Head postion in Freestyle single stroke unilateral swimming
Former Member
I have been through all the “head postion” threads in this forums but could not trace anything to a confusion I would like to clear. If a person is breathing every stroke from the same side in freestyle, when after taking a breath, the body (hips and shoulders) twists to the other side(under the water as this is not bilateral swimming), would not the head also tilt towards the other side with the hips and shoulders or is one supposed to keep the head straight down. For instance, If I am breathing on the right at every stroke, when I tilt towards the left underwater after taking a breath, would not the head(under the water) also tilt towards the left with hips and shoulders to maintain the streamline position or is it that when I twist my hips and shoulders towards the left, the head should stare down which is normally recommended(assuming that I will take a breath again on the right)?From what I know the head and shoulders have to rotate symmetrically both ways to reduce drag. Should it not be likewise for the head for this kind of swimming(Unilateral swimming I presume- bilateral does not suit me currently).
For What It's Worth, :) what has helped me the last few swims is when I roll to the right (my 'normal' non-breathing side), I ensure that I see my left arm bicep (that's the upper arm, right?), AND, behind it, the black line on the pool bottom (IOW, I line them up). I feel that this way, I know that I'm looking down, not off toward the right. OR put another way, I center my left arm bicep with the black line.
Today I was doing more bilateral breathing, so on the times when I would roll to the left but NOT breathe, I tried doing the same thing with my right arm (center upper arm on the line) -- seemed to work OK.
For What It's Worth, :) what has helped me the last few swims is when I roll to the right (my 'normal' non-breathing side), I ensure that I see my left arm bicep (that's the upper arm, right?), AND, behind it, the black line on the pool bottom (IOW, I line them up). I feel that this way, I know that I'm looking down, not off toward the right. OR put another way, I center my left arm bicep with the black line.
Today I was doing more bilateral breathing, so on the times when I would roll to the left but NOT breathe, I tried doing the same thing with my right arm (center upper arm on the line) -- seemed to work OK.
