Hi,
I feel having more and more oxygen debt as doing more and more flip turn when swimming continuously. There must be something wrong with my technique, like badly timing the last breath before turn and staying too deep and long off the wall. How can you cope with this lack of air problem?
Thanks and regards!
I run into this a lot of times. Try to relax as much as you can, concentrate on doing a quality flip turn and then on the breakout - you can slowly add things like the SDK, and the finer points as you get more comfortable. Lately at the end of a practice I will do a short set of 20 flip turn/breakouts. Starting about mid-pool I will sprint to the wall, turn, try 4 SDK off the wall and not breath until I have completed at least one stroke and stop - wash, rinse , repeat. I'll start slow and increase my speed for the last 5. If you read Ande's tips - he says a lot about creating habits and how eventually you automatically do something. It's all about creating good habits . It seems to work well. However, like Alexander said, the timing of the breath before the turn can make or break it.
I run into this a lot of times. Try to relax as much as you can, concentrate on doing a quality flip turn and then on the breakout - you can slowly add things like the SDK, and the finer points as you get more comfortable. Lately at the end of a practice I will do a short set of 20 flip turn/breakouts. Starting about mid-pool I will sprint to the wall, turn, try 4 SDK off the wall and not breath until I have completed at least one stroke and stop - wash, rinse , repeat. I'll start slow and increase my speed for the last 5. If you read Ande's tips - he says a lot about creating habits and how eventually you automatically do something. It's all about creating good habits . It seems to work well. However, like Alexander said, the timing of the breath before the turn can make or break it.
