Can anyone give any advice on breathing during freestyle (read on...)?
Question:I'm basically a better than average swimmer and I'm used to doing breaststroke. When I learnt freestyle I got into the habit of breathing on my right, never on my left.
Yes I know that is bad for the shoulders but if I try to breath on my left water gets into my ears, into my mouth, and I keep sinking even if I maintain kicking.
I'm ok at breathing on my right. Nothing happens. But if I do it on my left I get to almost drowning state. Can anyone give some advice?
(and yes I'm practicing 5 days/ week and I know I am going to get better in time but I want to know what I can do to improve my breathing)
Answers:
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If you watch other people swim you can usually see that there arms enter the water differently if they take a breath or not. If you have a nice relaxed stroke when you breath on your right. I'll bet you are changing your right arm stroke when you try and breath on your left. You are probably pulling yourself underwater with your right arm. Have someone go underwater and check it out for you. Also doing catch up drills breathing on each side can really help. Many breast strokers don't roll enough while swimming freestyle. Have your coach or a good swimmer watch you. They should watch your hand entry, your pull and your roll to make sure you are even on both sides.jsut keep breathing on your right.. i do that.. im just so used to it
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Listen to your coach. Try breathing every third stroke. Left, Right, Left breath.Right, left, right breath. This is the way I learned. try turning your head while standing in shallow water. put your face in the water and turn your head to the right then take a breath, put your face back in the water for a couple of seconds to simulate swimming and then turn your head up to the left and take a breath. keep doing this untill you build up your breathing technique and try it swimming. it will take some getting used to, but if you do it in shallow water while standing maybe you won't feel like your drowning, and you'll be able to do it swimming.More Questions & Answers...