choking

i have been swimming all my life competitive, triathlon and now masters, over the past few months i have choked whilst swimming, usually fly or brst, on one occasion the lifeguard had to help me...i am not terrified of swimming strokes other than free...i also coach so have changed sessions to suit just free does anyone else do this or is there an underlying condition We are all older, slower and fatter my friend! I found when I first started back swimming after 15 years (this was just last year) that I was taking in some water from time to time with my air, even choked myself a few times. I suspect its because of what I mentioned at the beginning. It will sort itself out. Depending on how much/often you are in the water will determine how quick you get past it. Also, are you swimming in a big group? Alone? Open Water?....sometimes WAKE/WAVES happen, and you eat one. Try working on some different breathing techniques (depending on stroke)....breathing a fraction earlier or later in the stroke, rolling the hips/torso more on free, etc. Breathing for me (and holding my breathe on flip turns) was the hardest things for me to relearn when I started back swimming.

i have been swimming all my life competitive, triathlon and now masters, over the past few months i have choked whilst swimming, usually fly or brst, on one occasion the lifeguard had to help me...i am not terrified of swimming strokes other than free...i also coach so have changed sessions to suit just free does anyone else do this or is there an underlying condition We are all older, slower and fatter my friend! I found when I first started back swimming after 15 years (this was just last year) that I was taking in some water from time to time with my air, even choked myself a few times. I suspect its because of what I mentioned at the beginning. It will sort itself out. Depending on how much/often you are in the water will determine how quick you get past it. Also, are you swimming in a big group? Alone? Open Water?....sometimes WAKE/WAVES happen, and you eat one. Try working on some different breathing techniques (depending on stroke)....breathing a fraction earlier or later in the stroke, rolling the hips/torso more on free, etc. Breathing for me (and holding my breathe on flip turns) was the hardest things for me to relearn when I started back swimming.