All the other transitions seem pretty straight-forward to me, and I think I get off the wall pretty quickly on those, but for some reason I feel like I'm hanging on the wall too long on the back-to-*** and I just know I'm doing something wrong.
Should I be facing the opposite wall when i let go of the wall? or is facing the side ok?
Anyone have a trick or a technique for getting feet on the wall quickly?
Any help or advice you all can give is greatly appreciated.
Thanks guys!
The coach for BU masters spent some time with me on this transition. I kind of pulled my back out by trying to whirl my legs under me really fast. Apparently I was torquing my body. So don't torque. I don't do the flip turn.
Every coach I've asked says this is an awkward transition. I don't grab the gutter anymore, and I mainly try to get my feet planted deeply enough so I get a good pushoff under the water.
I've gotten DQ'd for the pullout, not the turn, because I dolphin kicked before moving my arms back toward my feet in the breaststroke pullout.
But I saw a lot of people get DQ'd at New England SCY championships I think because they were still too much on their backs as they sped away from the wall. It seemed like an unusual number of DQs for a meet, and I wondered whether the fast suits made people less aware of body position in this turn. Or maybe the judges are getting pickier.
The coach for BU masters spent some time with me on this transition. I kind of pulled my back out by trying to whirl my legs under me really fast. Apparently I was torquing my body. So don't torque. I don't do the flip turn.
Every coach I've asked says this is an awkward transition. I don't grab the gutter anymore, and I mainly try to get my feet planted deeply enough so I get a good pushoff under the water.
I've gotten DQ'd for the pullout, not the turn, because I dolphin kicked before moving my arms back toward my feet in the breaststroke pullout.
But I saw a lot of people get DQ'd at New England SCY championships I think because they were still too much on their backs as they sped away from the wall. It seemed like an unusual number of DQs for a meet, and I wondered whether the fast suits made people less aware of body position in this turn. Or maybe the judges are getting pickier.
