I think you're oversimplifying it by saying it's no big deal - at least for me. As an adult onset swimmer nothing has come easy. I've been learning to do flip turns but it's difficult. Lack of speed definitely hurts my turns. I watch the fishes and they basically seem to glide in toward the wall and easily flip and shoot off the wall. On the other hand, I'm coming in slowly, struggling with my timing so I can get a good breath before I go under and have very little momentum to carry me into the wall. I have a dozen things going through my head about technique and add on hypoxia - it sucks.

When I do sets with fins it's a totally different story. Feels awesome. Just can't replicate it yet but I'm going to keep at it.

One odd thing I'm struggling with. When I take my final breath to my right side I start my turn already rotating. If my last breath is to the left side I flip straight over and most of the time come off the wall looking up, which I think is how you're supposed to do it.

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