130:
33:
190:(also known as flip turn or turntable turn): the swimmer swims to the end wall, tucks, does a forward flip, and pushes off in streamline. While typically only done in backstroke and freestyle modalities, it is legal in all events provided that in butterfly and breaststroke both hands touch the wall simultaneously and immediately prior to the turn. See also
170:
Open turn: is where the swimmer touches the wall, with one or two hands depending on the requirement for the stroke, (not grabbing) and brings legs to the wall in a tuck-like position, then turning on the wall to face the opposite end of the pool and pushes off in a streamline position to begin a new
179:
swimmers must touch with two hands, then one arm is typically dropped into the water to begin the turn while the other comes past the head to complete the turnaround from the wall and then the swimmer will push off into a streamline. See also
208:
when changing from backstroke to breaststroke. The turn involves a touch on the wall in backstroke, followed by a back flip which puts the swimmer in position to push off into breaststroke.
149:
but still has one or more remaining pool lengths to swim. In competitions, there are judges or pressure pads in each lane to verify that a swimmer has touched the end wall while turning. A
238:
158:
116:
50:
54:
97:
69:
145:
is a reversal of direction of travel by a swimmer. A turn is typically performed when a swimmer reaches the end of a
76:
83:
43:
65:
218:
287:
269:
258:
181:
172:
90:
205:
138:
281:
146:
176:
150:
129:
191:
187:
154:
32:
17:
259:"BBC Sport. Olympics: Swimming Guide - Breaststroke/butterfly turns"
161:
will be quicker because of the leverage provided by push-off turns.
128:
26:
153:
race has double the number of turns of the same-distance
270:"BBC Sport. Olympics: Swimming Guide - Tumble Turn"
57:. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed.
8:
117:Learn how and when to remove this message
230:
204:, or suicide turn: a turn used in the
7:
55:adding citations to reliable sources
192:Front crawl#Racing: turn and finish
25:
182:Butterfly stroke#Turn and finish
31:
42:needs additional citations for
1:
246:FINA Swimming Rules 2017-2021
304:
248:: 1–20. 21 September 2017.
133:Flip turns in swimming.
134:
132:
239:"Swimming 2017-2021"
66:"Turn" swimming
51:improve this article
219:Swimming innovation
198:Backwards flip turn
135:
206:individual medley
127:
126:
119:
101:
16:(Redirected from
295:
272:
267:
261:
256:
250:
249:
243:
235:
122:
115:
111:
108:
102:
100:
59:
35:
27:
21:
303:
302:
298:
297:
296:
294:
293:
292:
278:
277:
276:
275:
268:
264:
257:
253:
241:
237:
236:
232:
227:
215:
167:
123:
112:
106:
103:
60:
58:
48:
36:
23:
22:
18:Over/under turn
15:
12:
11:
5:
301:
299:
291:
290:
280:
279:
274:
273:
262:
251:
229:
228:
226:
223:
222:
221:
214:
211:
210:
209:
195:
185:
166:
163:
157:race, and the
125:
124:
39:
37:
30:
24:
14:
13:
10:
9:
6:
4:
3:
2:
300:
289:
286:
285:
283:
271:
266:
263:
260:
255:
252:
247:
240:
234:
231:
224:
220:
217:
216:
212:
207:
203:
199:
196:
193:
189:
186:
183:
178:
174:
169:
168:
164:
162:
160:
156:
152:
148:
147:swimming pool
144:
140:
131:
121:
118:
110:
99:
96:
92:
89:
85:
82:
78:
75:
71:
68: –
67:
63:
62:Find sources:
56:
52:
46:
45:
40:This article
38:
34:
29:
28:
19:
265:
254:
245:
233:
201:
197:
177:breaststroke
159:world record
151:short course
142:
136:
113:
104:
94:
87:
80:
73:
61:
49:Please help
44:verification
41:
202:bucket turn
188:Tumble turn
155:long course
225:References
107:March 2010
77:newspapers
173:Butterfly
288:Swimming
282:Category
213:See also
139:swimming
91:scholar
171:lap.
93:
86:
79:
72:
64:
242:(PDF)
165:Types
98:JSTOR
84:books
175:and
143:turn
141:, a
70:news
137:In
53:by
284::
244:.
200:,
194:.
184:.
120:)
114:(
109:)
105:(
95:·
88:·
81:·
74:·
47:.
20:)
Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Additional terms may apply.