I watched Sippy Woodhead swim yesterday at workout. She swims similar to Laure Manaudou and she makes swimming look effortless. She utilized no glide-phase to her stroke unlike what you see in a Grant Hackett or Ian Thorpe. Instead her arms paddled "kayak-style" like Janet Evans, or my favorite swimmer, Laure Manaudou .But who is Sippy Woodhead? Here is an article about her and how the 1980 boycott effected her swimming career. French politicians should read this article too. [Link]
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My coach has been introducing us to the Sippy Woodhead freestyle flip turn. I am not able to process the turn without having a visual image. Do you have any contact information available for Sippy Woodhead or could you direct us to any video footage of her swimming. My coach used to have an 8 mm film of her flip turn technique, but wore it out many years ago. Can you help me out?
I have never been introduced to Sippy Woodhead personally. I have swam a couple lanes down from her on one or two occasions but that is it.
There is a 1984 Olympics VHS tape out there somewhere with her on it. I will see if I can find it.
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