At 62, after years of "touch and turn" I finally decided to learn flip turn. I watched several tutorials but yours is the best by a long stretch. I found it specially useful the drill with the two kickboards . With some practice (and lots of water in the nose :-) ) I finally can flip turn during a whole 2500 mts training," Thanks a million!
I like that you demonstrated with the two kickboards. That provided a clearer visual of hand positioning during the turn. I have not seen others use that and it is helpful. Nice job!
THANK YOU for this!! I have watched dozens of videos on the subject, but yours was the first one to explain what to do with the hands during the turn! I have spent a lot of time trying to learn the flip but your advice made it happen. Thank you again!
None of us go fast enough to hurt ourselves if we actually hit the wall. Thank you for that! I was truly afraid of hurting myself. I'm 60 and just learned the flip turn recently. This video will help me improve! Thank you.
Thank you for these tips. My friend recently got me into swimming and I love it. I've gone from looking like a total spaz to having enough confidence to try the flip turn for the very first time in my life. Fingers crossed.
Thank you so much. I've been decades both pool and ocean swimming and I have yet to master this. Now, it's on my bucket list to finally master, and I will do it thanks to these drills!
I just love this channel ❤🏊♂️. This woman is like a swimmer rehab technician. She's the type that will immediately diagnose one's flaws and prescribe the right drills. This channel is even therapeutic for me😅. Thank you very much for sharing your experience. Greetings from the Bronx, USA🗽🇺🇸✌❤🏊♂️
so, after 7 years of swimming on my summer team and doing flip turns thinking I was doing them perfectly normal, I join my high school team and learn that Ive been doing it wrong the whole time. this video discussed the same mistakes and used the same flip drill that I did yesterday in practice, which is cool
I've been swimming with a club about a year and a half. I swam as a kid but only lessons. This video and particularly the first part about arm and hand position just clicked! And whilst they were very far from pretty, last night I managed my very first backstroke flip turn!!! Thank you so much, that was a real milestone, very happy 😂
Excellent video! I have been making all of those mistakes you covered. I can feel it's wrong, but haven't found a tutorial that really shows how to avoid those things.
Flip turns are momentum driven. As you accelerate into the wall you transfer your linear momentum into angular momentum around an axis parallel to the wall. If done right the most efficient version of the flip turn doesn't include any hand movement to initiate the turn. You just keep your hands pointed in the opposite direction and immediately move to streamline as you are rotating over the axis.
I mean, if I were to take rhe time to preach physics irt flip turns it would have to include resistance/drag, inertia, and of course the centripetal momentum to address turning one’s body around
❤ i tried this today, and it was a mess. i was all over the lane. i could do the flip, and my feet on the wall. its the whole pushing and turning (without twisting) in streamline. i will keep watching this and practicing, until my flip turns are olympic pool worthy :) i had better progress with my open turns, where i elbowed my brother and called my mother to explain to her what happened, and also to boast about how my streamline underwater pushes are advancing splendidly, to which i would think she would be proud of me :) ps - you are still the best teacher ever :)
In order to avoid water getting into the nostrils, it is necessary to blow out during the flip turn. But that empties your lungs, forcing to take breath immediately after the turn. What is a solution?
I try to only blow out slightly has that will loose less air. also you can practice increasing lung capacity has that will help with taking a breath off the wall. it takes some time and i struggled breathing off the wall a lot. for the most part you just need o keep training in order to get passed it
Thanks for asking this - I do the same thing! She's actually suggesting that you take at least two strokes after the turn before breathing in, which I'm assuming is after the dolphin kick phase. Seems very challenging to master and I'd be keen to hear how I can work on it.
I get so disoriented when flipping in the water, I can’t tell which way to head to the surface, I panic for oxygen and flap about trying to orient myself…. Basically I suck lol. And the more I fail at flip turns, the more nervous I get grrrrrr
In my free style backturn, I'm turning from crawl to backstroke, then turning at the surface. It allows me to breath much more. So to break the surface very far, even on long distances (400, 800, 1500). I noticed Sun Yang breathed much, but didn't break the surface very far. It is also good for your arms, because of two back strokes. One under the surface, the second above. Just like if you woke up in a large and good bed ! I did 25 minutes at fifty years, not especially fit. The last + IS that it is purest, smoothiest turn. So easy ! Sensual: Just like if you dived into the Sky ! You show it well in this post. There are several ways, with one common beginning. Congratulations. I like to innovate, focusing on " not to be disqualified". And to write down about swimming ! I like a New distance : la poursuite ( in french)... You don't know when it ends, because you have to catch your opponent. I learned it all at Tulle, France.
I can do the flip, and worked out how to turn back round by using the wall and the Dolphin kick - thanks, you’ve improved my AdLib, thrashing about turn into something that looks like a pro!
Thanks so much for this video! I tried it today and my flip turns were a lot more peaceful and efficient. I worked on arm placement and hitting the wall in a squat position!
Yes thanks for the tutorial video. I took the tips on board and practiced this morning - especially with keeping arms by my side. Practiced the flips mid lap - got a bit messy - but when I flipped off the wall it fell into place - once. Looking forward to practicing more to become more fluid. Little steps. Thanks heaps for the video - love your direct, generous and enthusiastic sharing. You are very inspirational! Thanks again!
Thanks for sharing, very good explanation of the flip turn. When I swim crawl 400, 200 and 100, I think a have a good breath and swim pace technique. Unfortunately where I swim I have to share the fast lane with other slow swimmers and they messed up my pace and the breathing and missed the location of the T. No excuse!!!, my challenge is to swim perfect with or without slow swimmers. I am training my body and my head to look at the soroundings and adapt the pace sometimes slow sometimes fast.
BIg THANKU Taylor🎉 Today finally did the bicep curl, kicked off the wall (not the floor!!!!) did streamline -looking at surface, blew out nostrils (only just!), did turnover and CONTINUED swimming!!!! Yahhhhhhoooooo THANK YOU
This was awesome. I’m still afraid to do them but I’m willing to try with your demonstration and tips. I never knew the T at the bottom was for that :).
Thank you so much for solving my problem. That what I need to know n see the technique. Even my son explain to me I couldn't do it. Now I apreciated the way you explain n show in this video.
Thank you! I'm an arm flailer using them to help complete the turn. I will try the arm curl next swim and do the drills. I'm usually a bit winded coming out the water so I breathe right away. Got to try getting in a couple of strokes first. This 66 yr old swimmer is trying to consistently swim < 2:00 min/100. Also got to try looking at the T. Enjoy your videos
I finally learned the flip turn 2 days ago at 35. 😂 Using a nose clip helped A LOT in the beginning. What makes it challenging for most is the fear of getting water up your nose when you turn and with the nose clip on that essentially removes that fear. Now I need more practice to be better at it.
I've been getting back into swimming and for the first time struggled with flip turns. My tips: First I tried one or two normally to identify where I was getting tripped up: I was getting dissy, I was breathing out too much, I was afraid of the wall and not sure then to start the turn, I was kicking off the wall at inconsistent angles. First I practiced doing a flip (without the turn) away from the wall. Doing this over and over breathing out less and less each time, till I got water up my nose. I figured out that I only need to breath out a little stream of air to keep water out. As opposed to exhaling fully through my nose. I also only needed it as I qas comming into the flip. There is a certain point that water stops coming in. After a few times, my body knew where that point was and I knew to stop breathing out. These flips also helped me normalize the turning motion in the water and either feel less dizzy or be able to function despite the dizzyness. I then practiced flip turns away from the wall to analyze my form without the wall to psych me out. I then did some at the wall (aproaching with a few strokes to build momentum). Slowley I made myself wait slightly longer and longer till I found a good spot. I then went a bit closer to check and my turn was weird (cause it was too close). I was careful at this point to keep looking at the wall on approach (which I would normally not do) to make sure I wasn't going to injure myself. Sometimes I say I was too close in a dangerous way, then I would bail out (put my hands up to stop myself gradually on the wall and forgoe the turn). Now that I had figured out a good time to turn, I practiced it a few times to help my body remember it and ended the day on two good turns. This process took about 40 minutes and beforehand I could do flip turns, but they would exhaust me and make swimming laps continiously very hard. If you are working on the basics it will likely take more time and not all this will be helpful. Rambaling: I've found the best skill to have is to not panic under the water. If I am disoriented or get water under my nose, etc. I stop for a second and evaluate. I put the instinct to panic asside and figure out where I am and what to do. That is easier said than done. It may take time and desensitization. Don't push yourself too far and build your confidence. Knowing that I can handle the situations I put myself in helps me to mot panic in them. I have been in over my head a few times when swiming in the ocean. Staying calm allowed me to conserve the energy I needed to make it back to shore and prevent those moments from becoming true emergencies where I needed to be rescued. Stay calm and learn saftey skills.
Thanks. Took these words to the pool and had an instantly better experience. Will start doing the drills as well - but just the conceptual piece was so effective.
Great tuition video. As a club swimmer when i was a young man ( 73yrs now ) we were taught the reverse flip turn, where as you approach the wall you'd have one arm outstretched and just before your hand touched the wall, you would flip onto your back and do a reverse somersault. This brought you right side up for the push off. I reckon it was just as quick as the forward roll. Does anyone do this nowadays ? be interested to find out if it's still current.
Several points.... The 'whirly bird/hands out to the side making little circles, I have blamed on using the kick boards. You keep yours in line with your body, and in the stream line position. That works. When people have them to the outside of their body line, this works because of the large surface area of the kick boards. Take the boards away and your hands have nothing to leverage against. Keeping them in line with your body! Down the pool flip turns. When I do these, I do a 180 degree tumble/flip and end up in stream line position heading the other way. This is what you do coming off the wall after a turn. I don't care for the full flip since that is not what you do coming off the wall after a turn. I also like to do this some times and keep my hands on my hips rather than using the bicep curl. This makes it totally an ab thing to get 'folded' into that pike position. You can't do it if you don't tuck your chin in. Side note, abs help you fold, back muscles help you open back up again, think bending over and touching your toes, then straightening back up again. Sighting the wall..... I have heard the 'keep the head in a neutral position', but if you watch any Olympian, every single one of them raise their heads a bit coming into the wall. I heard one of them comment, and I can't remember who, that they CAN NOT miss their turn. You don't focus on the T on the bottom of the pool You do not focus on the angle where the wall meets the bottom of the pool. You focus on that T. Do make a point to look more with your eyes, rather than lifting your head out of the water. If your goggles are coming out of the water, then your head is WAY too high. When you tuck your head into your chest, by having your head raised up a bit, this will actually add a bit to your rotational speed. One lap pal at the pool I frequent always over rotated her turns. That made me wonder if I look at the wall to place my feet. Found out I don't. After seeing the T and tucking, I 'know' where the wall is, so don't need to look. If I am being 'efficient', I try to stop my bicep curl at about stream line position, and try to keep my arms bent at about the same angle I use in my freestyle arm pull, about 120 degrees or so. Oh, a dolphin kick helps accelerate your 'folding'. How far and how deep you go to 'get under the backwash' depends on if you are sprinting or doing distance swimming. Sprinters go long. Distance swimmers go short. Once I found out about getting 'under the backwash', I never knew how much current I was running into if I just pushed off the wall on top of the water.
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At 62, after years of "touch and turn" I finally decided to learn flip turn.
I watched several tutorials but yours is the best by a long stretch.
I found it specially useful the drill with the two kickboards .
With some practice (and lots of water in the nose :-) ) I finally can flip turn during a whole 2500 mts training,"
Thanks a million!
Glad we could help! Keep up the hard work!
I agree!
I see the feeling 😂
I like that you demonstrated with the two kickboards. That provided a clearer visual of hand positioning during the turn. I have not seen others use that and it is helpful. Nice job!
THANK YOU for this!! I have watched dozens of videos on the subject, but yours was the first one to explain what to do with the hands during the turn! I have spent a lot of time trying to learn the flip but your advice made it happen. Thank you again!
So glad that helped! It can be tricky to master! Keep up the hard work :)
I have watched many videos to improve my turn, but ngl this one is way too professional and straight to the point. Thank you, Taylor!
Best flip turn lessons online I have seen.....most appreciated!
So glad it was helpful! Happy swimming :)
None of us go fast enough to hurt ourselves if we actually hit the wall. Thank you for that! I was truly afraid of hurting myself. I'm 60 and just learned the flip turn recently. This video will help me improve! Thank you.
That's pretty cool,! I'm 44 and learning to swim other techniques than breast stroke. Sorry don't know the English name for it yet 😅
😂😂👌👌
flipping too close can hurt a bit if you are a quick flipper by and you slam into the top if the gutter, until you get used to your timing.
Thank you. I'll be very careful. I do remember hitting my head doing the back float when i was very young and it hurt like the devil!
I'm keeping doing these drills during my training. Slowly my flip-turns are coming up as expected. Thanks for sharing this!
That's awesome! Keep up the great work! :)
Thank you for these tips. My friend recently got me into swimming and I love it. I've gone from looking like a total spaz to having enough confidence to try the flip turn for the very first time in my life. Fingers crossed.
That's awesome! Keep up the hard work and dedication, you got this!
Thank you so much. I've been decades both pool and ocean swimming and I have yet to master this. Now, it's on my bucket list to finally master, and I will do it thanks to these drills!
Sounds like you've already got a great feel of the water! Good luck, you've got this :)
swimming in the ocean is nerve racking, rip current, waves, jelly fish, sting rays and sharks make it worrying.
I just love this channel ❤🏊♂️. This woman is like a swimmer rehab technician. She's the type that will immediately diagnose one's flaws and prescribe the right drills. This channel is even therapeutic for me😅. Thank you very much for sharing your experience. Greetings from the Bronx, USA🗽🇺🇸✌❤🏊♂️
so, after 7 years of swimming on my summer team and doing flip turns thinking I was doing them perfectly normal, I join my high school team and learn that Ive been doing it wrong the whole time. this video discussed the same mistakes and used the same flip drill that I did yesterday in practice, which is cool
I've been swimming with a club about a year and a half. I swam as a kid but only lessons. This video and particularly the first part about arm and hand position just clicked! And whilst they were very far from pretty, last night I managed my very first backstroke flip turn!!! Thank you so much, that was a real milestone, very happy 😂
That's awesome! Keep up the great work! :)
This is a GREAT video. I have always wondered how you all do those turns- in real time they go so fast.
You are literally the best instructor! I have watched so many videos on how you do the flip turn but none were so accurate like you..thank you 👏👏👏
Excellent video! I have been making all of those mistakes you covered. I can feel it's wrong, but haven't found a tutorial that really shows how to avoid those things.
Flip turns are momentum driven. As you accelerate into the wall you transfer your linear momentum into angular momentum around an axis parallel to the wall. If done right the most efficient version of the flip turn doesn't include any hand movement to initiate the turn. You just keep your hands pointed in the opposite direction and immediately move to streamline as you are rotating over the axis.
Good job bro you're gonna nail this physics 1 exam 🫡
I mean, if I were to take rhe time to preach physics irt flip turns it would have to include resistance/drag, inertia, and of course the centripetal momentum to address turning one’s body around
@@R3DPandaLP so true, so true
That’s what she just explained
Definitely the best I’ve seen and the only one showing a drill for hand position with boards! Thanks from France
Absolutely wonderful teaching....very effective. God bless you
Thank you for tuning in! So glad to help :)
Just today I was trying to learn to flip. And now you launched your video. Awesome
Thank you. Could do this when I raced as a young teenager, but now 60 !!!!!! and having to re-learn !! A great lesson.
Uve pointed all my mistakes
I’ll try to correct them.
Thank you so much for sharing !
❤ i tried this today, and it was a mess. i was all over the lane. i could do the flip, and my feet on the wall. its the whole pushing and turning (without twisting) in streamline. i will keep watching this and practicing, until my flip turns are olympic pool worthy :) i had better progress with my open turns, where i elbowed my brother and called my mother to explain to her what happened, and also to boast about how my streamline underwater pushes are advancing splendidly, to which i would think she would be proud of me :) ps - you are still the best teacher ever :)
In order to avoid water getting into the nostrils, it is necessary to blow out during the flip turn. But that empties your lungs, forcing to take breath immediately after the turn. What is a solution?
I try to only blow out slightly has that will loose less air. also you can practice increasing lung capacity has that will help with taking a breath off the wall. it takes some time and i struggled breathing off the wall a lot. for the most part you just need o keep training in order to get passed it
Thanks for asking this - I do the same thing! She's actually suggesting that you take at least two strokes after the turn before breathing in, which I'm assuming is after the dolphin kick phase. Seems very challenging to master and I'd be keen to hear how I can work on it.
Hello can you please teach me how to swim and skills
Take a good breathe just before the flip turn and only let air out your nose and not your mouth
I get so disoriented when flipping in the water, I can’t tell which way to head to the surface, I panic for oxygen and flap about trying to orient myself…. Basically I suck lol. And the more I fail at flip turns, the more nervous I get grrrrrr
Thanks for pointing out the floor indicator. Will use that as a measuring point to begin flipping. ❤❤😊
You are the best instructor! I have watched so many videos and your videos are the best.
Thank you
Thanku so much ...i have never been able to get a perfect flip..but with this technique i have finally made it perfect..😊
Thank you for your precious suggestions, they did really improved my flip turn, especially the use of the hands. Well done and keep going! 👏👏
Best flip turn vid on the entire Interwebs!
Great tips with the hands trick. I was not aware of that. Let's practice it. Thanks.😊
one of the best videos out there about filp turns. Thanks a lot
best video ever ! i have watched so many vdo about this and srly i learned nth until this
This is the exact type of video I needed to watch ❤ thank you!!!
In my free style backturn, I'm turning from crawl to backstroke, then turning at the surface. It allows me to breath much more. So to break the surface very far, even on long distances (400, 800, 1500). I noticed Sun Yang breathed much, but didn't break the surface very far. It is also good for your arms, because of two back strokes. One under the surface, the second above. Just like if you woke up in a large and good bed ! I did 25 minutes at fifty years, not especially fit. The last + IS that it is purest, smoothiest turn. So easy ! Sensual: Just like if you dived into the Sky ! You show it well in this post. There are several ways, with one common beginning. Congratulations. I like to innovate, focusing on " not to be disqualified". And to write down about swimming ! I like a New distance : la poursuite ( in french)... You don't know when it ends, because you have to catch your opponent. I learned it all at Tulle, France.
Best tutorial I’ve watched, thank you a lot
I can do the flip, and worked out how to turn back round by using the wall and the Dolphin kick - thanks, you’ve improved my AdLib, thrashing about turn into something that looks like a pro!
Super useful - I was doing exactly the two things you were showing ... flailing my arms about!
Thanks so much for this video! I tried it today and my flip turns were a lot more peaceful and efficient. I worked on arm placement and hitting the wall in a squat position!
That's awesome to hear! Keep up the great work :)
Yes thanks for the tutorial video. I took the tips on board and practiced this morning - especially with keeping arms by my side. Practiced the flips mid lap - got a bit messy - but when I flipped off the wall it fell into place - once. Looking forward to practicing more to become more fluid. Little steps. Thanks heaps for the video - love your direct, generous and enthusiastic sharing. You are very inspirational! Thanks again!
It's really helpful to improve my swemming skill.
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Thank you very much,,, You are very good instructor
Nice job!
Clear explanation and demonstration.
Thanks for sharing, very good explanation of the flip turn. When I swim crawl 400, 200 and 100, I think a have a good breath and swim pace technique. Unfortunately where I swim I have to share the fast lane with other slow swimmers and they messed up my pace and the breathing and missed the location of the T. No excuse!!!, my challenge is to swim perfect with or without slow swimmers. I am training my body and my head to look at the soroundings and adapt the pace sometimes slow sometimes fast.
Wonderful. You are an excellent teacher. You prepared this lesson very well. And your demonstrations are easy to follow. Greetings from OHIO.
Thank you. This is very helpful!!! Happy swimming
Welp... you didn't talk about the water getting from the nostrils all the way to the spinal cord. Gosh... almost died there.
You just need to exhale through the nose at the same time that you do your flip.
Then, you should not have any problem anymore.
😂
😭😭😭😭😭
U need to blow out the water while doing the flip turn
SOgood. I’ve watched a lot and 😊I 😊AM getting it ….a little more each time AND managed my first shallow end flip yesterday!!! Wahooooo
That's awesome! Keep up the great work :)
BIg THANKU Taylor🎉 Today finally did the bicep curl, kicked off the wall (not the floor!!!!) did streamline -looking at surface, blew out nostrils (only just!), did turnover and CONTINUED swimming!!!! Yahhhhhhoooooo THANK YOU
Great job! Keep up the hard work and happy swimming :)
Thank you! This is helping me so much! Hi from Helsinki, Finland!
This was awesome. I’m still afraid to do them but I’m willing to try with your demonstration and tips. I never knew the T at the bottom was for that :).
Glad it was helpful! You've got this. Good luck :)
thank you for this tips .
This is just what I needed! Thank you!!
So glad to help! Happy swimming, Erin :)
Thank you so much for solving my problem. That what I need to know n see the technique. Even my son explain to me I couldn't do it. Now I apreciated the way you explain n show in this video.
The “bicep curl” was one of the best pieces of advice i have ever had in regards to flip turning!
Excellent Mam Thanks For Tips
Thanks for tuning in! Happy swimming :)
Just thanks you!
Thanks to you I know improved swimming
thx for teaching.
Thank you! I'm an arm flailer using them to help complete the turn. I will try the arm curl next swim and do the drills. I'm usually a bit winded coming out the water so I breathe right away. Got to try getting in a couple of strokes first. This 66 yr old swimmer is trying to consistently swim < 2:00 min/100. Also got to try looking at the T. Enjoy your videos
Fantastic! Thanks for watching and happy swimming :)
Thanks!
One of the best flip turn videos that I have seen!
You teach so much i learned so easily😂😊
thanks
First video that’s ever shown me what to do. Huge thanks. Still get water up my nose though 😂
thank you so much for this excellent tips to tuning my flow 🙏
thank you so much for all the advices! regards from Argentina
This is fantastic. Thanks so much.
Great technique... Thanx sister
👌👌🙏🙏
This lesson is very understandable and informative. Thank you.
wonderful class!!! Hugs from Brazil.
I finally learned the flip turn 2 days ago at 35. 😂 Using a nose clip helped A LOT in the beginning. What makes it challenging for most is the fear of getting water up your nose when you turn and with the nose clip on that essentially removes that fear. Now I need more practice to be better at it.
Nice job! Thanks for sharing and keep up the great work :)
Perfect lesson and very useful!! Thanks from Russia
Glad you liked it! Happy swimming :)
Thanks for your advise, that is very generous
I am doing both mistakes:
1. Breathing in and out of the turn
2. Seeing the wall before the turn
Gotta improve that. Thanks. Nice video 👍
Wow, thanks, this is useful
I've been getting back into swimming and for the first time struggled with flip turns. My tips:
First I tried one or two normally to identify where I was getting tripped up: I was getting dissy, I was breathing out too much, I was afraid of the wall and not sure then to start the turn, I was kicking off the wall at inconsistent angles.
First I practiced doing a flip (without the turn) away from the wall. Doing this over and over breathing out less and less each time, till I got water up my nose. I figured out that I only need to breath out a little stream of air to keep water out. As opposed to exhaling fully through my nose. I also only needed it as I qas comming into the flip. There is a certain point that water stops coming in. After a few times, my body knew where that point was and I knew to stop breathing out. These flips also helped me normalize the turning motion in the water and either feel less dizzy or be able to function despite the dizzyness.
I then practiced flip turns away from the wall to analyze my form without the wall to psych me out.
I then did some at the wall (aproaching with a few strokes to build momentum). Slowley I made myself wait slightly longer and longer till I found a good spot. I then went a bit closer to check and my turn was weird (cause it was too close). I was careful at this point to keep looking at the wall on approach (which I would normally not do) to make sure I wasn't going to injure myself. Sometimes I say I was too close in a dangerous way, then I would bail out (put my hands up to stop myself gradually on the wall and forgoe the turn).
Now that I had figured out a good time to turn, I practiced it a few times to help my body remember it and ended the day on two good turns.
This process took about 40 minutes and beforehand I could do flip turns, but they would exhaust me and make swimming laps continiously very hard. If you are working on the basics it will likely take more time and not all this will be helpful.
Rambaling:
I've found the best skill to have is to not panic under the water. If I am disoriented or get water under my nose, etc. I stop for a second and evaluate. I put the instinct to panic asside and figure out where I am and what to do. That is easier said than done. It may take time and desensitization. Don't push yourself too far and build your confidence. Knowing that I can handle the situations I put myself in helps me to mot panic in them.
I have been in over my head a few times when swiming in the ocean. Staying calm allowed me to conserve the energy I needed to make it back to shore and prevent those moments from becoming true emergencies where I needed to be rescued. Stay calm and learn saftey skills.
Love the use of the Kick board really helpful thank you 🩵
Excellent class!!!😀
Great tips and a very clear and communicative way of presenting them. Thanks!
Very cool! Thank you so much!
Amazing! Thank you so much for this. I'm sure that these drills will help me improve my flip turn and my time as well.😆
Let's gooo! Good luck and have fun :)
Very helpful video, thank you miss.
You have made it easier for me thanks 😊
This is the best flip turn tutorial, I found. thxs
thank You❤
Thanks, working on these now...
Good techniques 👍
Thanks. Took these words to the pool and had an instantly better experience.
Will start doing the drills as well - but just the conceptual piece was so effective.
So glad to hear that, Matt! Happy swimming :)
uniquely informative thanks so much
Gracias, gracias, muchas gracias ❤
Thank you for showing us this educational information 🙏🏻watching you from Morocco 🇲🇦😊
good tip
Thank you so much for this video. It will help me for sure.
Great tuition video. As a club swimmer when i was a young man ( 73yrs now ) we were taught the reverse flip turn, where as you approach the wall you'd have one arm outstretched and just before your hand touched the wall, you would flip onto your back and do a reverse somersault. This brought you right side up for the push off.
I reckon it was just as quick as the forward roll.
Does anyone do this nowadays ? be interested to find out if it's still current.
thank you from france
I don’t know who this is but i like her videos 👏👏👏👏 very cool
It’s so clearly explained. Thanks!
Thanks for the video, I hope I found it a long time ago...
It was too helpful for me thanks I have tried it very hard and I have get success in one day 💪❤
Several points.... The 'whirly bird/hands out to the side making little circles, I have blamed on using the kick boards. You keep yours in line with your body, and in the stream line position. That works. When people have them to the outside of their body line, this works because of the large surface area of the kick boards. Take the boards away and your hands have nothing to leverage against. Keeping them in line with your body!
Down the pool flip turns. When I do these, I do a 180 degree tumble/flip and end up in stream line position heading the other way. This is what you do coming off the wall after a turn. I don't care for the full flip since that is not what you do coming off the wall after a turn. I also like to do this some times and keep my hands on my hips rather than using the bicep curl. This makes it totally an ab thing to get 'folded' into that pike position. You can't do it if you don't tuck your chin in. Side note, abs help you fold, back muscles help you open back up again, think bending over and touching your toes, then straightening back up again.
Sighting the wall..... I have heard the 'keep the head in a neutral position', but if you watch any Olympian, every single one of them raise their heads a bit coming into the wall. I heard one of them comment, and I can't remember who, that they CAN NOT miss their turn. You don't focus on the T on the bottom of the pool You do not focus on the angle where the wall meets the bottom of the pool. You focus on that T. Do make a point to look more with your eyes, rather than lifting your head out of the water. If your goggles are coming out of the water, then your head is WAY too high. When you tuck your head into your chest, by having your head raised up a bit, this will actually add a bit to your rotational speed. One lap pal at the pool I frequent always over rotated her turns. That made me wonder if I look at the wall to place my feet. Found out I don't. After seeing the T and tucking, I 'know' where the wall is, so don't need to look.
If I am being 'efficient', I try to stop my bicep curl at about stream line position, and try to keep my arms bent at about the same angle I use in my freestyle arm pull, about 120 degrees or so.
Oh, a dolphin kick helps accelerate your 'folding'.
How far and how deep you go to 'get under the backwash' depends on if you are sprinting or doing distance swimming. Sprinters go long. Distance swimmers go short. Once I found out about getting 'under the backwash', I never knew how much current I was running into if I just pushed off the wall on top of the water.
Extremely helpful!! Thank you