Many beginners are told that the way to learn breathing is to put their nose and mouth in a big bowl of water. I may have tried it once and didn't like it at all (granted my bowl was not very big ;)) and didn't think it could help learning breathing in swimming. Breathing in a bowl of water and breathing while swimming freestyle--when you are in continuous motion--are so different. So I wonder, did most of you learn breathing this way?
My pediatrician is from another country and never learned to swim. She's been asking me about learning as an adult but she has a fear of water. I think (with a much bigger bowl or in a bathtub) she might start out with some kind of trick like this to get used to the feeling of the water on her face. Baby steps, like Dr. Leo Marvin would say...
My pediatrician is from another country and never learned to swim. She's been asking me about learning as an adult but she has a fear of water. I think (with a much bigger bowl or in a bathtub) she might start out with some kind of trick like this to get used to the feeling of the water on her face. Baby steps, like Dr. Leo Marvin would say...
