How YOU can do a 3 Step Flip Turn While Swimming | Triathlon Taren

Triathletes can use Flip Turns and Tumble Turns in the pool to improve their triathlon swim training and can learn how to flip turn very easily in 3 steps.

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[MarcusWiderberg]

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[ClearwaterFinches]

Can’t wait until I go swim on Wednesday to try out my flip! Someday I’ll look COOL in the pool as well LOL 😎

[Lummers]

Hi Taren, I tried many ‘how to’s on the flip turn and failed till tonight when I used your technique😊 If I may, I’d add that complete flip turn beginners could do the first attempts with flippers - worked for me! Your little dolphin kick is the key that got me there! Many thanks indeed👍👍

[vyoglzp]

i am a fledgling triathlete . thanx for the inspiration and tips. :) makes me want to jump into the pool asap

[EricGlenn]

Thanks. Both of these techniques will help me a lot. Awesome.

[curtismah]

Taren, Curtis here an old BG buddy from the U of A! I stumbled upon your videos and man you got everything covered, I've been watching a ton. Here's hoping I can flip turn.

[markus]

Excellent tips! Thanks, but the water coming up into my nose each time is terrible. I need to blow through my nose out all my lungs during the turn, but still...

[johanvandijkh]

I train in a big round cement farm dam. I am lucky to see the wall at 3ft. The best thing about tumble turn is that you learn to hold your breath for longer.

[lifefindsawayx]

Excellent video! Since I suck at flip turning, I’m going to be the best kayak push offer in the pool!

[barcejuanpaulo]

I have seen some videos some people turn to their right others to their left, I see here you do it to your left. Which one is better?

[yeungyc]

thanks your advice of little dolphin kick

[robohippy]

Well, no triathelon for me as I never liked running. Curious though, when in the pool, are you just training swimming, or you go for times in your trithelelon? Turns in the pool for training aren't really critical, unless you are going for times. With the Kayak turn, if you are going for time, you need to push off and go under at least 2 feet or so to get under the back wash/water that follows you into the wall. Makes a big difference. Other than that, does any one do the old school over arm side stroke? While not quite as fast as freestyle (only record for side stroke was 1:02.5 for 100 yards, set in 1895, when the freestyle record was 1:01.2). Far faster than breast stroke, and equal to back stroke or fly, or at least very close... Most efficient stroke I have found in terms of distance covered per stroke, and energy expended.... Long axis stroke, flip turns....

[williamhamilton]

If your like me and swim 6-7 times a week you don’t get fatigued by doing 400m and the flip turns don’t get sloppy

[alikemalcaylan]

Great explanation. My problem is I get out of breath when I do the flipturn. Any solution for this? Best regards.

[mariadelourdeslourencopere]

Adoro assistir seu vídeo.
Não entendo ingles.
Só português.Mas assisto bj

[masonv]

For an open turn, I try to keep the same timing as when I'm breathing during a normal stroke:
1. Touch the wall with leading hand (turn body more on side than normal)
- Keep trailing hand behind you
In the following steps, keep the body facing the side wall...
2. Push off wall with leading hand to rotate body away from wall (keeping head close to water)
- While pulling your feet toward your body in preparation for the push off (this also helps with rotating the body)
- Your momentum helps rotate your lower body as you push your upper body away from the wall
3. During the hand push off, take breath and quickly take leading hand over your head as if you are recovering from a stroke (away from the wall)
4. Now both hands are in front of you and your feet are on the wall
5. Push off wall with both feet, rotating to face the bottom and continue stroking.

Done correctly, this turn simulates 2 strokes and uses about the same amount of time used to take a breath during a regular stroke.

[PolarBear]

What you described is exactly what I do now even down even down to the skip on the wall!

[Patroness]

A lot of unnecessary info. We just want a flip turn, nothing else

[robohippy]

Well, a few more I have watched at least 50 different flip turn videos. Yours is the only one that mentions the little dolphin kick to help accelerate the flip turn. So, next day in the pool, I try it. I do it a couple of times then try to switch back to the old way where I didn't do it, and found out I couldn't go back to the old way without really concentrating on it. So, I commented on this aspect to the life guards and coaches, and they all gave me that look of 'you didn't know that?' Learned a trick that every one 'knows' from a


One other thing is that you don't use your arms to help with the rotation. Had a lap pal (a palindrome if you are into that...) tell me about it when I started learning them. So, before your feet are on the wall, and your hands are still at your side, palms towards the tummy side, to an extended bicep curl to over the top of your head. This still puts your arms straight out in front of you. All of the elite swimmers do this to greater or lesser extent, and if you watch for it, you will see it. Some mention it casually and the move for them, at 'master; level is very subtle.


Oh, you mention about how cold it is in winter there in Winnipeg. Now, I have been there in the middle of winter, and know you don't consider it cold until it is 20 to 40 below 0

[crisbarbosa]

What such great explanation! Thank you very much.