That’s exactly my problem. How do I ensure I don’t run out of breadth till I come out of the surface of the water?

Congratulations... You do not need the small boards, you can use any size. The reason for the board is to help maintain the position in the water and use for some leverage. If you do want to use the smaller boards you can find some here -vorgee.com/product/small-kickboard/ Enjoy the journey.

Hey, If you are ending up too low (or angled down) on the get away the likely cause is that you have not rotated enough during the turn/flip. Try playing with the level of rotation and see if that helps.. Happy swimming

Glad to hear and good luck.

@@aquaticeducation7765 Yes, I am trying to learn the flip turn every morning in the swimming pool. Your video is very very useful for me. I wish you healthy and happy!

Hey Nikita, if you are struggling with your position (or timing) it is to do with the approach and initiation of the turn. This is covered in video 2. It takes some time to become comfortable with being consistent. Good luck.

Interesting point. Breathing and breathing patterns are a fundamental and base skill. Unfortunately proper breath control is not actively learnt or developed at an early stage for many. When learnt early it integrates into EVERY skill in swimming that we do. 👍

Hey Abby, awesome that you are working on your turns. If you end up on your side it is likely that you are 'twisting' or rotating through your shoulders. The steps using the boards helps to control this twisting and help learn the movement of tucking the head and driving the chest toward the knees. N

Gday. Good question. All of the progressions and lead in are about developing good process and control. Every swimmer will be a little different in terms of when they start the kick and the transition / corkscrew on to their front. The reason for staying on the back longer in early progressions is to ensure the focus stays on good body alignment and a 'clean' push from the wall, without complicating the process. As this becomes consistent (and depending on the swimmer, distance, circumstance) then we can start to transition more quickly. The timing of the kick is to optimise propulsion while minimising resistance (especially during the initial push from the wall) so ultimately can come at any point. Our purpose for these videos was noticing most people and teachers rush the process rather than developing good control, orientation and feel so our focus was on highlighting progressions. Hope this helps and you have fun playing with some variations. N

Thank you... so do we! Working on getting more content up at some point.

Nice job! If you are not able to complete a full turn it is likely because of turning or twisting through the shoulders. A great way to work on turns and the fundamentals is out of the water. When we are out of the water we can focus on better understand how our body is moving and building base movements. Check out facebook.com/swimnastics/videos/238711013389123/ and watch Kirsten demonstrate an out of water progression that can help when you get back in. Good luck and let us know how you go. Nick

Aquatic Education thanks so much for that great advise 👍. Will try it out tomorrow straight away!

Thanks

Great to hear..

Always exciting to develop new skills. Hope that you are enjoying the journey. None of it is easy and takes work and loads of practice. Enjoy it!!! Oh and glad you got your groove on :) .

@@aquaticeducation7765 , wanted to let you know that I can do the flip turn. Thank you so much for this instructive video. Super helpful.

Congratulations!! Glad that you found them helpful. We are looking forward to getting more posted soon.

That's awesome Arish. Hope that you enjoy the other videos too!

Thank you! More is on its way :)

Thank You