Please let me know if this forum isn't for this kind of question.
I am trying to learn to swim properly. I have been very comfortable with water all my life, no problems at all. However, the only stroke I have ever swum is the *** stroke and probably not so well. Still, I have crossed small lakes swimming and feel completely at ease in any body of water.
Now I am trying to learn proper freestyle. No coach at this point. Lots of videos on the 'net and I also ordered the TI videos.
One problem I am having is that my body doesn't seem to stay near the surface of the water. Because of this, when I rotate to breathe the air isn't there...so I have to either over rotate or wait for the bobbing cycle to bring me back to the surface. I am not sure why this is happening and I am hoping that this is a simple newbie mistake and someone can point out how to correct it.
I am swimming with my head down, even pushing it down chin-to-chest. I am also doing skating drills on both sides and breathing without any problems during those. It's when I transition to crawl that I seem to descend just a few inches. I imagine if I was watching from the outside I'd see me kind of bobbing up and down as I move through the pool.
Any ideas or pointers in the right direction would be appreciated.
Thanks,
-Martin
Do you have a local Masters group? The coach might be able to give you some lessons. Most of the people in my grop are really willing to help an interested beginner. We have a lot of triathletes who are not good swimmier, but are very fit athletes. They learn fast. They follow instructions quickly and can adapt to a good swimming pace quickly.
Do you have a local Masters group? The coach might be able to give you some lessons. Most of the people in my grop are really willing to help an interested beginner. We have a lot of triathletes who are not good swimmier, but are very fit athletes. They learn fast. They follow instructions quickly and can adapt to a good swimming pace quickly.
