Timing of taking a breath
Pat
differently, so I took some time to watch.
When I breathe on the left side, my left arm is back. His left elbow was
going past his nose when he turned his head to breathe. I first noticed
this because his right arm was moving normally, but to do the breathing, he
brought his left arm up straight overhead so that his arm was vertical while
he took a breath.
What I was wondering is, is this a new way to time the taking of a breath?
Am I doing it old-fashioned or something?
Pat in TX
Duncan Heenan
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internet, whether or not it means anything.
Steve Freides
When kids are first taught front crawl at my Y, it's called "big arms
and side breathing" and the "big arms" part means they're supposed to
get their hands way out of the water. Sometimes you see arms straight
up as a result.
I couldn't tell you where my hand/arm was when I breath - I roll my body
in one smooth motion, so that as I'm pulling left, I'm reaching forward
right and rotating to my left. As I then reach forward left, the
process runs more or less in reverse - I roll my body back to center, I
bring my left arm forward, and my face rolls back into the water.
Unless I'm in a hurry, there is no moment when I feel like I'm taking a
breath - I'm just relaxing and opening up to that side. Inhalation in
swimming, at least in non-competition swimming, ought to be a pretty
easy, unhurried thing. We teach the kids to blow bubbles under water
and that this obviously takes a little bit of muscular effort, and then
just to relax their bellies and let the air come in without trying to do
any more than that.
Not sure if that addresses what you saw or not.
-S-
Pat
>
> When kids are first taught front crawl at my Y, it's called "big arms
> and side breathing" and the "big arms" part means they're supposed to
> get their hands way out of the water. Sometimes you see arms straight
> up as a result.
>
> I couldn't tell you where my hand/arm was when I breath - I roll my
> body in one smooth motion, so that as I'm pulling left, I'm reaching
> forward right and rotating to my left. As I then reach forward left,
> the process runs more or less in reverse - I roll my body back to
> center, I bring my left arm forward, and my face rolls back into the
> water. Unless I'm in a hurry, there is no moment when I feel like I'm
> taking a breath - I'm just relaxing and opening up to that side.
> Inhalation in swimming, at least in non-competition swimming, ought
> to be a pretty easy, unhurried thing. We teach the kids to blow
> bubbles under water and that this obviously takes a little bit of
> muscular effort, and then just to relax their bellies and let the air
> come in without trying to do any more than that.
>
> Not sure if that addresses what you saw or not.
>
> -S-
Yesterday, I watched a swimmer who was pretty good (except for putting her
left hand in front of her right shoulder and vice versa when her finger tips
entered the water). She was breathing as her right arm came up out of the
water, not at the 12 o'clock high position.
I tried to teach my Granddaughter to swim the breastroke this summer, but I
could not get her to stop going so deep each time. She practically touched
the bottom of the pool in between breaths. I guess little kids just like to
go deep.
Pat in TX
MW Smith
You're both doing it wrong.
Pat
I have to say that my way, when I turn to the left as my left arm comes out
of the water, seems natural and lets me breathe without raising my head at
all. I just swivel it to the left to take a breath.
Pat in TX