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!
if a nose clip is uncomfortable, try inserting a cocktail olive in each nostril. be sure to have the pimento side down (you may even want to remove the pimento completely). they are available in a variety of sizes... spanish olives seem to be the smallest and go all the way up to a jumbo "greek". you may find the selection daunting with olives now commonly stuffed with everything from cloves of garlic to almonds to blue cheese to jalapeno peppers.... avoid the jalapeno ones. also... make certain that they are packed in brine and not oil as the latter are quite slippery and will displace with the slightest exhalation pressure. when you're finished with your backstroke set, insert toothpick, pry out, and enjoy a tasty little snack!
if you practice enough you should be able to push just enough air out your nose to have the air bubble get trapped so no water can come in.
you can practice by standing on your hands in the pool and try to have your head as straight as you can. if you can't find a balance
then work on exhaling slower so you can go farther.
exhaling while on your back or your head being upside down, might also reduce the distance off the wall when turning. so if you can improve on keeping the air in, you might be able to increase that distance as well.
I did synchronized swimming for a co-ed show in highschool, even though us guys never got as good as the girls, none of us used a nose plug, and had no problems being upside down in the water.
Today I tried to put to use the suggestions so far, except for the nose clip. I am able to block off my sinuses with the back of my tongue, but I still get water in my nostrils and sinuses up to the back of my throat. Two hours later, as I am sitting at my desk, my left eat won't pop and I will probably wind up with an ear ache.
Is this normal?
Should I expect some level of discomfort when doing flipturns or kicking underwater while on your back if you do not exhale through your nostrils?
I feel like I have water in my head.
Remember the back flip turn? Those could fill up the sinuses well!
I actually find the back flip turn easier on my water-up-the-nose-syndrome.
Unfortunately I can only do it if arriving at the wall on my right arm. I breathe to the left and as I'm getting to the wall, I'll rotate onto my back, face in the air a good inhalation, a quick back flip blowing some air out the nose and I'm past the first 91 degrees (from on my back to facing down and a wee bit to the front when no water can enter the nose) very quickly. I find myself on my tummy, tucked up in ball and in position for a very powerful push-off.
I have trouble breathing (even on land, I can't take a full inhalation whenever I want to). And I can't always depend on arriving to the wall on my right arm. I'm trying now to get to breathe to my right. Once I can do this with confidence, I'll start practicing the back flip, arriving on my left arm and breathing to the right. But this just doesn't seem like it will be comfortable. I'm more at ease corkscrewing (my body) clockwise than counter-clockwise. It's like with running; some people find it easier to sprint the track counter-clockwise (the default in track events) while others are the opposite.
you can practice by standing on your hands in the pool and try to have your head as straight as you can.
If you can't find a balance then work on exhaling slower so you can go farther.
Exhaling while on your back or your head being upside down, might also reduce the distance off the wall when turning. So if you can improve on keeping the air in, you might be able to increase that distance as well.
Hmmm.... Rykno - very interesting control drill.
Gonna try it.
And then try it on some of the "cruiser lane" swimmers!
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