Hi, I'm a 42 year old man and learned free style swimming last year. Recently I started to use a pull buoy in hope to gain a better sense of proper body position. However I found it extremely challenging for me that I almost couldn't swim at all but rather drifting in the water.
I feel I couldn't rotate at all with a pull buoy between my thighs. Therefore I cannot get a proper catch and also I have difficulty turning to breathe ( sometimes I have to press water with a one arm in order to get my mouth above the surface of water).
Is it something I'm not doing this right? Or it's just my body not flexible enough and it will get better if I keep trying it?
Thanks.
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Recently I started to use a pull buoy in hope to gain a better sense of proper body position.
I'm not trying to be cute here, but maybe the whatever issues you have with your body position are what prevents you from using the pull buoy effectively.
Also, tell us a bit about your workouts. Yardage? Speed? Comfort in the water? Other stuff?
We don't know if you swim, say, 25 yards in a minute then need to rest before repeating 5 times and you're done, or, conversely, if you swim 5000 yards in an hour 4 times a week.
If there are other swimmers in your pool, maybe they could give you some tips.
Recently I started to use a pull buoy in hope to gain a better sense of proper body position.
I'm not trying to be cute here, but maybe the whatever issues you have with your body position are what prevents you from using the pull buoy effectively.
Also, tell us a bit about your workouts. Yardage? Speed? Comfort in the water? Other stuff?
We don't know if you swim, say, 25 yards in a minute then need to rest before repeating 5 times and you're done, or, conversely, if you swim 5000 yards in an hour 4 times a week.
If there are other swimmers in your pool, maybe they could give you some tips.
