font size A A A

Pic of the Week - June 23, 2006

Posted by Glenn Mills on Jun 23, 2006 09:00AM (3,858 views)

This week's Pic shows the preparation for a flip turn. Let us know what you think... knowing that a Drill of the Week digging deeper into this is coming SOON.

DESCRIBE THE IMAGE

[url=http://www.goswim.tv/potw/062306subturn.800.jpg]Download or view larger image. 800 pix[/url]
[url=http://www.goswim.tv/potw/062306subturn.1200.jpg]Download or view larger image. 1200 pix[/url]

Send Page to a Friend

Responses

swimtrunk	Responded Jun 23, 2006 10:21AM As in all tucks and rolls, should you get into the habit of tucking your chin to your chest when flip-turning? Forgive me if this is a silly question...
mark b	Responded Jun 23, 2006 10:45AM The swimmer is doing well,but the palms of his hands should be rotated downward.
cndn swmr	Responded Jun 23, 2006 01:06PM isn't he a little bit far underneath the water at this stage?
131daniel	Responded Jun 23, 2006 06:03PM In my opinion it doesn't look like he's tucked his chin in enough.
FlipTrain	Responded Jun 23, 2006 07:29PM This is appears to be a novice level swimmer/flipper. Looks as though, in anticipation of the wall (which we can't see), he's begun some sort of half-baked surface dive (tucking his head, but not flexing at the hips). In any event, he's too deep. His lower back, hips and legs appear to be 6 to 8 inches sub-surface where he will have to sludge them through that much water to get them up and over. Much faster (and easier) to bring the hips and legs over from a higher position in the water. I would guess that as this turn progressed, the swimmer's head and torso went too deep and his feet (if they got to the wall at all) were positioned too high to enable a straight, streamlined push-off. On the plus side, his arms are in good position (at least at the moment the shot was taken) . . . ie, he's not flailing. I find the posture and positioning of his hand and fingers interesting. Just appears that he doesn't have a good feel for the water. An accomplished swimmer's hands would appear to have "hold" of the water (regardless of what stroke or turn phase they were in). Hopefully he rotated his hands outward (with palms facing down) immediately after this pic was taken, otherwise his hands wouldn't have contributed much (if anything) to the speed of his rotation or maintaining proper depth as his hips and legs went up and over.
Glenn Mills	Responded Jun 23, 2006 09:04PM Wow... you got quite a bit out of that pic flip. Actually, this swimmer is one of the fastest 15 year old breaststrokers in the country... so his feel for the water is pretty darn good. As I said initially, knowing this is going to be an upcoming Drill of the Week, it's a set up for things to come. I wouldn't be too harsh on him, as this method is what Fred Bousquet used to go 18.7. :) More to come.
FlipTrain	Responded Jun 24, 2006 10:20AM Well, you know what they say . . . a pic is worth a thousand words, and I only offered up about 250! They also say things aren't always as they appear, and I guess we have a photograph here that proves it! Look forward to reading about the drill.
Glenn Mills	Responded Jun 24, 2006 09:31PM Cool cool... and yeah... the single pic is a pretty tough thing to really get ALL the info from. These are usually meant to spur conversation... which it did. We worked on this technique again today at camp, and the kids loved it. I'll try to write it up for next week and explain. It's nothing too earth shattering, just more great sense from great coaches. :)
altoswimcoach	Responded Jun 26, 2006 02:18PM maybe a pull out drill for BR

Please login or signup to leave a comment.

The Pool

Videos-Evals

Drills

Products

Practices

Underwater Tag Cloud

1650 Aaron Peirsol active drag active recoveryswimming aerobic endurance age-group Amanda Beard anchoring android Android app ascending sendoffs backstroke balance beach reading bilateral breathing birthday swim blueseventy Body Shape bodyline brain training breakout breaststroke breath control breathing Brendan Hansen broken swims butterfly catch challenge set coaches coaching combat side stroke competition crossover turn Cullen Jones Cullen JonesKarlyn Pipes-Neilsen cycle rate Dave Denniston descend set distance per cycle distance training dive dolphin dolphin kick DragSox Drills dryland DVD efficiency eggbeater kick Endless Pools Eric Shanteau Eric Vendt etiquette EVF fatigue feel Finis finish fins fist drill flip turn flip turns flutter kick Fran Crippen freestyle gallop stroke goals goswimtv.com hand entry hand exit head position heart rate hybrid IM inner strength iPhone app Jason Lezak Jeff Rouse Jessica Hardy Kaitlin Sandeno Kara Lynn Joyce Karlyn Pipes-Neilsen Kevin Clements kick kids learn-to-swim long axis strokes loping Margaret Hoelzer masters medball Michael Phelps middle distance Misty Hyman mobile video monofin neural Olympics one-hour swim open turns open water Over training pace pace clock paddles paralympics parents passive drag propulsion pull pulling pulse rates pushoffs pyramid questiontaper race specific training racing recovery relay starts resisted swimming rhythm Robert Margalis Roland Schoeman Roque Santos rotation Sara McLarty science Scott Tucker sculling SEALs shoulders sighting snorkel speed work sprint Staciana Stitts Starts stations Steve Haufler straight arm recovery streaming streamline stretch cord stretching stroke count stroke rate subscription support swim across america swim camps swim fun swim technique swim training swim video swimming Swimming Golf swimming music Swimsense swimsuit taper teaching Tempo Trainer tether timing training Triathlon tuck turn Turns underwater dolpin underwater pull Vasa water poloswimming water temp weights work to rest ratio

Who is GoSwim?

We are a group of swimmers who swim really fast, and like to help others learn how to reach their competitive potential in the area of professional swimming.

Want More GoSwim?

Subscribe to our RSS feed

built by devtwo