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Flip turn mental block

Guido P

I started master swimming in my 20s and had no problem with flip turns, improving technique and confidence over time.

Suddenly at the beginning of this swimming season I developed a fear to turn at the wall as it was too close and get hurt. I either flip farther from the wall and miss to plant my feet to push or renounce to flip and go for an open turn. Things get worse when I'm doing sprinting sets. As the wall approaches I get very anxious with a feeling that it's too close to turn safely. I'm definitely overthinking it.

What can I do to gain confidence back? Is it something that happened to other swimmers?

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    This is definitely something that can happen to swimmers over time, especially if you have had changes to your workouts, equipment, goggles, pool or actually hit your heels recently.
     If flip turns are important to your swim training or racing, then working on overcoming that fear should be a part of your training just like doing laps is a part of your training.
    Start at the basics of counting strokes into the wall/bottom T and do a tight turn without actually moving your feet towards the wall to build up some confidence. You could also try underwater turns, which greatly slow your momentum. 
    Keep us posted!

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    This is definitely something that can happen to swimmers over time, especially if you have had changes to your workouts, equipment, goggles, pool or actually hit your heels recently.
     If flip turns are important to your swim training or racing, then working on overcoming that fear should be a part of your training just like doing laps is a part of your training.
    Start at the basics of counting strokes into the wall/bottom T and do a tight turn without actually moving your feet towards the wall to build up some confidence. You could also try underwater turns, which greatly slow your momentum. 
    Keep us posted!

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