Definitely the best transition from backstroke to breaststroke in the individual medley is this turn. I haven’t seen a lot of material online explaining this transition. Fear not my friends, I will explain it here as best as I can. But first the rules: The individual medley transitions are considered finishes, not turns. Swimmers cannot rotate past the vertical towards the breast prior to the touch. Now, once a legal touch has been made, the swimmer may turn in any manner desired. Yes, that includes a flip turn. After the turn, the swimmer must be toward the breast when the feet the leave the wall. Source http://forums.usms.org/entry.php?37481-Is-a-Crossover-Flip-Turn-Legal-from-Back-to-Breast-in-IM Now if it is done right this is how the officials will look at it at normal speed. Its fast and very difficult to tell if it is legal, but they could definitely catch you if you do it wrong. So here is the deal. When you touch the wall rotate a little but make sure your arm is still behind your head. After you touch the wall bend your knees and your hips. Rotate a little more to let your hips go towards the surface and your feet come out of the water and towards the wall. Once your feet touch the wall you should be on your side, facing the opposite wall that you were facing when you touched the wall in backstroke. Finally start rotating to make a breaststroke streamline. As long as you push off when you rotated pass the 90 degrees, you have done a completely legal transition. Make sure to subscribe for more tutorials! If you liked this video let us now in the comments! Thanks for watching! SWIM FAST! These tips and techniques will work best to help you improve dramatically your stroke if you do two things: 1- Focus on one thing at a time 2- Practice until you dominate that thing and move to the next. I will also do another series of videos for the other strokes, including starts and turns. There will also be drills and other fun stuff, so make sure to subscribe! I swam for 15 years in the competitive arena and I hope I can transmit my knowledge as clearly and simple as youtube allows me to. I plan on doing a couple of these to spread the knowledge I have acquired on swimming. I will do collaborations with people with even more knowledge and experience to do more advanced type videos. Finally, what I am really passionate about is learning new skills. So the point of this channel is to spread the intrinsic joy that all humans share when we learn something new, doesn't matter how insignificant it might appear. I believe improvement makes us feel more alive and thus, if done right, make a better world. So if you enjoy learning new things, swimming, dancing, drawing and other skills this channel is for you! So make sure to subscribe, watch, learn, practice and enjoy!