I taught myself bilateral/rotational breathing before I had a coach, and even so noticed that my speed picked up. I couldn't believe it, it felt so slow and awkward at first, but the pace clock said faster every time.
With a coach: single-arm drills.
Back to me: I use the good side to inform the worse side how things should feel. Sometimes in the middle of a length of single-arm drills on the new side I will stroke once on the old side as a quick check.
I have 20 years of one-sided breathing to get over, but it's happening. Bilateral breathing also (in my case) has improved the roll, the core action, and several other things, and it simply releases me from the tether of one-sided breathing. Instead of 2, 4, 6, etc. I can breathe in any combination. :agree:
I won't be competing with Phelps, so it's OK if he does it differently.
VB
I taught myself bilateral/rotational breathing before I had a coach, and even so noticed that my speed picked up. I couldn't believe it, it felt so slow and awkward at first, but the pace clock said faster every time.
With a coach: single-arm drills.
Back to me: I use the good side to inform the worse side how things should feel. Sometimes in the middle of a length of single-arm drills on the new side I will stroke once on the old side as a quick check.
I have 20 years of one-sided breathing to get over, but it's happening. Bilateral breathing also (in my case) has improved the roll, the core action, and several other things, and it simply releases me from the tether of one-sided breathing. Instead of 2, 4, 6, etc. I can breathe in any combination. :agree:
I won't be competing with Phelps, so it's OK if he does it differently.
VB
