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.
Agree about the lessons--nothing like hands-on instruction. If you feel self-conscious being in a class, you might want to look into a few private lessons.
As for backstroke being just for women, Ryan Lochte, gold medalist in Beijing in the 200 backstroke, would take issue with that.
That said, why not invest some time/money into lessons so you can learn the stroke you really want to master.
Good luck!
blow AIR out of your nose anytime it is out of the water . This will help a lot !
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?
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 see a lot of people at public beaches trying to swim, and most of them need to 1) get goggles if they don't have them and 2) put their faces in the water during freestyle rather than trying to do the exhausting 'water polo' style of head-up freestyle. Is this what you're trying to do?
Orca, thanks for bringing that up. It made me remember, learning to swim as a kid, exhaling slowly through the nose whenever your face is submerged definitely helps.
Basically I know how do the breathing but I'm scared or I just can't do it. And the swimming lesson in our nearest swimming pool are only for little kids. I went there when I was 13.
