"oscargrouch" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:<[email hidden]>...
Quoted message said:i can only breathe to the right
the left side of my body is tighter than the right from this, as my left arm works harder and more
precisely from putting and holding my body in the breathing position...my left arm also gets tired
faster than my right
i also breathe every two strokes...not that i need to, but every 4 strokes is too long in
between...obviously, i would ideally breathe every third stroke...the trouble is that i can't
breathe to the left...i'm just totally spaztik at it, especially once i get my breathing and
heart rate up
how can i learn to breathe to the left as easily as to the right?
(btw, i'm right handed)
I don't think you have a problem.
But you may want to try and give more body-assist to your left arm pull. I swim the same way you do
but my left arm rarely gets tired. That's because it's deep in the water with big rotation to the
left side. As you rotate back to the right, you've got a lot of potential power in that motion
which you can use to pull your arm up and back. Most elites will bend their elbow midway through
this phase as well. Think about initiating the pull on the left side by driving your right hip down
into the water. The left arm comes along for the ride to a certain extent, and therefore is not
overly taxed.
If you're determined, I would suggest breathing left side during warm-up, drill sets, and cooldown.
But it won't necessarily make you any faster, because it's not directly helping your swimming style.
Eric
