Hi all,
First of all, if there's already a thread concerning this issue, I would like to say sorry for opening an already existing topic, but also would like to ask the moderators to link me the topic discussing this, before closing this thread.
The thing I wanna learn is being face-up underwater without having water in my nose but also without releasing a bubble, using breath control. (not nose clips, not my lips, not anything else, I wanna do this with breath control)
I have been practising this a lot now. Yet still can't manage to do it. All my acquaintances who ever tried or practiced it and can do it say that it is easy and they didn't need to practice it for too long. I can do it vertically, btw. So no, before you say, I am not instinctively sucking in water.
What I start to think is that what prevents me from being able to do this is that I have adenoids. Most of the time I can barely breath through one of my nostrils, which makes an unbalance between the 2 nostrils and makes it impossible to even the pressure at the same time in both of them, resulting in flooding my nose in any way. I also realized that I can either blow very little bubbles, or stop my breathing out completely, but between the two, to apply a pressure which is enough to keep water out but not enough to release a bubble, is just impossible for me. There is a gap in the breathing out I cannot acquire. Even if I do, one of my nose gets flooded because of the give unevenity.
What makes me very sad is that all of my acquaintances who ever tried or practised this, could master it easily. I have been suffering with it now for so long.
But my fear is that with adenoid I won't be able to master this. Anyone any experiences on this one?
Any tips, suggestions on how to practice?
Thanks
Dear people who answered me. I thank you for your answers.
First of all, I am very sure that my friends can do it as I see it with my own eyes. Guys, who don't even go swimming regurarly, only 3 times a year. I am very sure that most of the viewers of this topic can do it too, because I really realized a common characteristic among the people who can do it: They do everything to keep it a secret from others. I think this is very selfish and arrogant, and jealous behaviour. I have ALWAYS helped people in my life in things I was better at. So from now on, I don't believe in "Life gives you back what you give to other people". Not even COACHES wanna talk to me about this... I am serious. Someone cursed me....
Secondly, I am not expecting remote help. I am very grateful to each and every one of you paying attention to my topic and replying, because not a single coach or diving instructor I approached took me seriously. I am just HOPING, that someone ever experienced similar things as me during their practice and would share with me their points of view in this forum. But no expectations.
I have tried with every single head position. Even tried tilting back my head simultaneously and slowly underwater. I have experimented in a lot of ways, like blowing powerful bubbles and stopping, or decreasing the strenght of the bubble stream. But what I realize is that water just slips in. I mean, a little bit of it, just slips in and it's already in my throat.
Varying the head position varies the water pressure as well, but those people who can do it, can do it in any head position. It looks like once you learn to balance in one position, you will be automatically able to balance in any other position... Like in this youtube video I'd you to show you. Here it says that once you get a touch of the "imaginary valve", you can control it anytime, anywhere.
It's like if someone learns how to whistle really fast, it isn't really skill, it's rather luck. Same goes for learning to ride a bicycle, etc.
Here's the link:
www.youtube.com/watch
In addition, if you like, you can freely type in the youtube search: "underwater face up challenge" and you'll see TONS of geek guys being able to go underwater face up, without any bubbles coming out of their nose (indicating that no water goes in, no air comes out)... When I asked them how they do that, they said they didn't know.
Believe me: My desperation wouldn't be so enormous, if there weren't so many people able to do this...
Dear people who answered me. I thank you for your answers.
First of all, I am very sure that my friends can do it as I see it with my own eyes. Guys, who don't even go swimming regurarly, only 3 times a year. I am very sure that most of the viewers of this topic can do it too, because I really realized a common characteristic among the people who can do it: They do everything to keep it a secret from others. I think this is very selfish and arrogant, and jealous behaviour. I have ALWAYS helped people in my life in things I was better at. So from now on, I don't believe in "Life gives you back what you give to other people". Not even COACHES wanna talk to me about this... I am serious. Someone cursed me....
Secondly, I am not expecting remote help. I am very grateful to each and every one of you paying attention to my topic and replying, because not a single coach or diving instructor I approached took me seriously. I am just HOPING, that someone ever experienced similar things as me during their practice and would share with me their points of view in this forum. But no expectations.
I have tried with every single head position. Even tried tilting back my head simultaneously and slowly underwater. I have experimented in a lot of ways, like blowing powerful bubbles and stopping, or decreasing the strenght of the bubble stream. But what I realize is that water just slips in. I mean, a little bit of it, just slips in and it's already in my throat.
Varying the head position varies the water pressure as well, but those people who can do it, can do it in any head position. It looks like once you learn to balance in one position, you will be automatically able to balance in any other position... Like in this youtube video I'd you to show you. Here it says that once you get a touch of the "imaginary valve", you can control it anytime, anywhere.
It's like if someone learns how to whistle really fast, it isn't really skill, it's rather luck. Same goes for learning to ride a bicycle, etc.
Here's the link:
www.youtube.com/watch
In addition, if you like, you can freely type in the youtube search: "underwater face up challenge" and you'll see TONS of geek guys being able to go underwater face up, without any bubbles coming out of their nose (indicating that no water goes in, no air comes out)... When I asked them how they do that, they said they didn't know.
Believe me: My desperation wouldn't be so enormous, if there weren't so many people able to do this...
