Hello all of you,
this is my first post here and I wanted some help. The problem is that I can't properly swim the front crawl. I can just a little bit, but I get tired too quickly, I move really slow and I don't know how to properly breathe during front crawl.
But I can swim the back crawl good enough in my opinion and I prefer the back crawl to front crawl much more. But it seems to me that only women swim the back crawl (I'm a 16-year old boy). And is it a shame that I can only swim the back crawl and not front crawl. And because I can't swim the front crawl, I don't want to go to the beach in summer to swim and don't want to go to the swimming pools in winter. My mother always kinda bullies me if I say that I don't want to go to the beach or swimming pools by saying that I can't swim.
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I think at some point in there you're going to need to inhale! Maybe you meant to say anytime your nose is in the water?
Haha, the easiest way to think of breathing while swimming is a 2 part sequence. This is what is explained if you ever go scuba diving.
At all times you should be inhaling, or exhaling. While your face is in the water you should exhale a steady stream. If you are in the breathing part of your stroke (freestyle, *** stroke, and butterfly) take a quick deep breath. For backstroke the way I've heard it taught is to inhale during recovery of your dominant arm, and exhale during the push phase.
As far as learning to swim, the swim lessons are the best bet. The Water Safety Instructors in most cases have experience swimming competitively and can teach you everything from basic floats all the way up to competition techniques like flip turns.
Take it one step at a time, and try not to get frustrated. All you can do from this point is get better :) If you have any specific questions toss me a PM I'd be more than happy to give whatever pointers I can.
I think at some point in there you're going to need to inhale! Maybe you meant to say anytime your nose is in the water?
Haha, the easiest way to think of breathing while swimming is a 2 part sequence. This is what is explained if you ever go scuba diving.
At all times you should be inhaling, or exhaling. While your face is in the water you should exhale a steady stream. If you are in the breathing part of your stroke (freestyle, *** stroke, and butterfly) take a quick deep breath. For backstroke the way I've heard it taught is to inhale during recovery of your dominant arm, and exhale during the push phase.
As far as learning to swim, the swim lessons are the best bet. The Water Safety Instructors in most cases have experience swimming competitively and can teach you everything from basic floats all the way up to competition techniques like flip turns.
Take it one step at a time, and try not to get frustrated. All you can do from this point is get better :) If you have any specific questions toss me a PM I'd be more than happy to give whatever pointers I can.
