I was watching the duel in the pool USA v Australia and I have a question, Michael Phelps and many others seem to breath on only one side, I have heard many coaches advocate breathing on both sides for a more balanced stroke, Is it now just a preference or what? Just wondering.
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Here's a question I've been curious about on this subject: often when I breathe to the nondominant side (for me, the right), I notice that more water leaks into my goggles when doing so than when I breathe on the comfortable side. I usually have to stop and adjust my goggles to make sure they're tight after even just a hundred or so yards of bilateral breathing. That is less noticable if breathing to the left side only. But I can't see why the goggles would take in more water on one side than the other--and why wouldn't this be the case for left side breathing?
You must twist your face or squint or do something different when you breathe on your off side that causes your goggles to leak. Try another, different, pair of goggles.
I'm sure when I breathe on my off side I probably grimace :(
Here's a question I've been curious about on this subject: often when I breathe to the nondominant side (for me, the right), I notice that more water leaks into my goggles when doing so than when I breathe on the comfortable side. I usually have to stop and adjust my goggles to make sure they're tight after even just a hundred or so yards of bilateral breathing. That is less noticable if breathing to the left side only. But I can't see why the goggles would take in more water on one side than the other--and why wouldn't this be the case for left side breathing?
You must twist your face or squint or do something different when you breathe on your off side that causes your goggles to leak. Try another, different, pair of goggles.
I'm sure when I breathe on my off side I probably grimace :(
