I have been working on developing a flip turn intermittently for the past 18 months. So far, I have strengthened my abdominal muscles to the point that I can flip without using my hands, just abds. Now, I am trying to figure out when to flip relative to the wall and how to get off the wall in streamline.
This video has 4 turns looking from the side, followed by 5 turns looking from the bottom of the wall aimed up toward the surface.
I am still using fins as it gives me more kick control as I approach the wall, and fins protect my feet if I overshoot.
Looks to me that I flip too far from the wall and then have to find the wall with my feet, so I end up pushing off too deep. The last 2 or 3 turns are a bit better.
Any expert advice would be greatly appreciated!
9/2/2009: For privacy, I have removed this video from public view on floswimming.org. PM me if you wish to view it.
Video with GoPro Hero Wide camera and edited with Microsoft Windows Movie Maker 2.
Thanks,
RadSwim
Radswim, any recent progress on your turns? It's cool how you can rotate on to your belly from either side. Planning on reporting back with filmed progress without the flippers?
I've got to get an underwater vid camera for analysis like that. Currently thinking how I can rig a normal camera placed in a 5gal tank submerged just below the surface, to get some turn footage of me (budget style).
I'm doing something wrong turning that is killing my swim. The first 25 always feels perfect, but after one turn everything falls apart whether it's the first 25 of a 500M or each first length of 10X50M on 2:00, after one turn form becomes wasteful chaos. Distance doesn't help either, two weeks ago I did a 3600M and my turns got worse after and I'm still trying to recover from the damage.
Radswim, any recent progress on your turns? It's cool how you can rotate on to your belly from either side. Planning on reporting back with filmed progress without the flippers?
I've got to get an underwater vid camera for analysis like that. Currently thinking how I can rig a normal camera placed in a 5gal tank submerged just below the surface, to get some turn footage of me (budget style).
I'm doing something wrong turning that is killing my swim. The first 25 always feels perfect, but after one turn everything falls apart whether it's the first 25 of a 500M or each first length of 10X50M on 2:00, after one turn form becomes wasteful chaos. Distance doesn't help either, two weeks ago I did a 3600M and my turns got worse after and I'm still trying to recover from the damage.
