https://community.usms.org/swimming/f/pool-training-and-technique/13237/freestyle-missed-wall-question---rule-101-5-3Occasionally, I will miss a wall on my flip turn. It&#39;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 anden-USTelligent Community 12https://community.usms.org/thread/205943?ContentTypeID=1Wed, 13 Mar 2019 11:31:37 GMT3187ac58-ba85-4314-b79a-c45cd885e09a:be6cc080-6b69-4f95-a93e-35656db9ac47SojerzYou also can&#39;t use a lane rope or the pool bottom to get back to the wall.<div style="clear:both;"></div>https://community.usms.org/thread/205936?ContentTypeID=1Mon, 11 Mar 2019 12:23:51 GMT3187ac58-ba85-4314-b79a-c45cd885e09a:4b28957f-5dd6-4715-8bf8-65cb826deed9Mark UsherWorked as Deck Ref at an Age Group meet this past weekend and ironically we had a freestyle missed touch call. Don&#39;t see it much, maybe once a year or so.<div style="clear:both;"></div>https://community.usms.org/thread/205931?ContentTypeID=1Mon, 11 Mar 2019 11:33:05 GMT3187ac58-ba85-4314-b79a-c45cd885e09a:a792c18f-ce42-4673-91e3-96dc83415456orca1946Yes on free , you can go back and touch. For the future --- try getting closer rather than farther away on your turns.<div style="clear:both;"></div>https://community.usms.org/thread/205881?ContentTypeID=1Fri, 08 Mar 2019 14:50:56 GMT3187ac58-ba85-4314-b79a-c45cd885e09a:5bcd44a4-60fa-4cb6-80c8-420368699b2eFormer MemberPoint 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&#39;s a DQ. Right. There&#39;s actually a box to check for this very thing on the most current USA Swimming DQ slip I believe. I&#39;ve made one of these calls and it wasn&#39;t overturned or even challenged AFAIK.<div style="clear:both;"></div>https://community.usms.org/thread/205867?ContentTypeID=1Thu, 07 Mar 2019 03:13:35 GMT3187ac58-ba85-4314-b79a-c45cd885e09a:81e647dc-a1c7-4385-bcf0-03cc205038a3Mark UsherPoint 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&#39;s a DQ.<div style="clear:both;"></div>https://community.usms.org/thread/205862?ContentTypeID=1Tue, 05 Mar 2019 06:56:05 GMT3187ac58-ba85-4314-b79a-c45cd885e09a:33b568e4-fc97-46af-affa-18ccba5ffbacCalvin SI think you have the duration of the next length of the pool to go back and rectify the miss. So in a 100 freestyle, if you miss the wall at the 25, you have until you touch the wall at the next turn (the 50) to turn around and go back to touch the wall. After you touch the wall at the 50, it is a DQ. Of course my knowledge of this is based off USA-S rules, so maybe masters has a different rule for this?<div style="clear:both;"></div>https://community.usms.org/thread/205856?ContentTypeID=1Tue, 05 Mar 2019 05:32:06 GMT3187ac58-ba85-4314-b79a-c45cd885e09a:5e440e22-c758-4302-ae83-2c97f7e35bbfdw45Thanks, Paul.<div style="clear:both;"></div>https://community.usms.org/thread/205852?ContentTypeID=1Tue, 05 Mar 2019 02:37:27 GMT3187ac58-ba85-4314-b79a-c45cd885e09a:4a9a1969-451b-44ab-a996-461959eb56ecWindrathdw45, For freestyle and backstroke, the swimmer may return to the wall if they failed to touch with some part of the body. Of course, for backstroke, the swimmer must remain on their back during the &quot;return&quot; trip. Due to the rules requiring two hand touches, butterfly and breaststroke are typically not a problem except when a swimmer attempts to touch with two hands and performs a somersault turn. Paul<div style="clear:both;"></div>