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on 8/8/2006 If it takes five strokes for you to get into the wall, on the fourth stroke flip onto your stomach. Take one freestyle stroke, and then do a freestyle flip turn, and come out of the wall on your back.
on 6/30/2006 On the fourth stroke, flip onto your stomach, take one freestyle stroke, and then do a freestyle flip turn, and come out of the wall on your back.
on 11/22/2005 For me it takes five strokes after the flag, so I take a breath on four, flip over and flip and push off, it usually trhows off the timing if you try to sneak in a breath at flip so try to take a the breath early.
on 11/22/2005 You can avoid hitting your head on the wall and also flip over to your stomach at the correct time and distance from the wall by counting your strokes from the flags.
on 11/22/2005 The international rules of backstroke swimming now allow the athlete to turn onto his front before flipping a forward tumble turn, which will bring the swimmer onto his back for the take-off from the wall.
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