Often when I make the approach for a flip turn I'm out of breath and take a last gasp before the turn. I blow bubbles as I rotate and during push off. After this short amount of time and blowing bubbles, I'm desperate for air and can't glide very far from the wall before taking a breath. How does one learn breath control?
Thanks for the responses.
I think I'm having trouble keeping aerobic. My breathing never seems to satisfy my need for air. Did an experiment today. During the *** stroke I exhaled one stroke longer than usual. This forced my lungs to be very empty when I inhaled. I felt like I got more meaningful air.
Am I on the right track?
Originally posted by breastroker
It is important that swimmers (esp. asthmatics) learn to belly breathe.
I was flipping through a Tai Chi book, and they emphasize the point about belly breathing.
"If you do not breathe correctly, you cannot move correctly. Breathe." - Chun, Remo Williams
Gareth is right again. I never swim or caoch about the inhale, other than coaching a belly breath.
In the water I focus the swimmers on the exhale, the inhale is always a sneaky fast breath.
It is important that swimmers (esp. asthmatics) learn to belly breathe. It needs to be taught out of the water. To fully fill the lungs, the ribs can be expanded only so far, but the abdomen can be expanded much more by breathing deep and watching the belly expand.
For asthmatics, that is the secret to getting enough air.:D
Now where is Tom for a good belly laugh:confused:
Where I goof myself up is holding my abs tight and trying to belly breathe at the same time.
I can do one or the other really well, both is going to take practice practice practice.
Speaking of practice, I think I'm slowly startin to get the hang of the breaststroke kick. Still not a lot fo propulsion, but at least I can do a few laps of kick without trying to revert to the wide kick, and every now and then I hit a good one, where I move forward with klittle mroeforce... comparatively speaking.
Few more years, and I'll get the hang of it ;)
I once read something that made me realize how important getting all the air out was. Take a deep breath and breathe out 3/4 of it; now without exhaling the 1/4 that is left in your lungs, take another deep breath just like the first. Kinda uncomfortable isn't it? Who can swim with that uncomfortable feeling in their chest?
Originally posted by sparx35
I USED TO HAVE SAME PROB...WHAT I LEARNED WAS TO COMPLETELY EXHALE BEFORE RE..INHALING..SOUNDS SIMPLE,but to give out that last gasp of air before re ..inhaling is frightening at times..it takes a lot of personal FAITH, if you like, to do this.I still get the same prob from time to time..
faith, and damn good sense of timing.
I have faith, but manage to goof up my timing about half the times.
