What are the exact rules for swim meets?
There are honestly several disqualifications to watch out for when swimming in a meet. I’ll try to list out the ones I know and that are common: All events: -False start – leaving the blocks before the race has started -Touching the lane lines – can be conceived as pulling on them, I guess. Just try to swim straight. ;P -Touching the bottom of the pool -Stop swimming the race -Failing to touch the wall when turning -Underwater kicking off the wall for too far – 15 meters is the limit Butterfly: -Scissor kicking – don’t kick your legs separately when dolphin kicking! You’re swimming butterfly, not freestyle. -No two hand touch on the turns -Not stroking with your arms simultaneously Backstroke: -Not touching the wall when you flip turn – when you flip turn too far from the wall. It happens, especially since you don’t see the wall until last minute, so be careful. -Taking too many freestyle strokes into the wall before you turn – I believe this is one of them. Some swimmers take a freest
