In the Olympics everyone does flip turns in the 1500m but I was wondering whether many ordinary mortals resort to open turn for longer distances in the pool? I think I am quicker flipping in a short distance race
but it feels as though as I am going slightly into oxygen debt, so I'm not sure they're beneficial over long distances. (I am experimenting but I don't do enough long distance races to have much data.)
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Thanks. The OP hit on a topic that I feel like I've had a breakthrough on, so I thought it was a good example of doing something that's eschewed at the elite level, but may help us down here at the mere mortal level.
Congrats on the swim!! That is an impressive time. I am going to experiment with that for a bit in my 200 back. The last 3 turns are always my worst.
I have worked very hard on improving my underwater dolphin kick but it still falls apart in the 200.
Do you feel that you were able to push off the all with more "umph" on each turn since you weren't staying underwater to kick? How were your splits in this previous race compared to the one before? I would guess they were close together on each 50.
I will keep on improving the underwater kick for the 50 and 100 but may start learning toward this for the 200.
Thanks. The OP hit on a topic that I feel like I've had a breakthrough on, so I thought it was a good example of doing something that's eschewed at the elite level, but may help us down here at the mere mortal level.
Congrats on the swim!! That is an impressive time. I am going to experiment with that for a bit in my 200 back. The last 3 turns are always my worst.
I have worked very hard on improving my underwater dolphin kick but it still falls apart in the 200.
Do you feel that you were able to push off the all with more "umph" on each turn since you weren't staying underwater to kick? How were your splits in this previous race compared to the one before? I would guess they were close together on each 50.
I will keep on improving the underwater kick for the 50 and 100 but may start learning toward this for the 200.
