Your Weekly Swim Tip: Backstroke FLAGS + Swim Meet Nutrition

Sigma Swimming
Hi Swim Team and Adult Fitness Swimmers,
 
In addition to any location-specific info you receive, we like to provide you with some weekly general info/education that is related to your Swim Team and Fitness Swimming experience. 
 
The PURPOSE and USE of backstroke flags and more!
https://www.sigmaswim.org/post/your-weekly-swim-tip-backstroke-flags-swim-meet-nutrition
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What to eat at a swim meet
https://www.sigmaswim.org/post/your-weekly-swim-tip-backstroke-flags-swim-meet-nutrition
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Fact of the week: When swimming backstroke, most swimmers take 3, 4, or 5 strokes between the flags and the wall. This includes the final stroke used to rotate to their stomach. A swimmer should be able to turn over with either left or right arm. However, we often see swimmers turn over only with a preferred arm which leads to incorrectly timed turns.
 
How does my swimmer move up? Our  group promotion standards are your guide to growing and graduating! Promotion times can be achieved in practice or swim meets. We prefer to see them happen at a swim meet!
 
Have a wonderful weekend!
 
The Sigma Team
 
We're still growing. Know someone who would be a good fit on our staff? Forward them this email and have them contact us!
 
Other Sigma Swim Team resources:
 
  1. BAND - Never miss a notification about your swim practice or other important and urgent information. Register and find your Sigma location. 
  2. Equipment - We are still awaiting our caps. We will notify you as soon as swim caps are ready for pickup!
    1. Youth Pre-Swim Team
    2. Swim Team (Junior, Bronze, Silver, Gold, Senior, National)
    3. Adult Fitness Intro and Lifetime Fitness (Masters)
  3. Competition
    1. Sigma October Splash Meet in Fort Worth! (See you at the meet today if you signed up!)
    2. USA Swimming Competition Central (for Swim Team)
    3. USMS Adult Swim Meets/Competitions (for Adult Fitness/Masters)
  4. Questions? Swim@sigmaswimming.org