I have finally learned the concept that no matter how I move in the water - it will support me. I know how to float both on my back and stomach. I'm at the stage whereas I am just getting myself to be comfortable in deeper water. Now, yesterday as I was floating on my back some water got into my nose and I was wondering why. When I submerge my face in the water for minutes at the time no water ever got in my nose. Are nose clips only used for the back crawl or something? Do you need them when you're doing things that does not require you to be on your back?
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I've been a proponent for nose clips for a long time. It was back in '85 that I found them essential gear for the pool I was swimming in, for the same reason as Paul.
I don't usually wear them now, because the pool I swim in is clean and outdoors. But if you look at the good backstrokers out there, they are all learning to close off their nose with their upper lip when they come off the wall. They are underwater so long that the air loss through their nose is significant.
But . . . it is *not* very attractive. *MUCH* less attractive than nose clips would be. ;)
I've been a proponent for nose clips for a long time. It was back in '85 that I found them essential gear for the pool I was swimming in, for the same reason as Paul.
I don't usually wear them now, because the pool I swim in is clean and outdoors. But if you look at the good backstrokers out there, they are all learning to close off their nose with their upper lip when they come off the wall. They are underwater so long that the air loss through their nose is significant.
But . . . it is *not* very attractive. *MUCH* less attractive than nose clips would be. ;)
