Freestyle Swimming Flip Turn

Proper freestyle flip turn will help you to drop times when racing. There are few tips we recommend when performing a freestyle flip turn. First, make sure you have enough speed when approaching the wall. This will help to convert your speed into a spin much easier. Second, tuck into a tighter ball and leave some space between your body and the wall. You don’t want to be too far or too close to the wall. Third, push off the wall with your arms folded in streamline and perform underwater dolphin kick. Last but not least, make sure to take a deep breath before each turn.

[orlanskimer]

I love all of your videos. I've been swimming for the past 7 months, and everytime I want to see beautiful technique, I come here. Thank you for being an inspiration!

[SurfyProject]

You are welcome! Always a pleasure to help!

[muhaha]

Going to check out your channel once I rewatched this video :)

[SwimTechniqueTV]

Glad you liked the video! Try to perform everything faster, maybe even use both arms to initiate the turn. And remember, the faster you approach the wall, the faster your flip turn will be.

[VanityOverload]

great videos! I just recently started swimming as a work out to lose weight and I am loving it. Though not an expert or that much experience yet so was looking on youtube so that I could improve myself. Your videos are very helpful!

A request though:

Can you please make a video of what should eat or not to eat before starting swimming and after swimming? And some warm up exercises before starting swimming?

Thank you so much! Love from India! ^_^.

[xyzhangj]

It works! Thank you for the great tip~~

[PantelisTsilivis]

cool? video, i really like it::) keep it up

[etrain]

Yeah, when I first joined a team, I would hold my breath in the turn, big mistake, always exhale as hard as you can, helps a lot.

[xyzhangj]

Great video!
I've been trying this kind of turning, but it seems I always have water running into my nose while doing so (guess it is because the water flow on the face is too fast when flipping). Can you give some tips to avoid this problem?
Thanks.

[SwimTechniqueTV]

There is a line on the bottom of the pool (you can see it on the video too). As soon as u pass it, make a flip.

[PickleTickle]

I am having a lot of trouble with running into the ground when doing this. Do you have any tips on staying higher up, closer to the surface? I think it might have something to do with me breathing out and sinking. Anyway great video it has helped me improve a bunch.

[kaidid]

I have done a few flip, the water went into my nose although i blow air out of my nose, maybe i flip too slow ?

[sweetcrml]

What if my problem is that Im either too close to the wall or too far? What should I do to fix that problem?

[lpl]

My problem is that whenever I  do this, my legs go to the right, so I'm at a strange angle.I seem to not be able to get it straight. Any help?

[Deangela]

every time i go to a flip turn some how or something i dont take a good breath and when i flip then start swimming again i slow down because of the lack of air. help

[Dmg.]

When I flip turn I always flip on my side instead of turning