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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Thanks! I like these technique discussions and will practice what you said. =)
Switching to breathing every 3 strokes was merely intended to develop and balance my stroke technique. When it comes to some level, I agree varying breathing pattern is one way to go, although in practice this hybrid method sometimes mess up my rhythm.
Some elite swimmers, like Phelps, tend to dig deeper when pushing off the wall, which I heard is to avoid the turbulence near the surface. That requires quite a capability to tolerate hypoxic, and at least to me at this moment it is not always comfortable. Off the wall, I can do 3~5 or sometimes even more dolphin kicks if I am not concerned about oxygen, but limit to slight 1~2 if I hope to swim longer distance and feel more easy.
By "positioning my upper body closer to the surface", I actually meant tumbling a little more angle before planting my feet on the wall, but not "before pushing off the wall" as what I said. I have the impression that if I don't keep this in mind, more often than not, my head is pointing slightly to the bottom of the pool and I will go off a little deep underwater and delay my breaking out.
Thanks! I like these technique discussions and will practice what you said. =)
Switching to breathing every 3 strokes was merely intended to develop and balance my stroke technique. When it comes to some level, I agree varying breathing pattern is one way to go, although in practice this hybrid method sometimes mess up my rhythm.
Some elite swimmers, like Phelps, tend to dig deeper when pushing off the wall, which I heard is to avoid the turbulence near the surface. That requires quite a capability to tolerate hypoxic, and at least to me at this moment it is not always comfortable. Off the wall, I can do 3~5 or sometimes even more dolphin kicks if I am not concerned about oxygen, but limit to slight 1~2 if I hope to swim longer distance and feel more easy.
By "positioning my upper body closer to the surface", I actually meant tumbling a little more angle before planting my feet on the wall, but not "before pushing off the wall" as what I said. I have the impression that if I don't keep this in mind, more often than not, my head is pointing slightly to the bottom of the pool and I will go off a little deep underwater and delay my breaking out.
