Yuck! No matter how hard I try to avoid it I can't keep from drinking pool water when I breath during freestyle. I breath on both sides although I'm much more natural at breathing on the left side (I'm right handed). Is it common for anyone else to drink pool water? How can I avoid this during salt water swims? I try to focus on rotating my body for each arm pull; am I not rotating enough?
Also, how many yards are in a mile? How many laps in a mile? If you push off the wall hard and glide for a three or four body lengths, do you subtract this distance when calculating yardage?
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Hey Jason,
Go with what Ed said - if the left is easier then why fight it, of copurse breathing to the right side can be helpful especially in open water swims and as a drill to help balance your stroke (I am right handed and breath to my left side).
In regards to why the 1650 - my money would be on converting to the metric system (the usual standard is 1 meter is equal to 1.1 yards so 1500 meters would be 1650 yards - in track and field it is a 1600m which would be 1 mile or 1760 yards and since they can pretty much put a start and finish line wherever they want they can run odd distances).
Jeff
Hey Jason,
Go with what Ed said - if the left is easier then why fight it, of copurse breathing to the right side can be helpful especially in open water swims and as a drill to help balance your stroke (I am right handed and breath to my left side).
In regards to why the 1650 - my money would be on converting to the metric system (the usual standard is 1 meter is equal to 1.1 yards so 1500 meters would be 1650 yards - in track and field it is a 1600m which would be 1 mile or 1760 yards and since they can pretty much put a start and finish line wherever they want they can run odd distances).
Jeff
