Timing is key on a great backstroke flip turn. Knowing how many strokes to take before flipping over can make or break it. It’s important to practice your stroke count at every meet in warm up so that you are comfortable with the distance. Ralf Tribuntsov does a great job of timing the flip, not looking up too much, getting his feet off the wall quickly and holding his streamline until breakout. We’d like to see a quicker first kick off the wall and keeping the arms straight as he flips so that