The back to breast transition is the turn where the most time is won or lost of any other turn. The two most common ways of performing this IM transition turn are the traditional open turn and the crossover flip turn. Generally, the crossover is quicker off the wall, but the push off is not as powerful, so the two turns even out in the end. Furthermore, unless the crossover is done precisely, the likelihood of a disqualification is fairly high. The crossover is much harder to teach and perform and should be taught to seniors swimmers.
Showing posts with label open turns. Show all posts
Showing posts with label open turns. Show all posts
Tuesday, September 10, 2013
Backstroke to breastroke turn
The back to breast transition is the turn where the most time is won or lost of any other turn. The two most common ways of performing this IM transition turn are the traditional open turn and the crossover flip turn. Generally, the crossover is quicker off the wall, but the push off is not as powerful, so the two turns even out in the end. Furthermore, unless the crossover is done precisely, the likelihood of a disqualification is fairly high. The crossover is much harder to teach and perform and should be taught to seniors swimmers.
Thursday, September 5, 2013
Tips for perfect open turns
We have already discussed the key points of the freestyle (here) and backstroke (here) turns. So, today we are going to give some tips for a perfect open turn. There are five variations of open turns, four of which are similar: breast to breast, fly to fly, and the individual medley (IM) transition turns of fly to back, and breast to free. The fifth kind, the back to breast IM transition turn, is performed differently and will be analyzed in an another post.
When doing these four variations of an open turn keep in mind the following:
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)
-
A lot of open water swimmers hate the cold, both the cold air and especially cold water. There many people out there that they don’t go near... -
Strength training should be geared to developing the specific attributes a swimmer needs in order to race fast. Before listing a few of the ... -
Do you coach development and age group swimmers and they don’t know how what to do during a race? This post is about general guidelines for ...