I just started doing this this week and have already felt an improvement in my stroke. So I was just curious to know if anyone else breathes to the side on fly?
If you do, do you keep your head to the side, or do you flip back and forth between front and side? What advatages to you notice to side breathing as compared to front? How to you make adjustments for the arm you can't see?
If you don't, have you ever considered trying it? What advantages to you see in breathing to the front as compared to the side?
Just thought it would be interesting to find out about different peoples swimming styles.
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His comments are on p 167-168.
1) The range of motion of the neck is very limitted. therefore, the side-breathers must lift their heads further out of the water than forward breathers. The next paragraph he says that might be okay.
2) Side-breathers rotate their body to the side they are breathing on.
When I watch side-breathers, I notice that they tend to break the flow of their stroke for an extremely limited time. It is enough to cause drag though. They all tend to recover their arms & hands unevenly. It seems to me that they are beeaking some of the forward motion they have created.
His comments are on p 167-168.
1) The range of motion of the neck is very limitted. therefore, the side-breathers must lift their heads further out of the water than forward breathers. The next paragraph he says that might be okay.
2) Side-breathers rotate their body to the side they are breathing on.
When I watch side-breathers, I notice that they tend to break the flow of their stroke for an extremely limited time. It is enough to cause drag though. They all tend to recover their arms & hands unevenly. It seems to me that they are beeaking some of the forward motion they have created.
