Occasionally, I will miss a wall on my flip turn. It's never happened in a meet, but came up during my last meet when an official questioned me post race for barely touching a toe. During a freestyle event, is it within the rules to stop immediately and go back to touch a wall at the end of a length? Or, is the race over and might as well get out? For a short race, I'd just keep going. During a long event, I'd hate to do so, but would stop and go back so as not to risk it, if that's a possibility. Thanks.
Point of clarification, in backstroke, you can return to the wall if have NOT left your back at any point. If you roll past vertical toward your *** and then miss the wall during your flip turn, you cannot return to the wall. See this on occasion where the swimmer will try to scull back to touch the wall with their toes - that's a DQ.
Right. There's actually a box to check for this very thing on the most current USA Swimming DQ slip I believe. I've made one of these calls and it wasn't overturned or even challenged AFAIK.
Point of clarification, in backstroke, you can return to the wall if have NOT left your back at any point. If you roll past vertical toward your *** and then miss the wall during your flip turn, you cannot return to the wall. See this on occasion where the swimmer will try to scull back to touch the wall with their toes - that's a DQ.
Right. There's actually a box to check for this very thing on the most current USA Swimming DQ slip I believe. I've made one of these calls and it wasn't overturned or even challenged AFAIK.
