Hi,
My post is bit descriptive as I am a newbie.
As I mentioned in my previous post, I just started learning swimming at the age of 35. By mistake I took 5 classes on continuous days and bailed out in the last class of embarrassment that I couldn't do what my instructor taught new.swimmingforums.com/.../sad.gifnew.swimmingforums.com/.../sad.gif
But, I just found later in a day when I went to practise that I am able to backfloat, then started moving my arms, I started moving and started using my legs also. After 3-4 days of practice I am able to Backstroke (both arms synchrnoized), able to finish my laps comfortably with the same style.
Now I am trying to add the conventional backstroke (using alternative arms), I am finding it difficult. I am not able to move in a straight line and water gets into my nose.. legs also sink ..
Is it normal when you are starting this stroke, but I see it improves for 3-4 meters again goes bad, again works for 2 more meters again bad...
Feeling bit down whether it is not for me. My idea is to swim the way I comfortable and then train for front crawl ( I love leisure *** stroke)...
Try this:
http://www.totalimmersion.net/
Using everything at my disposal, including coach, book, videos, and a long swimming experience, it took me a month to "learn" the correct body position, motion, and preliminaries of the arm-hand exchange adequately to make the maneuver I was executing look a little bit like backstroke.
The one-on-one coaching was most critical. Best to know what you are aiming for!
:wave:
VB
Thanks for the suggestion. You are right, one week is too early to guess.
After typing my initial post, I went ahead to the pool to see that I am able backstroke with alternative arms far better than before. I am going to keep on trying.. trying.. trying... no matter even if it takes a month.
Once I am comfortable in some stroke, I will switch to the front crawl training.
Thanks again.
Planning one another one-on-one session next month (this time only weekend class so that I get some time to practise).
Hopefully, before the next one on one session, I would've got myself reasonably doing a regular backcrawl.
Kicking is critical in backstroke to keep you upright and going, so keep working on the kick.
Get a coach for one-on-one, a few lessons at least.
Read the drills in Terry Laughlin's Total Immersion book for getting a better body position in the water for backstroke, which is very important.
Look at some backstroke video demos on YouTube, goswim.tv, swim-city.com.
Good luck!
VB
PS: It takes time! One week is way too little time to judge.
