"Flip turns are a pretty basic thing. If you cant do a flip turn you probably arent very comfortable in the water. IMO if anyone is trying to be good at tri needs to do flip turns. I cant imagine how anyone could get into any rhythm on say anything form 500+ meter sets. And if you doing 50-100 intervals you will get left behind not doing flip turns if you are iin a pool with people that can swim. Why would people not want to learn."
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Your logic makes sense.
However, what about someone like me who has an old knee injury that flares up (I don't know why) whenever I do flip turns which hurts my run and bike. So, I have trained 30 years doing open turns.....and have had some pretty fast swim times.[/quote]
David
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