I am trying to learn to breathe on both sides while doing freestyle. I have been breathing on the right side since I started swimming 20 yrs ago, and old habits are hard to break.. no matter how much I try I end up lifting my head way out of the water and/or swallowing water when I try to breathe on the left. Do any of you know any way I can learn to breathe on the left quickly? It will GREATLY improve my triathlon swimming.. it seems breathing on both sides provides a perfect interval between breaths and also allows better form as I would have to roll exactly the same way on both sides. It also allows better lateral vision so in open water I can stay on course easier. thanks for any advice you can provide.
Just want to let you know, John, that nothing in swimming is learned quickly. It takes time for you to consciously learn the drill, then allow your brain to subconsciously accept it. The shortest time it took for my body to learn something was four months. And I was working on the change every day.
But it can happen. I'm actually working on breathing on both sides for my freestyle races, and I'm in month two. Still not easy.
Just want to let you know, John, that nothing in swimming is learned quickly. It takes time for you to consciously learn the drill, then allow your brain to subconsciously accept it. The shortest time it took for my body to learn something was four months. And I was working on the change every day.
But it can happen. I'm actually working on breathing on both sides for my freestyle races, and I'm in month two. Still not easy.
