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?
Not a bowl for me - we went into waist deep water and "talked to the fish" (blew bubbles out) and "listened to the fish" (turned to the side with one ear in the water). Guess this only works in a lake though.
That's a nice idea!
I learned when I was roughly 2-3, and wanted to swim very badly. La mere, quite experienced at fending off small children's demands, told me to put my face in the bathtub and blow bubbles. Which I did. For a year. Never had any problems with breathing during swimming, when I got to swimming.
The fishbowl idea seems roughly akin to tying one end of a rope around the closet door and the other around your neck and then jumping off, as a way to learn how to fly.
Not a bowl for me - we went into waist deep water and "talked to the fish" (blew bubbles out) and "listened to the fish" (turned to the side with one ear in the water). Guess this only works in a lake though.
That's a nice idea!
I learned when I was roughly 2-3, and wanted to swim very badly. La mere, quite experienced at fending off small children's demands, told me to put my face in the bathtub and blow bubbles. Which I did. For a year. Never had any problems with breathing during swimming, when I got to swimming.
The fishbowl idea seems roughly akin to tying one end of a rope around the closet door and the other around your neck and then jumping off, as a way to learn how to fly.
