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
In terms of switching the rotation of the flip turn, I think this would be even harder to do than becoming completely comfortable with bilateral breathing.
I agree and I think there are a couple reasons. One, most of us are used to circle swimming so we naturally turn in a way that facililtates moving to the other side of the lane. Two, we're used to taking the same number of strokes per length, hence we go into the turn with the same arm and that causes us to turn in a certain direction. When I come into a turn with the "wrong" arm it feels a little unnatural.
In terms of switching the rotation of the flip turn, I think this would be even harder to do than becoming completely comfortable with bilateral breathing.
I agree and I think there are a couple reasons. One, most of us are used to circle swimming so we naturally turn in a way that facililtates moving to the other side of the lane. Two, we're used to taking the same number of strokes per length, hence we go into the turn with the same arm and that causes us to turn in a certain direction. When I come into a turn with the "wrong" arm it feels a little unnatural.
