What makes (according to the EvilSmith) 'a rockin' fast' flip turn? What's the focal point? Making your body as small as possilbe? (Knees to the chest). Or is it timing? Getting that distance from the wall just right so that you can launch off with maximum power. Where is the power coming from? Do you have to have abs of steel and legs like tree trunks?
I seem to be missing something on my turns, or else I am physically disadvantaged. Officially my SCM 50 and 100 free are slower than my LCM efforts. I think I must be the only person on this planet who can boast this.
To the good flip-turners out there: what is the most important thing to consider when executing a fast flip turn?
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The last 2 replies seem brilliant to me. Where I swim there are 2 guys both have different turns and both are terrible. One man starts his turn way before the t and actually pushes his body toward the wall once his head is going th eother direction. The other guy throws his legs up into the air. The legs stick up completely straight into the air. He has to get himself to the wall somehow. I haven't figured out how he does it. There are also those who sort of roll over as if they have no energy.
The last 2 replies seem brilliant to me. Where I swim there are 2 guys both have different turns and both are terrible. One man starts his turn way before the t and actually pushes his body toward the wall once his head is going th eother direction. The other guy throws his legs up into the air. The legs stick up completely straight into the air. He has to get himself to the wall somehow. I haven't figured out how he does it. There are also those who sort of roll over as if they have no energy.
