Posted by sportsaddik on Feb 28 2010
Swimming can be a hard sport to learn if you’ve never been taught the very basics. One of the largest issues most beginners face is breathing in the freestyle stroke. Even for veterans of the sport, breathing can be a nightmare if you don’t know the right technique and method for simple and effortless breathing in freestyle.
The prospect of swallowing water can stop people from learning swimming as it can all seem too hard after they’ve given it a shot three or four times. If you are having breathing problems in your swimming, don’t despair. There is an simple solution which can be implemented straight away. Here I will outline the three keys to overcoming breathing problems in swimming.
1. Breathing out
The most vital aspect of breathing technique is the breath out. The reason most swimmers choke on water is because they blow out all of their air too early or too late. The swimmer should breath to the side of the recovery arm (the arm which is out of the water) and take a huge breath of air. As the head enters the water, start blowing a small amount of air out of both the nose and the mouth. Continue doing this until just before you take your next breath. As you go to breath again let all your air out quickly through your nose and mouth just before you take that next breath. Remember that last sentence and your breathing problems should be fixed.
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Posted by sportsaddik on Jan 30 2010
How to Swim – The Five Keys to Perfect Swimming Technique
Most of us are taught that to become a better swimmer we must train harder and train for longer. This was right 20 years ago when not a fantastic deal was understood about how we go in the water. The reality is swimmers of all abilities (especially beginners) need to focus on the right technique more than anything else. Thrashing out lap after lap doesn’t make a person quicker. The key is in reducing the amount of drag. This is where huge leaps of improvement are found.
Here is a list of five tips to help you swim like an Olympian:
Don’t train to get fit, train to achieve perfect technique: Everyone must start out by first getting technique right, and then progressing on to improving fitness. If you’re focus isn’t on swimming with right technique from the beginning, any training you do will not help you for the long-term.
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Posted by sportsaddik on Jan 25 2010
The 3 Unbeatable Steps on How to Swim Quicker
Swimming without improvement can leave you frustrated and annoyed. Often swimmers will skip training, lose motivation and stop training altogether if they don’t see an improvement in their speed, endurance and fitness. There are three simple steps which can help you with how to swim and continually see improvements in your times and speed.
1. Swim to improve technique, not to get fitter – As contrary as it sounds, the more you focus on how to swim with right technique and less on improving your fitness the more improvement you will ultimately see. Fitness is vital in swimming, but it comes as a result of swimming with right technique. A mistake which many swimmers make is they train as hard as they can until their stroke breaks down and their technique goes ‘out the window’ so the speak. If you are wondering how to swim and see constant improvement, swim to master your technique rather than become fitter.
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