Is there a "beginners" forum?? Not necessarily inside of this one, but anywhere out there in the e-swim world that you guys can recommend? You guys are really nice and helpful and I want to continue to be able to post here. I just would like to communicate with some more beginners like myself, if that's possible.
Thanks,
Mark
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The biggest thing I found to help with breathing is to stop everything else and focus just on breathing. Stand in the shallow end and pretend to swim. Do everything you would normally do except move forward. Keep your head down, and practice just rolling it to the side, inhale, turn it back, exhale, until you've got it down. It's a good skill to practice in the bathtub too...and then you don't have to worry about people watching you if you're self concious.
Good Luck!
The biggest thing I found to help with breathing is to stop everything else and focus just on breathing. Stand in the shallow end and pretend to swim. Do everything you would normally do except move forward. Keep your head down, and practice just rolling it to the side, inhale, turn it back, exhale, until you've got it down. It's a good skill to practice in the bathtub too...and then you don't have to worry about people watching you if you're self concious.
Good Luck!
