Gala Preparation

These two videos below should help you improve your starts and turns

Diving Start

Turns

Disqualifications

Here is a link to the FINA swimming rules. Items SW4 to SW9 discuss the rules for each stroke.  Also below is a summary of some common disqualifications, but please refer to the FINA guide for more detail.

Some common disqualifications

Butterfly 

• touching at the finish or turn with only one hand

• legs fluttering slightly (like in front crawl) rather than dolphin kick - feet must stay together

• arms not brought sufficiently out of the water

Breaststroke

• touching at the finish or turn with only one hand

• not doing proper 'frog legs' kick - should be level with feet facing outwards

• elbows out of the water

• arms going past the waist during the stroke

Backstroke

• turning onto front when touching the wall to finish