Q&A | Struggling with the pull-out after a touch turn
Since you asked a question,
I will answer it!
Q.
I am a swimmer in my 60s
who has been doing Masters swimming for a long time.
Many of the answers to my swimming problems
have been things like "you just have to keep doing it to get used to it,"
"you just have to practice hard,"
"you just have to work hard to build up your stamina,"
and so on...
It ends up being [you just have to do X]
or [it can't be helped because of your age],
and I've ended up giving up on many things.
At that time,
I came across Mori-sensei's blog,
read your book,
and as I watched the YouTube Torafugu Channel,
the things I had given up on
started to change all at once.
I can't help but wonder,
what on earth have I been doing all this time?
Thanks to Mori-sensei's
daily research and blog posts,
my swimming life has changed significantly.
I am truly grateful.
So,
I am contacting you because I would like to ask one question.
Currently,
I find the pull-out after a breaststroke turn
and the dolphin kicks after a butterfly turn
to be difficult and I can't seem to get them right.
Is there any good practice method?
A.
Thank you for your question,
and for your heartwarming message,
I am truly happy!
A recommended practice method to improve
your surfacing after a turn is
"turning without breathing during the turn."
Normally,
for breaststroke to breaststroke,
and butterfly to butterfly turns,
you can take a breath at the same time as the touch, right?
Instead, you should intentionally
do a flip turn or
do a touch turn without lifting your head (without breathing).
For example...
Butterfly
⬇︎
Flip turn or touch turn without breathing
⬇︎
Butterfly
or...
Breaststroke
⬇︎
Flip turn or touch turn without breathing
⬇︎
Breaststroke
is what you should do.
By doing this,
the subsequent surfacing movement
will become difficult.
However, after doing such
turns without breathing 3 to 4 times,
when you go back to your usual touch turn with a breath,
wow! It's like magic...
you will be able to kick off the wall firmly,
and you will be able to perform the pull-out or dolphin kicks
with ease.
It sounds like a lie,
but I've had many people do this in the past
and it has a nearly 100% success rate (lol).
Conversely,
people who do flip turns every day
tend to have stronger breath-holding
and kick-offs after turns in any stroke.
Rather than the turn itself becoming better,
actually, becoming better at the surfacing afterwards
is more important, isn't it? ☺️
Please,
try the no-breath turn!
I'm rooting for you ♪
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