tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2585977526609462673.post581876232934737736..comments2023-12-13T07:38:43.480-08:00Comments on Triathlon Tips: Flip Turns Vs Open Turns For Triathlete SwimmingUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2585977526609462673.post-71825621583777789132016-08-09T18:55:11.194-07:002016-08-09T18:55:11.194-07:00Nice article. I have struggled with learning the f...Nice article. I have struggled with learning the flip turn and have now just cut it out from the routine. I was watching Olympic 200M butterfly as I read this and noticed that half of the athletes IN A SPRINT RACE did open turns.Mikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10979893325174619693noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2585977526609462673.post-40137602918028581682016-02-23T15:53:41.351-08:002016-02-23T15:53:41.351-08:0026 seconds per 100 is a lot. Regardless the topic ...26 seconds per 100 is a lot. Regardless the topic is about triathletes not swimmers.Thomas Gerlachhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02201737621337374644noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2585977526609462673.post-20314723852691431122016-02-21T20:10:28.964-08:002016-02-21T20:10:28.964-08:00This was the worst thing I have ever read. There a...This was the worst thing I have ever read. There are statistics that prove you time is cut SIGNIFICANTLY with flip turns. An average of 26 seconds per 100. And if you didn't realize, That is a lot. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2585977526609462673.post-44848094482747504272012-12-10T12:27:39.787-08:002012-12-10T12:27:39.787-08:00Bob, send that coach here to read this, or have hi...Bob, send that coach here to read this, or have him contact me. There is no reason anyone has to do flip turns if they are just trying to be a triathlete. If you are a masters swimmer competing in meets then fine, but otherwise just let the swimmers swim. I just had a pre-emptive discussion with the University of Arizona - Ford Aquatics Master Program Director about this. I told him I don't do flip-turns, and I also don't do breaststroke kick. I will do dolphin kick with breastroke pull/catch. He had no problem whatsoever with that.Thomas Gerlachhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02201737621337374644noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2585977526609462673.post-51249993992188937782012-12-10T04:50:14.902-08:002012-12-10T04:50:14.902-08:00I just found this column via The Google because my...I just found this column via The Google because my GF told me today that her "swim coach" at the pool said she has to do flip turns if she wants to get faster at triathlon. He is, of course a swimmer, who has never done a triathlon in his life. Bob Villanuevanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2585977526609462673.post-74998396460775126812012-02-07T09:34:35.682-08:002012-02-07T09:34:35.682-08:00Cort the Sport - hey thanks for the feedback. Yah ...Cort the Sport - hey thanks for the feedback. Yah that would be another thing beneficial for open-turners. Like I said I don't care which way people do it - as long as they get to the pool and swim.Thomas Gerlachhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02201737621337374644noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2585977526609462673.post-29632977881062254022012-02-07T02:53:55.558-08:002012-02-07T02:53:55.558-08:00Hooray for the open-turners! My main reason for no...Hooray for the open-turners! My main reason for not doing flip turns is they are too disorienting for me personally. I get out of the swim a little dizzy as is and need no further contributing factors! I think I bike and run better as a result of open turns in pool swim tris (which I don't like to begin with...give me an OWS).Cort the Sporthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10944563723254134678noreply@blogger.com