My son lately always slow down in the back stroke finish. I am frustuauted to see slow down at least 2 sec in the finish touch. He says he is afraid of bumping his head to the wall. I have a couple of questions. It takes him approx 5 strokes (in SCY) from the flag to do back stroke flip turn, is that means he should count 6 to 7 strokes in the finish lap then do the finish stretch (head down & stretch) to touch the wall? Also is it standard length in all pools of the disttance from the flag to the end? What about 25 yd pool and 50 m pool are the flag distance the same in SCY & LCM? Thanks
My son lately always slow down in the back stroke finish. I am frustuauted to see slow down at least 2 sec in the finish touch. He says he is afraid of bumping his head to the wall. I have a couple of questions. It takes him approx 5 strokes (in SCY) from the flag to do back stroke flip turn, is that means he should count 6 to 7 strokes in the finish lap then do the finish stretch (head down & stretch) to touch the wall? Also is it standard length in all pools of the disttance from the flag to the end? What about 25 yd pool and 50 m pool are the flag distance the same in SCY & LCM? Thanks
As Dan's answer states, the distance flags-to-wall is difference for SCY (5 yd) compared to LCM/SCM (5 m).
He should need one extra stroke (6) to finish compared to a turn (5).
I agree with Dan that this is a confidence thing. He needs to KNOW where the wall is, and that only happens with practice. Have him go out to the middle of the pool and do many finishes (a dozen at least) where he charges the wall. You should position yourself by the wall and promise to catch his head if he is about to hit. Then he only has to worry about the timing, etc. Once he feels comfortable, do some without the "safety net" (right away, while the timing is fresh in his mind).
Do this several times and he should hopefully be fine.
I disagree with James about altering the stroke at the finish. First of all, why teach a bad habit that will later need to be broken? Secondly, it may well change the number of his strokes and mess up his finish. Finally, you want to defuse his fears, not reinforce them. Just my :2cents:.
My son lately always slow down in the back stroke finish. I am frustuauted to see slow down at least 2 sec in the finish touch. He says he is afraid of bumping his head to the wall. I have a couple of questions. It takes him approx 5 strokes (in SCY) from the flag to do back stroke flip turn, is that means he should count 6 to 7 strokes in the finish lap then do the finish stretch (head down & stretch) to touch the wall? Also is it standard length in all pools of the disttance from the flag to the end? What about 25 yd pool and 50 m pool are the flag distance the same in SCY & LCM? Thanks
As Dan's answer states, the distance flags-to-wall is difference for SCY (5 yd) compared to LCM/SCM (5 m).
He should need one extra stroke (6) to finish compared to a turn (5).
I agree with Dan that this is a confidence thing. He needs to KNOW where the wall is, and that only happens with practice. Have him go out to the middle of the pool and do many finishes (a dozen at least) where he charges the wall. You should position yourself by the wall and promise to catch his head if he is about to hit. Then he only has to worry about the timing, etc. Once he feels comfortable, do some without the "safety net" (right away, while the timing is fresh in his mind).
Do this several times and he should hopefully be fine.
I disagree with James about altering the stroke at the finish. First of all, why teach a bad habit that will later need to be broken? Secondly, it may well change the number of his strokes and mess up his finish. Finally, you want to defuse his fears, not reinforce them. Just my :2cents:.
