I have officially given up trying to do a flip turn on my 50 Back. I was DQ'd this past weekend as I tried to turn over, flip and push off. I DQ'd because my feet couldn't find the wall and I just kinda floated there for a second, did a double arm pull, and went on my merry way. This has occurred at every meet so far, and I'm over it.
I noticed a lot of folks were doing open turns for their backstroke. I tried to find some videos online to show this, but I couldn't. Can someone explain to me how to properly perform an open turn for backstroke? I can do the back-to-*** turn just fine, so I'm guessing that back-to-back is kinda the same, except instead of pushing off on your belly, you push off on your back.
I have a lot of problems judging distance (always have, even as a kid...I used to run into a lot of walls when I figure skated), and this seems to have been the problem with swimming as well. Thanks ahead for any advice.
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I never have mastered counting strokes for backstroke turns. Too much to think about, I guess. I start the turn when my toes are inside the flags.
The really weird part about it is that when I drive to the pool, I have to count FREEWAY LANES to figure out if I'm in the correct lane to take my exit. I can't sight it even though I've swum at that pool since 1991. It has to be the 4th lane out of 6 or 7. :confused:
I never have mastered counting strokes for backstroke turns. Too much to think about, I guess. I start the turn when my toes are inside the flags.
The really weird part about it is that when I drive to the pool, I have to count FREEWAY LANES to figure out if I'm in the correct lane to take my exit. I can't sight it even though I've swum at that pool since 1991. It has to be the 4th lane out of 6 or 7. :confused:
