i am 26 yrs old and never learnt swimming .. i have recently joined swimming class ..infact i hv just finished one class ... here i was taught the basic of swimming one of which is to keep ur feet above water and kick the water using ur feet .... i just cudnt do it ... i used to get it whn the instructor held me but cud never do it well on my own ...i weigh around 100 lb ... there were 2 other people in my group much older to me ... however they managed to do it real well ... i am really disappointed with myself and discouraged .. do you think i will ever be able to do that ... i cant even practice on my own in my community pool as thr is no1 to guide me ... how can i keep the feet above water ?? every time i try to do it my feet automatically goes down and i am noe able to float ... is thr any trick to do this .. pls help ...
George, I know what you mean, but I have coaches tell me the reason people have trouble with the breathing is because they don't exhale all their air out into the water, so when they turn to breathe, they end up exhaling, before inhaling, and therefore disrupt the timing. This also leaves more CO2 in the lunges, and leads to the breathlessness feeling that many new swimmers get. Does that make sense?
And I guess my description does sound like I mean go under and blow out hard, but that isn't what I meant((come on read my mind). It is true it is a slower exhaling, not a forceful exhaling, like breathing out underwater. For a newbie, this is a hard concept because breathing out naturally underwater is not a comfortable feeling. Again, observing a skilled swimmer underwater is a good way to see this.
One thing to note, I know several swimmers who have asthma. When doing breathe control swims of breathing every 5, or 7 or 9, they cannot do the slow controled exhale. They actually hold their breath until last couple strokes and then exhale it out. They have found with their asthma, this helps them not have breathing difficulties.
The slow controled exhale is especially helpful to learn for turns. There is no way I would have been able to learn a flip turn until I learned to breathe out in a controled way.
George, I know what you mean, but I have coaches tell me the reason people have trouble with the breathing is because they don't exhale all their air out into the water, so when they turn to breathe, they end up exhaling, before inhaling, and therefore disrupt the timing. This also leaves more CO2 in the lunges, and leads to the breathlessness feeling that many new swimmers get. Does that make sense?
And I guess my description does sound like I mean go under and blow out hard, but that isn't what I meant((come on read my mind). It is true it is a slower exhaling, not a forceful exhaling, like breathing out underwater. For a newbie, this is a hard concept because breathing out naturally underwater is not a comfortable feeling. Again, observing a skilled swimmer underwater is a good way to see this.
One thing to note, I know several swimmers who have asthma. When doing breathe control swims of breathing every 5, or 7 or 9, they cannot do the slow controled exhale. They actually hold their breath until last couple strokes and then exhale it out. They have found with their asthma, this helps them not have breathing difficulties.
The slow controled exhale is especially helpful to learn for turns. There is no way I would have been able to learn a flip turn until I learned to breathe out in a controled way.
