My coach is having us experiment by breathing every other stroke or every third stroke in *** stroke. I see why he thinks it could be faster, but I get extremely winded by doing only every other stroke and I can't imagine doing more than a 50 this way. He wants us to work up to being able to do a 200 breathing every third stroke and anything less, every fifth. If this truely is faster, why haven't we seen any Olympic swimmers doing this? What are your thoughts?
Thanks everyone. Your replies are pretty much what I had thought. I have asthma and air is really important as I can't hold in as much of it as I would like. I know the 200 is crazy for not breathing every stroke, but I wanted to see what others thought about the idea overall.
sjstuart - thanks for the links. I have not had a chance to read them yet, (busy day and just got home and 5 am practice tomorrow, I hope to read them tomorrow) but hope to tomorrow.
Thanks everyone. Your replies are pretty much what I had thought. I have asthma and air is really important as I can't hold in as much of it as I would like. I know the 200 is crazy for not breathing every stroke, but I wanted to see what others thought about the idea overall.
sjstuart - thanks for the links. I have not had a chance to read them yet, (busy day and just got home and 5 am practice tomorrow, I hope to read them tomorrow) but hope to tomorrow.
