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.
Hey Ande: Yep, it was Brett, who swims fast, not Ethan, who doesn't. How's that, for extra commas, eh? :)
Mr. Nelson, I was also under the impression that the catenary curve is the solution to a cable hanging under its own weight uniformly. It is ideal, but a real wind load outside wouldn't give rise to a catenary solution, it would just flap around like a cable in a stiff breeze, complete with vibratory modes from the supports. I believe mathematicians call that the TTCAE or "time to call an engineer" solution. But perhaps I've forgotten my statics and vibrations classes, they get fuzzy after so many years.
It was a superb use of catenary, though.
Hey Ande: Yep, it was Brett, who swims fast, not Ethan, who doesn't. How's that, for extra commas, eh? :)
Mr. Nelson, I was also under the impression that the catenary curve is the solution to a cable hanging under its own weight uniformly. It is ideal, but a real wind load outside wouldn't give rise to a catenary solution, it would just flap around like a cable in a stiff breeze, complete with vibratory modes from the supports. I believe mathematicians call that the TTCAE or "time to call an engineer" solution. But perhaps I've forgotten my statics and vibrations classes, they get fuzzy after so many years.
It was a superb use of catenary, though.
