Subject: RE: flip turns during race?Both types of turns are accepted. Flip turns are typically (almost always ) faster but take a bit of practice.
One thing to look at is how they set up the swim. My guess is that they will incorporate some sort of circle swim which means you don't just turn around but instead transition to the other side of the lane on each turn. I've seen some people really struggle with the wall turn because they are used to turning around clockwise at the wall which kind of gets weird when doing a circle swim.
Find someone and find out how the chose lanes and whether they split lanes or circle swim. Then do a bit of practice both using flip or open turns. |