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 took some lessons from a woman who swam for Wisconsin. She mentioned that her coach had changed her flip turn rotation to better match up with her first arm stroke, so there is evidently some school of thought about this. She didn't elaborate, and I didn't follow-up.
I was told by a coach that the first stroke after the turn should be taken with the arm closest to the bottom. I didn't change my turn rotation though, just changed which arm was taking the first stoke and by doing so it also made it easier to take at least 2 strokes before breathing after each turn (something else the coach was constantly emphasizing).
I took some lessons from a woman who swam for Wisconsin. She mentioned that her coach had changed her flip turn rotation to better match up with her first arm stroke, so there is evidently some school of thought about this. She didn't elaborate, and I didn't follow-up.
I was told by a coach that the first stroke after the turn should be taken with the arm closest to the bottom. I didn't change my turn rotation though, just changed which arm was taking the first stoke and by doing so it also made it easier to take at least 2 strokes before breathing after each turn (something else the coach was constantly emphasizing).
