Hello everyone,
New guy here and fairly new to proper swimming (as in swimming with correct technique)
I have an instructor who is great and I've been taking lesson's for about four months now. I'm struggling with all strokes unfortunately but the one stroke giving me the most difficulty is freestyle :bitching:
Here are my issues:
-Not enough rotation of the torso/pulling with lats
-I tend to stick my head out of the water rather than sideways when I come up for air
-When I come up for air, I lose whatever tempo I had with my legs and I start kicking faster
-I find it hard to keep my hips up whilst kicking
I'm having a hard time piecing all the elements together. Separately I can execute each component decently, but when I put it all together, my kicking feels scurried, I'm using all arms and not enough back, when I start running out of breath I panic, etc. and it makes for very messy swimming and lots of wasted energy.
Any advice/tips/help would be greatly appreciated!
Thank you both for the reply!
@scyfreestyler, my instructor tells me a lot of things. She says my issues are partly due to the fact that I'm really tight in the chest area so I'm not pulling effectively which in turn is effecting my rotation. Also my tendancy to stick my head out of the water rather than rotate my head is causing my lower body to sink.
I have used both a pull buoy as well as a kickboard to isolate kicking and stroking and I'm fairly decent at doing both separately but when I go to combine them, everything falls apart and I lose whatever form/technique I was utilizing when the movements were separate. I definitely need to work on my head placement, perhaps it's just more time with the buoy until I get the upper body movements down perfectly.
@Elaine, I could definitely use some video footage of my swimming. I'll see what I can do! At the moment, all strokes are challenging but freestyle is definitely the hardest!
Thank you both for the reply!
@scyfreestyler, my instructor tells me a lot of things. She says my issues are partly due to the fact that I'm really tight in the chest area so I'm not pulling effectively which in turn is effecting my rotation. Also my tendancy to stick my head out of the water rather than rotate my head is causing my lower body to sink.
I have used both a pull buoy as well as a kickboard to isolate kicking and stroking and I'm fairly decent at doing both separately but when I go to combine them, everything falls apart and I lose whatever form/technique I was utilizing when the movements were separate. I definitely need to work on my head placement, perhaps it's just more time with the buoy until I get the upper body movements down perfectly.
@Elaine, I could definitely use some video footage of my swimming. I'll see what I can do! At the moment, all strokes are challenging but freestyle is definitely the hardest!
