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!
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I do a lot better when I breathe every stroke and take a quick breath going into the turn. Then I am in better shape to hold a decent streamline and get out of the turbulence before I start breathing again. My turnover rate is pretty slow so breathing every other stroke I just get too air-hungry.
We do some breath-control sets at practice and I can usually handle them but only if I completely sacrifice speed and swim very relaxed (pace slower than warmdown pace).
I do a lot better when I breathe every stroke and take a quick breath going into the turn. Then I am in better shape to hold a decent streamline and get out of the turbulence before I start breathing again. My turnover rate is pretty slow so breathing every other stroke I just get too air-hungry.
We do some breath-control sets at practice and I can usually handle them but only if I completely sacrifice speed and swim very relaxed (pace slower than warmdown pace).
