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Swimming Advice: your questions
Question: I need to find a pair of swimming goggles which do not leave red marks? Which would you recommend? I am a regular in-door pool swimmer. Thanks
Swimming Without Stress Says: Have a look at the link below. This new goggle has only just come out and we're impressed with it. It is different from anything we've seen before and is working for myself and Cheryl, and people we've tried it with who've suffered with panda eyes from all other goggles we've tried with them.http://shop.swimmingwithoutstress.co.uk/sws/swimming-goggles/zoggs-ultima-air-latex-free-swimming-goggles.shtml |
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| Question: I wondered if you would be able to tell me how on earth you go from swimming in a prone position to standing up again? People talk about putting feet on floor, bending legs, raising your head and pushing back with arms: do these movements have to be done individually in any particular order or simultaneously? Best wishes, Geraldine
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'I am fnding it very difficult to stand up in the water when I stop swimming, even though I am doing what my instructor tells me and trying to put one leg or two legs up to my chest - they just won't seem to go up and go all over the place instead! Why is this? It is easier in the shallow water. I am having 1-1 lessons as I have aquaphobia. This is spoiling it for me as I then get 'stuck' in the water until my instructor helps me. Many thanks.''Jane
Swimming Without Stress Says: It's all about direction, rotating in order to land instead of trying to stand. The answer is in the question - you're trying to 'stand up'. Keep the floor in view - that's where you want to go : back from where you came, back to the ground. Keep looking at the floor, watch your knees come forward and your feet touch the floor. In shallow water practise bringing your feet further forward before putting them on the floor. Otherwise, you'll continue to try and get your feet down too early, and to stand before you've got your balance. The key to the whole thing is really giving the head to the water, absolutely letting it go, letting it sink. If you really let yourself sink (focusing on the head) you'll experience the support of the water and be able to regain your feet. It's a kind of capitulation that's required. Give yourself to the water and you'll be ok.
Have a look at our you tube clips. Find the Swimwithoutstress channelSee the following 2 in particular: 'Learning to swim with attention to head and neck'and 'The Glide'
Or come on our residential course and we'll get you doing it beautifully!
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Question: When you're doing front crawl: the leading arm when you turn to breathe, mine goes down and my face then goes down and I can't take breath properly and I take in water, how best to fix that?
Swimming Without Stress Says: The arm goes down because you lift your head. Think of keeping the same mass of head in the water all the time, and roll like a pig on a spit. Really point the crown of your head and your arm where you want to go - think about this over and above getting air in. |
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Question: I can only breathe on one side when I am swimming front crawl. Does this matter? I am getting conflicting advice!!! Also I don't swim breast stroke often as I suffer from backache generally but when I do I like to swim 2 strokes under the water then breathe but I am told I should breathe with each stroke but that means I strain my neck.
Swimming Without Stress Says: I think if you're one sided as most of us are, there's nothing wrong with breathing to one side. Bilateral breathing, in my view, if you're one-sided, isn't going to make your stroke more balanced, it's just going to cause strain when you turn to the 'b side'. This is my own experience and I don't think anything's going to change this. Anyone can breathe bilaterally but to do it with a free neck is another matter! As for coming up on every second breast stroke, if it produces less strain for you, fine. I actually think that doing this can help you work on improving the coordination of your arms and legs. Remember to enjoy the glide between each stroke, looking at the floor. My book, Swimming without Stress, may be worth a read for you. And also have a look at our youtube channel, swimwithoutstress. |
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Question: In my swimming lesson we are told to breathe out jump in the air and touch the
bottom of the pool and swim back up.My problem is no matter how much air I breathe out I cannot get to the bottom of the pool as I always float back up
before Ii get to the bottom of the pool.Why is that?
Swimming Without Stress Says: You need to point the top of your head to the bottom of the pool, where you want
to go. If you're looking at the bottom (which you will be) then the top of your
head will be pointing to the other end of the pool not the bottom and that's why
you can't get down. |
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