Hi, I'd like to be able to swim. Right now I can freestyle 4 lengths of a 25 yard pool before I'm completely exhausted. I'm not fast either. Clearly I'm doing it wrong.
1. First of all, I breathe on only one side. I've tried the rotary breathing but not only does breathing on the other side feel awkward, I run out of air quickly and feel I'm drowning.
2. When I run out of air my body becomes all stiff and my legs sag. No matter how hard I try calming myself I can't get over the drowning sensation.
3. My legs do very little to propel me forward. I've used a board and a pull float and found that it takes almost twice as long for me to swim a lap with just my legs as compared to just my arms. Both are pretty slow.
4. I feel I have buoyancy issues. I cannot dead-float in a pool but I can do it in the ocean.
5. Last but not the least, I have allergy related asthma. I have a fleeting suspicion that chlorine triggers it.
Please help me swim. Thanks in advance for your help.
Give yourself time to build up your endurance, speed and overall swimming ability. It took me a month to get my swimming lungs built up. If you keep trying and be patient with yourself you will find it does get easier and you will get better.
You didn't say if you have a coach or not, if not you might want to work with one for a while so that you can work on proper body position, and learn how to make your swimming more efficient.
Give yourself time to build up your endurance, speed and overall swimming ability. It took me a month to get my swimming lungs built up. If you keep trying and be patient with yourself you will find it does get easier and you will get better.
You didn't say if you have a coach or not, if not you might want to work with one for a while so that you can work on proper body position, and learn how to make your swimming more efficient.
