Did anyone see some of the swimmers with the long backstroke flipturn. Some of these guys are on their stomach for quite a while. Yes, it was one continuous motion but man, was it long. I saw Coventry do that.
In practice I am often guilty of this, since I am hellbent on maintaining the target stroke count (9 or less) no matter what. But preparing for competition I am very paranoid - when I do starts & sprints in warmups, I do backstroke sprint lengths all the way through the flip to verify that I know exactly where the wall is and that I'm turning at the right time. Every pool is supposed to be the same regarding flag distance/height, but none of them actually are, in my experience. Then in the races it is always an adventure, fearing the DQ that has yet to come...
Did anyone see some of the swimmers with the long backstroke flipturn. Some of these guys are on their stomach for quite a while. Yes, it was one continuous motion but man, was it long. I saw Coventry do that.
In practice I am often guilty of this, since I am hellbent on maintaining the target stroke count (9 or less) no matter what. But preparing for competition I am very paranoid - when I do starts & sprints in warmups, I do backstroke sprint lengths all the way through the flip to verify that I know exactly where the wall is and that I'm turning at the right time. Every pool is supposed to be the same regarding flag distance/height, but none of them actually are, in my experience. Then in the races it is always an adventure, fearing the DQ that has yet to come...
