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...
In warmup, I just do some practice turns to make to verify the flag to the wall stroke count right before the warmup ends. I have done that since forever.
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...
In warmup, I just do some practice turns to make to verify the flag to the wall stroke count right before the warmup ends. I have done that since forever.
