn. I noticed durning the trials that not every elite swimmer was using the turn either. I guess it varies from person to person.
Thanks for the video link - nice to watch good swimmers do it right either way!
In my opinion some of these back-to-*** flips should de DQs. If you cross over the vertical towards your chest before you touch the wall you should be disqualified. Mania's turn looks pretty close to me.
A lot of elite IMers do NOT do a flip on the back to *** turn. In my own experiments - the flip is too demanding of oxygen.
Oh - I am far from being an elite IMer!
Here is an excellent video, and I've also written a complete description.
forums.usms.org/showpost.php
Jonathan...That's exactly what I was looking for! Thanks for directing me to your previous post. I'll be trying that out as soon as I can get back in the pool!
