Practice doing a somersaults in the water first, not all crunched up but with legs relatively straight, to get the feel for the flipping over....then add a few swim strokes first...away from the wall. Dont worry about twisting over, just keep practicing swimming a few strokes and flipping over, til its easy...then add the wall...




X2 on this advice.

This is how little kids learn, and how adults should learn too. If you try to do it all at once, the wall and the flipping and the pushing off and getting your laps in - it is a lot harder. Take time every time you swim, and work on flipping in the middle of the pool, then taking a few strokes the flipping, etc. When your ready to move closer to the wall, go slow and then work on the pushoff. It's just like drilling for strokes - to get better and more mechanically sound , you go slow and drill, and practice. Good luck!!

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