Freestyle turn breathing & dolphins

Thanks. I was feeling bad about breathing first stroke in the longer distances, so I'm glad to hear some of you do, too. For me, it seems like a tradeoff between the oxygen required for the dolphins and the loss of streamline in the breath. Right now, I feel like I gain more from dolphins than I lose by taking the breath. I'll keep working on it at practice. Tough to break the first breath habit, though. My brain seems to get programmed to the amount of time it has between breaths, and any variation sends it into some kind of weird "We're Dying Here From Lack of Oxygen, You Twit, And Now You Will Be Severely Punished For Neglecting To Breathe When You Had The Chance" mode that can screw up the remainder of the length. I usually breathe on 3 unless sprinting; I'll try mixing it up a little and see if that helps.

Thanks. I was feeling bad about breathing first stroke in the longer distances, so I'm glad to hear some of you do, too. For me, it seems like a tradeoff between the oxygen required for the dolphins and the loss of streamline in the breath. Right now, I feel like I gain more from dolphins than I lose by taking the breath. I'll keep working on it at practice. Tough to break the first breath habit, though. My brain seems to get programmed to the amount of time it has between breaths, and any variation sends it into some kind of weird "We're Dying Here From Lack of Oxygen, You Twit, And Now You Will Be Severely Punished For Neglecting To Breathe When You Had The Chance" mode that can screw up the remainder of the length. I usually breathe on 3 unless sprinting; I'll try mixing it up a little and see if that helps.