For all the backstrokers out there, how many of you swim with the thought of keeping your face at or even slightly below the surface of the water?
For me, I was reminded today that I need to focus on keeping my face just below the surface of the water. The body rotation allows the water to break on every stroke for a breath.
When I try to keep my face at the water surface, I find that I do a chicken neck move. This causes me to raise my head higher and higher out of the water, dropping my hips and legs.
The only remedy that seems to work in my case is keeping my face slightly below the water surface.
Has anyone else done this or swim this way all the time?
Wook:
I coach kids to align with the spine, but when I'm swimming, like Karl, I get a wash job in each cycle. I've never tried the underwater position.
Would like to hear how your experiments pan out.
Matt
Red Bird,
When I was swimming this morning, I paid extra attention to my head position today.
What I thought was my head underwater, was actually what you and Karl described, the water rushing over my face. My goggles and lips were just above the surface of the water. On each cycle, the water would rush over my face, which made it seem like my face was underwater.
Thanks for the advice.
Wook.
Wook:
I coach kids to align with the spine, but when I'm swimming, like Karl, I get a wash job in each cycle. I've never tried the underwater position.
Would like to hear how your experiments pan out.
Matt
Red Bird,
When I was swimming this morning, I paid extra attention to my head position today.
What I thought was my head underwater, was actually what you and Karl described, the water rushing over my face. My goggles and lips were just above the surface of the water. On each cycle, the water would rush over my face, which made it seem like my face was underwater.
Thanks for the advice.
Wook.
