I was watching some of our Y's age group swimmers (average age about 12) yesterday with their coach doing some breaststroke timed 50s and noticed a few of them, when their heads popped up, not actually taking a breath--their mouths were closed. Their heads broke the surface with every pull and they certainly could have breathed, but didn't.
I have never seen this before and am wondering what the purpose of this is. Seems to me that if you have the clear chance to breathe--ya should! Anyone know why they wouldn't take a breath?
Thanks!
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The wierd thing was that their heads were coming out of the water with every stroke and they could have easily breathed had they opened their mouths and sucked in some air. All I can think of is that perhaps they were doing these sets purposely trying to not breathe???
The wierd thing was that their heads were coming out of the water with every stroke and they could have easily breathed had they opened their mouths and sucked in some air. All I can think of is that perhaps they were doing these sets purposely trying to not breathe???
