I passed an instructor at our pool today who was saying to some kids learning freestyle that if they are right handed, they will most likely breathe on the right side, and left handed people breathe on the left side. I don't know if I agree, so I want to get your poll results:
I'm right handed and I breathe most naturally on my right side.
I'm left handed and I breathe most naturally on my left side.
My handedness and my most natural breathing side are opposite
I am truly ambidextrous and breathe with equal comfort on both sides
I am one side dominant, but have trained my self to be a comfortable bilateral breather
I voted for right/ right, but over the last 8 years with my current masters team, have developed a really good left-side breathing skill. I tend to do a 3/2 breathing pattern these days, and for whatever reason, whenever it becomes 2/2, it tends to be left-side focused. For the shorter races, the few breaths I take are mostly to the right.
I will note that it feels like I get a stronger pull from my left arm, which I think makes sense from the right-side breathing, as that arm would be underwater holding me up at the surface while I breathe.
:dedhorse:
I voted for right/ right, but over the last 8 years with my current masters team, have developed a really good left-side breathing skill. I tend to do a 3/2 breathing pattern these days, and for whatever reason, whenever it becomes 2/2, it tends to be left-side focused. For the shorter races, the few breaths I take are mostly to the right.
I will note that it feels like I get a stronger pull from my left arm, which I think makes sense from the right-side breathing, as that arm would be underwater holding me up at the surface while I breathe.
:dedhorse:
