Searching everywhere and not finding much, I think I have an unusual breaststroke problem: I struggle to get my head out of the water for breathing, and then it drops down deep, so that on my next stroke I have to stuggle to get my head ... and round and round it goes.
Moreover, I read about swimmers having the opposite problem; their heads go too high! And indeed I've seen pictures of breaststrokers with their bodies out of the water down to their waists! I know it's bad form, but wow!
I can't even do a head-up breaststroke; my head just won't stay up.
Anyone else have/had this problem? Any suggestions?
I don't even understand what is supposed to bring the head up; where and when is the upward force being applied and by what?
Fighting for breath on every stroke is causing huge anxiety for me; I usually end up with water instead of air in my mouth and I have to abort the swim and have a coughing fit. It's a showstopper.
Alan
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Your Majesty,
A video would help.
Alas, the YMCA where I so-called "swim" has a strict no-photography-or-videography rule (although they just finished installing surveillance cameras in the building, thus breaking their own rule...interesting), so a video would have to wait for me to find a video-friendly pool.
The insweep action,along with recovering the feet at the same time should naturally raise your torso.
I didn't know the kick recovery is supposed to have that effect. I'll experiment with that, as well as consider the other suggestions you, tpost2 and mlabresh gave.
Thanks.
Alan
Your Majesty,
A video would help.
Alas, the YMCA where I so-called "swim" has a strict no-photography-or-videography rule (although they just finished installing surveillance cameras in the building, thus breaking their own rule...interesting), so a video would have to wait for me to find a video-friendly pool.
The insweep action,along with recovering the feet at the same time should naturally raise your torso.
I didn't know the kick recovery is supposed to have that effect. I'll experiment with that, as well as consider the other suggestions you, tpost2 and mlabresh gave.
Thanks.
Alan
