breathing

Franklin Mitchell said:

Looking for some advice, I'm 32 and learning how to swim, I love being in the water, I have a good
kick, good pull, can swim about a 1/3 of the pool on one breath.

1/3 of the length? width? How long is the pool?

Quoted message said:

My problem is turning and breathing. I have not gotten that down yet. Any suggestions on how to
put it all together?

Thanks for the feebback frank

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Quoted message said:

Looking for some advice, I'm 32 and learning how to swim, I love being in the water, I have a good
kick, good pull, can swim about a 1/3 of the pool on one breath. My problem is turning and
breathing. I have not gotten that down yet. Any suggestions on how to put it all together?

Thanks for the feebback frank

Hi Frank,

Try swimming with only one arm doing the stroking, keeping the other arm extended and as straight as
you can. Place your ear on the shoulder of the extended arm and every time the stroking arm exits
the water by your hip turn your head to look at the arm as it recovers and breath. Use one arm to
stroke on one length and the other on the next length, to make sure you can breath both sides and
don't get a lopsided stroke. When you turn to breath make sure your body turns to face the side of
the pool, this will allow you to breath easily as opposed to struggle to get your head out of the
water. It will also put you in a more streamlined position.

Make sure your stroking arm extends just beyond the extended arm before you start making your
next stroke.

After you feel confident doing this start stroking each arm alternately, breathing every stroke,
making sure your stroking hand meets the non-stroking hand before it begins it's stroke (called a
catch-up). When you're confident with that begin breathing every three strokes.

You'll have to practice the stroke before you feel confident.

Hope this helps

Wayne

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