i know there has been a number of posts/threads on this topic and i did search the archives, but i still wanted to post this thread. ok, so i've been trying to learn freestyle since 2005, and i still haven't got the breathing right. this has been really frustrating for me. i practice almost every day on a pool that is about 5' 5'' deep at one end. i have done a lot of research-hours of youtubing and checking out swimfast dvds have resulted in nothing! i've invested about $200 into private lessons, with no significant output! my goal is very simple-to swim freestyle laps in a 25 yard pool; is that asking for too much? i'm not interested in the other difficult strokes! i think my problem lies in the fact that i don't breathe out air completely before breathing in! are there any drills to work on that? also, some swimmers say that breath out through your nose, and some say through your mouth-i'm confused! if anyone can help me out, i'd really appreciate it! i want to learn this thing, and as you can see, i don't want to give up! TIA!
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thanks, and i've heard about this as well. of all the instructors i've had over the past few years, i remember one of them telling me that if you blow out all the air, the moment you rotate and your mouth comes out of the water, you take in air spontaneously-it's not something that you do, it just happens! see, i think my problem out here is too much theory and no practice!! i know everything but i just don't end up utilizing/implementing those things!
Well, practice is really the key, and feeling comfortable in the water. How often do you swim?
thanks, and i've heard about this as well. of all the instructors i've had over the past few years, i remember one of them telling me that if you blow out all the air, the moment you rotate and your mouth comes out of the water, you take in air spontaneously-it's not something that you do, it just happens! see, i think my problem out here is too much theory and no practice!! i know everything but i just don't end up utilizing/implementing those things!
Well, practice is really the key, and feeling comfortable in the water. How often do you swim?
