I am still having a time trying to get my breathing right while swimming. I think I may be on the right track, but I'm not sure. Yesterday, I swam the whole lane (25m) without stopping. I inhaled before starting and then breathed real hard out my nose and that allowed me to not get any water caught in my mouth. When I try to inhale and blow water through my mouth it seems that something goes wrong and I feel like I am going to choke. Any suggestions?
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this is what I did... with kickboard and fins... hold onto the bottom of the board and stretch your arms out in front of you... put your face in the water between you arms... kick six times, turn your head to the right and breathe, face back in the water blowing bubbles, kick six times, turn your head to the left and breathe... remember to turn your ear to the bottom of the pool, just go slowly. Once you can breathe every six kicks you might want to increase the number of kicks to 8, then 10 and so on... this not only helps with learning to breathe on alternating sides it helps build up endurance. When you feel really comfortable turning your head try adding the stroke then. Its not easy to coordinate all these movements when you first start learning. In fact, the purpose of drills is to isolate one part of the whole stroke in order to practice just that part.
this is what I did... with kickboard and fins... hold onto the bottom of the board and stretch your arms out in front of you... put your face in the water between you arms... kick six times, turn your head to the right and breathe, face back in the water blowing bubbles, kick six times, turn your head to the left and breathe... remember to turn your ear to the bottom of the pool, just go slowly. Once you can breathe every six kicks you might want to increase the number of kicks to 8, then 10 and so on... this not only helps with learning to breathe on alternating sides it helps build up endurance. When you feel really comfortable turning your head try adding the stroke then. Its not easy to coordinate all these movements when you first start learning. In fact, the purpose of drills is to isolate one part of the whole stroke in order to practice just that part.
