How do you do that flip thing in the pool against the wall?
I am training for a triathlon and can't figure it out to train the the pool. I look like an idiot touching the wall, resting, and then swimming back without being able to flip and touch the wall with my legs. Help.
If you know how to do a somersault, then it's easy. While swimming when you are a safe distance from the wall you stretch your arm forward in one final stroke then that arm tucks and leads you into a somersault, then grip both feet on the wall quickly and precisely before pushing off as hard as possible. That's where alot of peple lose time, the push off. Push off as fast as you can but still maintaing a very powerful push off. At that point you should be underwater on your back. While kicking turn over onto your stomach, STILL underwater. As you push off put your arms together in a streamline, where both arms arm in front of your head, head tucked down, and arms in front of your body. Your hand should lay of top of each other and your arms should squeeze over your ears. If you are doing fresstyle then you can kick butterfly or freestyle underwater. I would suggest butterfly, Its faster, usually. Make sure you dont resurface under after the flags that mark the end of the pool for backstrokers. You can break it down into steps until you can masterit as a whole. Good luck!
Oh and one last thing, it's called a flip turn! Original huh? =)
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