How to Do a Breaststroke Flip turn
Swimming is a blast, and doing the turns that come with swimming can even make it more fun. Not only does it mean you just completed another run down the pool, but you get to do somersaults under water. I’ve not met anyone who doesn’t like somersaults. A few simple steps will help you do a breast stroke flip turn with ease, precision and panache.
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Instructions
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How to Do a Breaststroke Flip turn
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Finish your latest pool length by swimming towards the pool’s wall until you are about an arm’s length from it.
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Immediately go into a forward somersault.
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Instead of completing the somersault full circle, begin to come out of it about halfway through, while you are facing in the opposite direction of the wall.
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Push your feet against the wall, propelling yourself away from the wall and forward underwater.
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Break onto the water’s surface as you gracefully execute your next arm stroke in the breaststroke.
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Tips & Warnings
You may want to practice somersaults near the pool’s wall so you know how far away you have to be not to hit your head and sink to the bottom.
Make sure you propel yourself in a straight line away from the wall so you do not veer into other lanes and mess up other swimmers.
- Photo Credit Illustration by Ryn Gargulinski
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Comments
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rasclark
Aug 29, 2009
YOu CAN do a flip turn in competition but must first do a legal 2-hand touch. As quoted from USA Swimming Rules, "Once a legal touch has been made, the swimmer may turn in any manner desired." -
gottalovelattes
Jul 25, 2008
You will get disqualified if you do a flip turn while doing breaststroke in competition. Not only are you not allowed to do a flip-turn with this stroke, you must touch the wall with two hands at the finish and before performing an open turn (allowed in the breaststroke)
