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the distanee. Tho back stroke swimmer has a rail at cach end

of the pool to grasp, so that hoe can catch hold of it and turn Wk»
himself over on his breast. He then turns himself quickly, at

the same time turning on his back, plants his feet firmly against
the end with his knees, well bent, and shoves off for another

trip down the pool. The crawl stroker has only to touch his hand
against the end, whirl, place his fect ag&inst the end, shove,

and be on his way.

Then the shorter pool enables the swimmer to kick off more fre-
quently.

Yes, thats right. I will give you an example. Let us say that

the contestants are swimming the 220 on a 20 yerd pool, tho
swimmers will do 10 turns - but on a 25-yard pool, the racers
will do only 8 turns = before completing tho contost.

If so much depends upon the turn, what can a swimmer do to im-
prove his technique?

Mr. Dill, I believe the turn is one of the most important funda-
montals of competitive swimming. For a splasher to improve his
technique, first he should be given an explanation of tho turn
by his coach. Then the coach or one of the varsity squad members
should demonstrate. Then the novice is ready to go through this
in slow motion. After mastering the turn the swimmer speeds up
his practice until he attains perfection.

By the way, I scem to recall that you got to the Olympic Games
in Borlin two years ago. Did you by any chance get to sce the
Olympic swimming matches?

Yes, Iwas in Borlin for cleven days.
Tell me about thom - how many toams were entered?

There were about 15 teams entered in swimming at tho 11th Olympiad.
The principel countries were the United States, Japan, Gormany,
Helland, Hungary, Sweden, Canada, England,and Australia.

What was the size of the pool?

The Olympic pool out at tho Reich Sport Field was 50 meters long
and 20 meters wide, with well marked lines on the bottom and ;
built in starting biocks, The seating facilities could take care
of some 18,000 spectators. There was a special diving place in
another pool opposite the swimming pool. This was very conven=
ient, as the divers could practice while the competitive races
were going on. The water polo equipment was easy to place so
there was very little delay botween the races and tho water polo
games. I also had the good fortune of visiting the pool at the
Olympic Village. This wes rectanguler in shape and had dimens-
ions of 30 by 60 feet. There wsre no diving boards or lines on
the bottom, as the pool was solely for tho pleasure of some 5,000
Olympic athletes housed in the villago who were from 53 different
foreign countries.

And of course, who won the swimming?