You see I swim real good in a pool. Follow the black line, hit the T and do a flip.
In the lake or the ocean - I completely lose it all. It is a different world. I can't swim straight and it is pitch black when you got your face in the water. I am at a loss. Yes, I tried following everyone else but that has not turned out real great not to mention some of them get lost. I try to mark the target points but still can't swim straight to them.
Is there something I need to do to work on. It is hell of a lot harder swimming like that than in a pool.
I would focus more on learning english grammar than swimming.
On a more constructive note, just try practising outdoor swimming more. It's a lot different to being in a pool. Try sighting on landmarks to your side as you breathe (the sun's always a good one). Practise doing a stroke with your head out of the water every now and then to sight as well.
You could always try swimming in the pool with your eyes closed - for short distances only obviously !! And preferably when the pool isn't too busy. By the sounds of it you may have an asymmetric/inconsistent stroke, causing you to pull one way or the other. Some stroke drills should help this, better yet joining a club and getting a coach to help. Its amazing how much someone outside can see you are doing wrong stroke-wise. Getting a friend to video you might even be enough. G "Robert" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]...
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Hi Folks
My handicap is the swim.
You see I swim real good in a pool. Follow the black line, hit the T and
do
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a flip.
In the lake or the ocean - I completely lose it all. It is a different world. I can't swim straight and it is pitch black when you got your face
in
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the water. I am at a loss. Yes, I tried following everyone else but that
has
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not turned out real great not to mention some of them get lost. I try to mark the target points but still can't swim straight to them.
Is there something I need to do to work on. It is hell of a lot harder swimming like that than in a pool.
You could always try swimming in the pool with your eyes closed - for short distances only obviously !! And preferably when the pool isn't too busy. By the sounds of it you may have an asymmetric/inconsistent stroke, causing you to pull one way or the other. Some stroke drills should help this, better yet joining a club and getting a coach to help. Its amazing how much someone outside can see you are doing wrong stroke-wise. Getting a friend to video you might even be enough. G "Robert" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]...
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Hi Folks
My handicap is the swim.
You see I swim real good in a pool. Follow the black line, hit the T and
do
Quoted message said:
a flip.
In the lake or the ocean - I completely lose it all. It is a different world. I can't swim straight and it is pitch black when you got your face
in
Quoted message said:
the water. I am at a loss. Yes, I tried following everyone else but that
has
Quoted message said:
not turned out real great not to mention some of them get lost. I try to mark the target points but still can't swim straight to them.
Is there something I need to do to work on. It is hell of a lot harder swimming like that than in a pool.
Thank in advance
I suggest you also learn to breath bi-laterally. Because most people always breath on one side, they develop strokes that are asymetrical. If your right arm strokes differently from your left, you will probably veer left or right, particularly if one arm is stronger than the other and fatigue sets in. There are other advantages of bilateral breathing, but going straight in open water is one of them.
In the lake or the ocean - I completely lose it all. It is a different world. I can't swim straight and it is pitch black when you got your face
in
Quoted message said:
the water. I am at a loss. Yes, I tried following everyone else but that
has
Quoted message said:
not turned out real great not to mention some of them get lost. I try to mark the target points but still can't swim straight to them.
Is there something I need to do to work on. It is hell of a lot harder swimming like that than in a pool.
Thank in advance
I suggest you also learn to breath bi-laterally. Because most people always breath on one side, they develop strokes that are asymetrical. If your right arm strokes differently from your left, you will probably veer left or right, particularly if one arm is stronger than the other and fatigue sets in. There are other advantages of bilateral breathing, but going straight in open water is one of them.
So in swimming, you have to be "bi" to be straight?
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I'd just love to "dress" for the race; I've been trying for years find a way to mount Look pedal cleats on my six-inch spiked heels Eric
This past summer, at the last race of a local mountain bike series, the guys in the expert class desided to do the race in drag. It is pretty humbling to get lapped by a guy on a single speed bike wearing a full length crushed velvet dress.
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