MY GOSH!! For a girl who is learning to swim solely on RU-vid instructions, this was the best one I have ever watched....and I've watched a ton! The best part as to why so you know going forward, is that you repeat the visual constantly...It is so helpful to not have to stop and rewind to see it again....visual repeating is great!
Wow, as an instructor I've tried several ways watched many videos. This is the best. Especially liked jumping up an flipping and use of the kick boards. One thing I would find helpful when to time the last breath before flip. I usually I use the T but it can depend on the speed of the swimmer. What do you suggest?
@@JS-zr6qf Happy Swimming :) You should flip no closer than 1-arms length from the wall. If you're floating at the surface (not moving) with one arm up and finger tips at the wall, this is where you should be flipping. The faster you move, the further away from the wall you need to be. A very faster swimmer an initiate the flip 2-3 meters from the wall and carry momentum into the turn so they're flipping at the right spot. The more you practice, the better you get.
Hello, I’m 47, plump, not super fit but I LOVE swimming. I’ve wanted to learn how to do tumble turns (as we call them in England) for years. Watched this video, went for a swim today and tumble-turned every length! I felt like a frickin’ superhero! Thank you so much!
I've been stagnating for so long on this flip turn. This is extremely well explained. I will put into practice right away and I'm sure I'll see the improvements soon. Thanks a lot
YES! Finally some real help - especially the repeated visuals and instructions. Steps are clear, drills are clear, tips are clear. My problem is going to be that I've been doing flip turns wrong for so long... I see LOTS of drills in my future. Thank you - I know I'll watch this over and over.
I’m so excited to practice my flip turns with this video. Excited and it also feels a little daunting at the same time. I swam competitively from the age of 7-14, and now I’m 28. I took a 13 year hiatus…..so I’m doing a lot of fine tuning of my skills right now! All about patience.
I'm in a similar situation! I wish I never stopped swimming, however, it seems like the techniques have changed a lot since my teens. So it's interesting trying all these tips out and finding that I've still got my swim legs, I just need my lungs to catch up :)
@RamSunMoon same here haha! The last time I swam laps was 20 years ago. My breaststroke seems absolutely archaic compared to how they do it now. I do love how fluid all the moves are now though. But I think I will take an adult beginner class so I can learn how to do things the new way!
I initially used a swim noodle, grab each end of the noodle with each hand pretend you are jumping over the noodle-like jump rope. This is how I started and in no time I was flipping. I then put the noodle aside and pretended to do the same thing only without the noodle. Also, I had to learn to continue breaking out during the flip this stop the water from getting up my nose. This was a big tip from my lifeguard.
Finally tried this today and started doing flip turns! Thanks for the clear instructions. Definitely helping endurance already as I was always taking breaks at the wall out of habit.
This is great. Doing backstroke flip turns has massively helped me. I used to do freestyle turns where my feet found the wall AFTER I'd turned. Doing backstroke flips helped me land my feet better
There's nothing like an 'old school' whiteboard to reinforce the acquisition of a skill, especially for 'visual' learners. Nice one. I'll be trying this out ASAP.
Surprisingly, the 1st time I tried a flip-it was perfect! 😃 So glad you shared this in IG. Think I might know now what to do for the next time I think of this. Thank you so much!
This is so great ! I feel some confidence to try this. The thorough teaching helps my brain to feel at ease , things make sense. I love Whiteboard Wednesday, always learn so much.
Excelent video, I like all the exercises and tips! I do flip turns but I think I turn face down too quickly, actually I think I turn to my left side at the exact moment of reaching the wall, this will help me a lot, thank you and have a nice swimming!.
Thanks Teresa! I'd recommend paying attention to the black 'T' on the bottom of the pool. Once you start noticing trends of where your body needs to be in order to have enough space to flip, you can set a marker with that black 'T' and use that as your visual marker. Have a great swim!
Thank you so much for this video, I really had no clue how to do it, you explained it thoroughly and easily. Time to practice that first step - Thanks Again!
WOW!!! THANK YOU, (ALL), FOR THESE AWESOME DEMONSTRATIONS, BREAKDOWNS, ANE EXPLANATIONS OF THESE VITAL SWIMMING SKILLS!!! YOU'RE REALLY HELPING US "ROOKIES" TO IMPROVE, EVERY TIME WE ENTER THE WATER!!! ....MUCH APPRECIATED!!!....
Me 3. Even when I was in my best condition, (50 yrs ago, when I was a HS distance swimmer), I had to do open turns. Maybe I blow out too much air during the flip?
A good drill I read somewhere else is to do 4 strokes before the flip and afterwards 4 strokes without breathing. So calmly do the whole thing, focusing on holding your breath primarily. It is extra hard at first, so you can start with 2 stokres/flip/2 strokes and move towards 4/flip/4. Helped me at least, as I also struggled with lack of air!
Everything in this video is what I constantly tell my swimmers, especially the head up syndrome all too many swimmers do going into the wall. Upward lift of the head only causes downward and backward force. It kills momentum. Proper Hands position going into walls also super important and this video hits the movements perfectly. No whirlybirds there,just Head in, hands out, speed in, speed out. Finally, the off wall rotation is perfect. Think a ballerina pirouette as the push off has executed or a platform diver feet crossover to accelerate rotation, never rotate while still on the wall and before starting push off but rather as you have pushed off. You are never any faster then coming off blocks and walls. Don’t loose that advantage. Great video I will be sharing with my swimmers. Thanks Fares..
I need to learn how to do this as stopping every 25m really breaks my momentum. When I swim in the ocean I'm able to establish a good rhythm and can go much further as a result.
Thanks for the video, I'll start practicing the Quick Turn. Just started swimming routinely 6 months ago, Now I think it's the right time to level up my swimming.
Ive recently joined masters swimming after many years of not doing competitive swimming My tumble turns really need some help Best tutorial on turns ive seen Cheers👍😁🏊♂️
This video is amazing! Thank you for decomposing the flip turn. It's insanely useful! I learned several tips on this in the hard way previous to seeing the steps. Really good explanation.
A great video really going in on the detail the "how-to and not-to" in doing this turn. Thanks for sharing I look forward to finally knocking this issue on the head at my next practice session.
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Brilliant tutorial. I've just been practising this today managed to get the flip turn nailed just cannot get the twist to finish into a forward position.
Just watched the video and thought I already knew how to do a proper flip turn, turns out I have been doing it wrong by rotating at the turn on the wall, Thanks Fares, hopefully this will enable me to push off the wall faster and possibly get some dolphin kicks in as well!
I like your videos and your advice. I'm a USA Swim Official (and a beginning Masters Swimmer). At 07:00 you describe where the swimmer pushes off the wall, after the flip, toes pointing up, facing up looking at the ceiling. But, in competition, there is the revised FINA 'Lockte' Rule: During the Individual Medley (IM), a swimmer can be disqualified in the Freestyle unless the swimmer returns to the breast before any kick or stroke. In other words, You can't swim Backstroke during the IM Freestyle. If you push off the wall facing up, you must rotate to face down before you start an arm pull or a kick.
I will always remember being 9 and the coach at the academy I went to inviting me to join the team. I was happy but then became super anxious seeing everyone doing flip turns when I had no idea how to do it myself. I was very shy so didn't dare ask the coach nor teammates how to. That weekend I went with my family to the club and just started from scratch, kind of what this video advises. It was over 20 years ago but I still remember... soooo much water up my nose lol, but by the end of the day I got it and the next day I was able to do flip turns like the rest.
thank you :) such an excellent white board lesson. its almost as if the ai bot was watching me flail in the pool today as i attempted to do my turns, then pulled this video up for me and had it waiting for me to watch. i guess you're actually trying to help me out with swimming, and not trying to lock me down in some room, HAL :)
I am so scared to start learning this! I just learned to do front crawl a month ago and am loving it, but now I really wanna start learning the flip turn. I keep watching people at the pool do it, watching videos etc, but I am SO scared I will swim right into the wall! Even doing the summersault as described in step one makes me think the entire pool is watching me and I get nervous :p
Two points. One, in learning flip turns, I had a common problem, I would get about half way through, and then would come to pretty much a stop and have to wind mill my arms. A lap pal asked me, 'what are you doing with your arms?' Then she demonstrated how they go from your sides and pull up, which speeds up the rotation, and puts your arms straight out in front of you so you don't encounter the extra drag of pushing your arms out in front. Your swimmers here do it, and like my martial arts instructor said, 'beginners make very big moves, and masters make very small moves' so this is not evident because it is so subtle. Second point, and I have never seen this mentioned in any flip turn video, is getting under the back wash. My swim coach mentioned it to me, and then a few months later, Mike Phelps, at the Olympics, goes into the wall maybe a half body length behind who ever was next to him, and comes up a body length in front, and he commented after the win how he got down under the backwash. Apparently another trick that so many know about but don't really teach because 'every one knows about it'.
you actually aren't supposed to move your arms at all. Turns are an exercise in momentum, and once you pull down to your side and initiate the turn by tucking your head, your arms are supposed to stay extended and just lock into streamline before you push. The girl in the video is actually performing the turn inefficiently with that sweeping motion. It is completely unnecessary wasted motion.
Mark, well, I don't agree. This is one thing that just about every one uses, and some teach it and some don't. If you are patient enough to read through, you will at least scratch your head and say, hmm, I never thought of it quite that way.' Keep in mind that it is one of those subtle skills that like my martial arts instructor said, 'Beginners make great big moves, masters make very small subtle moves.' Both of the swimmers in the clip use that arm pull, and yes, even swimmers like Michael Phelps and Katie Ledeckey use it. So, coming into the wall, you use the last arm pull so both arms are by your sides, before tucking your chin into your chest, head and body go down legs come over the top. This pull does not generate spin/rotation. Some time before you get your feet onto the wall to the time before you push off the wall, you need to take your arms through a 180 degree arc from your hips to pointed straight out in front of you in that stream lined position. I only found out that you need your arms fully extended after some one pointed out to me that if you straighten your arms out as you push off the wall, you create huge amounts of drag... How do you do that? This is the arm pull I am referring to. The young man pulls more with the tip side of his hands in that arc, similar to what you do when you start off the boards and throw your hands out in front, but since he is upside down, and bent 90+ degrees that throw turns into rotation, not thrust. It is subtle, but if you watch closely, you can notice several times where he creates nice bubble vortex swirls from that pull. The young woman uses the pull that I do. Her pull is more like a bicep curl with weights, using the palms. The young man, when he is doing the 3 strokes then flip, he uses the palms to pull rather than the way he does it at the wall. Now, since watching this more closely, tomorrow when I swim, I will have to try his method... Another point here, the exercise shown where you stand in the pool with one or two arms up and then pull that arm through with the jump to help you flip is a method used in gymnastic tumbling to help spin a front flip, and the arms pull way past the hip line to generate life and rotation. That is not at all similar to the pull you do coming into the wall. Now, as an old guy, 68, who is only medium fast, or halffast, and not very flexible, this arm pull is crucial to helping me generate speed through the rotation. Most of my turns are more slow motion as I am still working on trying to perfect mechanics. I have only been doing fflip turns for about 8 years... I consider it a good thing to teach beginners as well, and you have seen them, they get upside down, every thing stops and the arms come out to do the windmill thing.... This is an aid to getting around till they get better at the mechanics and their moves become more subtle. Oh, the turn with the paddle boards, great big moves, more lateral, but that arm pull aids in the rotation.
Well, I tried the version the young man uses here, straight arm, back of the hand moving through the water. I think the arm curl works better, kind of like the difference between using a straight arm pull on freestyle compared to the bent arm pull. Less work for more power.
@@robohippy We have to agree to disagree. I spent 18 years in competitive swimming, 18 of which were doing flip turns. Once you pull your arms to your side they stay there in position. And Katie Ledecky does not move her hands on rotation.......ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-gjUnCLoSEGs.html . Efficiency is efficiency, moving your hands after you have completed your pull is wasted motion and stops you from getting off the wall in streamline. Need more proof? how about Gary Hall Sr. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-Ez5uEh7YyIM.html
Well, a bit more 'disagreeing' but I think we are talking about the same thing. The clip you have of Katie is above water. Watch this one, which shows her flip turns very near the end. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-_DL0aOgOwwg.html She does use the arm pull, and like most elite swimmers, it is a very subtle move. I have watched a bunch of Gary Hall's videos and love them because he explains in ways that make sense to me. In the clip you show, the swimmer, through the whole video does the bicep curl, and does 'over pull' it as you say, and as the swimmer in the clip does. At the end Gary says to do it straight armed, so the arms are involved in adding rotational speed. Watch the bubble plumes, and yes, I do have a fascination with them.... The straight arm method is not as efficient for the same reason that you don't use a straight arm pull when swimming freestyle. Longer lever requires more force than shorter lever. The trick to getting this done correctly is to not over pull it behind the ears, and to extend straight out before you push off the wall. I don't have your swimming experience. Unfortunately I never had a chance to get any real coaching till the last few years. Another point I just learned about flip turns, from a triathalon swim coach, was about the tiny dolphin kick used to give a little extra boost to the rotation. Another trick that every one but me knew about... Still learning.
Thank you for this, I tried it out today at the pool and was able to manage a couple of decent flips towards the end of the session. Still need a lot more practice but following the drills has really helped.
Ive just started learning front crawl. When would be a good time to start learning this? I dont know if im confident enough to hold my breath for such a long time. But breathing during swimming is easier now for me
Thank you.Great teaching, repetition ,writing tips on board, dividing the flip into components just like teaching juinor doctors how to do hysterectomy in 20 minutes like olympic athlete.It is science, physiology og the body, anatomy of muscles,practice ,practise and aim to improve each time.For ever grateful and now I understand why can not do flip turn well.God blessings.
While the ball colliding against the wall at maximum speed does incite a certain sense of aggression that will assist the swimmer in kicking off as forcefully as possible, it is in fact blood from a physics perspective. Seems really does motivate me to practice more on my flip turns though, a lot of helpful tips on form. I'm not nearly as competitively focused as this channel is but it still serves as an inspiration
