So I've been working on the mechanics of all my strokes for the past few months, and I've decided to swim a "sprint pentathlon" at the Louisville TYR meet on Sunday: 50s of all strokes plus a 100 IM. The idea is to establish baseline times to work from. Today I realized that despite years of youth and high school swimming, I probably have never performed a backstroke start in my life. I tried a few today at the end of my workout, and I felt like a chest of drawers falling off a cliff.
What are the parameters of a legal (and ideally not horrific) backstroke start?
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The rules do not require the toes to be under the water, just not in or curled around the gutter. In a pool where the gutter is at water level they would need to be under water I guess but in a pool where the wall extends above the water the toes and feet can be above the water.
The rules do not require the toes to be under the water, just not in or curled around the gutter. In a pool where the gutter is at water level they would need to be under water I guess but in a pool where the wall extends above the water the toes and feet can be above the water.
