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
... 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...
It's sometimes hard for a kid to have perfect form into the wall ... but it's hard to argue with this logic, and over the longer term my suggestion will come with a clear cost ...
... 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...
It's sometimes hard for a kid to have perfect form into the wall ... but it's hard to argue with this logic, and over the longer term my suggestion will come with a clear cost ...
