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?
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I always get a bit of wash in each stroke cycle and just kind of lived with it. Maintaining a good body position for me is something I have to really stay on top of. Keeping the double rounded/hammock shaped back profile just doesn't seem to want to become instinctive so that's essentially all I think about with my backstroke. Keep my shape and get after it, really the face wash is more of a sign that I'm keeping myself oriented properly:/
I always get a bit of wash in each stroke cycle and just kind of lived with it. Maintaining a good body position for me is something I have to really stay on top of. Keeping the double rounded/hammock shaped back profile just doesn't seem to want to become instinctive so that's essentially all I think about with my backstroke. Keep my shape and get after it, really the face wash is more of a sign that I'm keeping myself oriented properly:/
