Why does it seem that all freestyle swimmers breath to the right? I breath to the left but...yeah..
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When I was learning to swim, my swim instructor always made us take breaths every three strokes. Then, as I got into competitive swimming, my coach would make us breath every three strokes on distance meets.
I hated it then and still hate today. That's why it was comforting to see the Olympians NOT breathing every three strokes or breathing on both sides.
That said, on sprints I try not to take my first breath until I have to and then breathe every 4 strokes because I think when I breathe on my left I screw up my stroke more than not breathing. In distance swims though, I breathe every two strokes.
When I was learning to swim, my swim instructor always made us take breaths every three strokes. Then, as I got into competitive swimming, my coach would make us breath every three strokes on distance meets.
I hated it then and still hate today. That's why it was comforting to see the Olympians NOT breathing every three strokes or breathing on both sides.
That said, on sprints I try not to take my first breath until I have to and then breathe every 4 strokes because I think when I breathe on my left I screw up my stroke more than not breathing. In distance swims though, I breathe every two strokes.
