Today, for whatever reason, I made a focused effort to sight the end of the pool, albeit momentarily, during my breath. I think it helped me keep correct orientation and pitch thus helping my body dolphin. I think before I was just looking cross eyed into the water ahead and not really picking the end of the pool as the focus. It was cool seeing the wall "rapidly" approaching.
So my question is, should you not look at any discernable thing and zone out looking for the tee, or should you take a conscious peek at the wall on every breath to help keep body orientation?
What say you?
I received Phelps' book "No Limits - The Will To Succeed" as a Christmas gift. It's light reading but I enjoyed it. Anyway, he mentioned that he works on keeping his chin down in fly when he breathes. So he might be looking at the wall, but he's not raising his head any higher than it needs to be to breathe.
I received Phelps' book "No Limits - The Will To Succeed" as a Christmas gift. It's light reading but I enjoyed it. Anyway, he mentioned that he works on keeping his chin down in fly when he breathes. So he might be looking at the wall, but he's not raising his head any higher than it needs to be to breathe.
