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.
Right, I do that prior to sprint lanes opening up, and then once sprint lanes are open, I do some backstroke sprint 25's at race pace to make sure I've got it right. Those sprints also ensure that my starts are good to go using what might be unfamiliar blocks. BTW, on backstroke starts, I follow Ande's awesome tip of holding my legs at a 90 degree angle. I don't know why it works, but I rip every entry so I'm just going to keep doing it... (thanks Ande :))
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.
Right, I do that prior to sprint lanes opening up, and then once sprint lanes are open, I do some backstroke sprint 25's at race pace to make sure I've got it right. Those sprints also ensure that my starts are good to go using what might be unfamiliar blocks. BTW, on backstroke starts, I follow Ande's awesome tip of holding my legs at a 90 degree angle. I don't know why it works, but I rip every entry so I'm just going to keep doing it... (thanks Ande :))
