Sorry for the lengthy title, but I am looking for advice on how to improve my underwater dolphin kick on my back, without expelling all my breath out of my nose in order to keep water out of my nose.
In this video, the girl in the beginning is not expelling air out of her nose while kicking on her back. Then later, the guy does expel air out of his nose, but he must go about 10-15 yards underwater.
erg.goswim.tv/.../backstroke---underwater-dolphin---size.html
I only seem to be able to go 5, maybe 10 yards (with fresh lungs), but I always have to expel air out of my nose or else I get water in the brain.
Any advice on how I can not expel water out of my nose to conserve my breath and kick longer underwater?
Thanks!
Look. I can be wrong, for sure. But for example, today I talked to a guy, who is 187 cm tall and 120 kg, he is untrained, he does not swim regurarly, neither has he ever been a competitive or regular swimmer in his childhood. In summer he usually goes to the nearby lake and during the winter he goes to baths sometimes. He told me he started trying to be face-up underwater and equalize the pressure in the nose and he succeeded after 2 hours of practice. He also told me that how he did it was with the diaphragm. Like if you're constantly blowing bubbles out, and then suddenly stop the bubble stream with the diaphragm. (and not with the closing of the soft palate, neither the epiglottis)... He is not the only untrained person who could do this easily, there are tons of other people I've talked to. Like, non swimmers.
I also found a blog, blog.swimator.com/.../human-nose-clip-getting-water-up-my.html
I'm begging you to read the second method. I also contacted this guy on facebook and asked him because I've tried this method yet the water still flooded my nose. He told me that after you suck in a little water to the entrance of your nasal passages, you have to push a little air to equalize the pressure. This claim justifies the stocky, untrained guy mentioned before, who used his diaphragm to stop the bubble stream and the only way you can stop the bubble stream with your diaphragm is that you contract that muscle, and that is equal to the inhalation process.
That is why sucking little water into the entrance of the nasal passage works for a lot of people, as they instinctively push a little air somehow afterwards to equalize pressure. This is described as a natural human reflex by the two doctors.
Again, I am not trying to convince you about how it is NOT good to be full exhaling underwater face-up or wearing a nose clip or using the upper lip. No. I have never said those were WRONG and please accept that fact. But I also realized how you slated me without properly reading what I was trying to tell you. This is a forum swimming related and this is a swimming related issue. Even a swimming coach confirmed that this thing exists.
Look. I can be wrong, for sure. But for example, today I talked to a guy, who is 187 cm tall and 120 kg, he is untrained, he does not swim regurarly, neither has he ever been a competitive or regular swimmer in his childhood. In summer he usually goes to the nearby lake and during the winter he goes to baths sometimes. He told me he started trying to be face-up underwater and equalize the pressure in the nose and he succeeded after 2 hours of practice. He also told me that how he did it was with the diaphragm. Like if you're constantly blowing bubbles out, and then suddenly stop the bubble stream with the diaphragm. (and not with the closing of the soft palate, neither the epiglottis)... He is not the only untrained person who could do this easily, there are tons of other people I've talked to. Like, non swimmers.
I also found a blog, blog.swimator.com/.../human-nose-clip-getting-water-up-my.html
I'm begging you to read the second method. I also contacted this guy on facebook and asked him because I've tried this method yet the water still flooded my nose. He told me that after you suck in a little water to the entrance of your nasal passages, you have to push a little air to equalize the pressure. This claim justifies the stocky, untrained guy mentioned before, who used his diaphragm to stop the bubble stream and the only way you can stop the bubble stream with your diaphragm is that you contract that muscle, and that is equal to the inhalation process.
That is why sucking little water into the entrance of the nasal passage works for a lot of people, as they instinctively push a little air somehow afterwards to equalize pressure. This is described as a natural human reflex by the two doctors.
Again, I am not trying to convince you about how it is NOT good to be full exhaling underwater face-up or wearing a nose clip or using the upper lip. No. I have never said those were WRONG and please accept that fact. But I also realized how you slated me without properly reading what I was trying to tell you. This is a forum swimming related and this is a swimming related issue. Even a swimming coach confirmed that this thing exists.
