I do not know if this expression (float dead) it is well undertood in English, and may be the fact that I can not "float dead" is kind of ridiculous for some of you (for me too), but even when I have been master swimming for over 13 years now (practicing 6 days a week), and I have participated in many open water meets in my life, and some of them I have wan at my edge group (35-39).... even so I still can not play as float dead (face up) with my body, neither in a pool or on the sea.
I can do it with a pull buoy in my ancles but with out it, my feet just sink.
My both children can float dead easily since they were little (4 years old) and I show them how to do it, but I can´t, is it not funny?
Anyone have a tip?:confused:
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Thanks to all of you for your replays.
Many things confort me now:
- I can ask a question related to water and get good replays in this forum.
- I have some new ideas to try on my problem.
- there are other swimmers out there that have the same problem than me, this is because even when I know that in my team many people can not float as I, I think it is just because they do not relax good enough, I do relax and I even stay calm untill my feet get to the bottom of the pool, but after 80 seconds of holding the air I just realice I am not going to float in that position, I am going to try tomorrow morning what Susan is saying.;)
I do not have much fat in my body but I neither want to follow Ande´s advise this time, I think more on what Susan is saying because one thing I can do related to floating is to float face down, but I can do this for less than 90 seconds because then I run out of air.
Thanks again to all:)
Thanks to all of you for your replays.
Many things confort me now:
- I can ask a question related to water and get good replays in this forum.
- I have some new ideas to try on my problem.
- there are other swimmers out there that have the same problem than me, this is because even when I know that in my team many people can not float as I, I think it is just because they do not relax good enough, I do relax and I even stay calm untill my feet get to the bottom of the pool, but after 80 seconds of holding the air I just realice I am not going to float in that position, I am going to try tomorrow morning what Susan is saying.;)
I do not have much fat in my body but I neither want to follow Ande´s advise this time, I think more on what Susan is saying because one thing I can do related to floating is to float face down, but I can do this for less than 90 seconds because then I run out of air.
Thanks again to all:)
