Alright, im new to this site, Im not a usual swimmer but i recently got in the pool and feel in love. I quickly made friends at the local pool on-base. Im a United States Marine with hopes and dreams in Becoming a Reconnaissaince Marine. In other words Marines with Gills. They are like the SEAL's from the Navy and Pararescue from the Air Force. The guys at the pool quickly tought me how to swim "the right way" cross-over and *** stroke as well as the Side-stroke and other technics. i go to the pool everyday. My biggest problem is dealing with the underwater 25 meter swim. To become a Recon Marine i have to accomplish the following....
1) 500 meter swim with out touching the floor in under 17min.
2) 30 min. tread
3) Deep end Rifle retreaval and then treading water for 5 sec.
4) 5 min. water float by using trousers as floating devise
5) 25 Meter underwater swim (my problem)
I have no problem with any of the others but the 25 meter kills me only because i feel like my lungs are going to explode. is there any tips of any kind out there that can prepare me for my "indoc" or evaluation to see if im sea worthy and serve as a Recon Marine. Thanks for hearing me out. :banana:
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Question what stroke are you doing underwater?
Streamline flutter kick with *** stroke pull?
Streamline dolphin kick w/ *** stroke pull?
Streamline dolphin kick only?
Streamline flutter kick only?
*** stroke pull and kick?
Just a guess, but a bad stroke can slow you down and wear you out.
If your *** stroke kick is more like a scissor kick, you wont' be going any where fast.
After you get a good stroke technique, then it's a lot of practice, practice, practice
I can go a little more than half way in at 25 yard pool. Streamline dolphin kicking then adding a *** stroke pull after reaching the half way mark. But I can go farther doing a streamline dolphin kick after a back stroke start or turn, than I can doing a dolphin kick after a freestyle flip turn - working on that.
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Former Member
Question what stroke are you doing underwater?
Streamline flutter kick with *** stroke pull?
Streamline dolphin kick w/ *** stroke pull?
Streamline dolphin kick only?
Streamline flutter kick only?
*** stroke pull and kick?
Just a guess, but a bad stroke can slow you down and wear you out.
If your *** stroke kick is more like a scissor kick, you wont' be going any where fast.
After you get a good stroke technique, then it's a lot of practice, practice, practice
I can go a little more than half way in at 25 yard pool. Streamline dolphin kicking then adding a *** stroke pull after reaching the half way mark. But I can go farther doing a streamline dolphin kick after a back stroke start or turn, than I can doing a dolphin kick after a freestyle flip turn - working on that.
