GoSwim Gold
Print this entrySwimming Question of the Week - May 13, 2009
Without seeing this person swim... what technique advice would you give a novice swimmer who is complaining of getting all "burpy" when swimming?
Responses
|
Not sure where this one is going but I would get him to breathe out completely in the water and practice lots of breathing drills early in the stroke to avoid taking in water (at least I think that's what I'd look for) |
|
|
I'd tell him to stop using Root Beer in his water bottle. |
|
|
I did have those problem - stop sucking too much air in!!! |
|
|
Haha, Glenn, that was a good one! |
|
|
16*25 on the :40
|
|
|
the extra air should go out an other exit!!! |
|
|
Now THAT'S funny Juliet! |
|
|
My dad said he came across one swimmer who had also to much air....when he was as an official this swimmer let the air go at the starting signal......!!!! |
|
|
Muchos ejercicios de respiracion asi como tecnica de lo estilos de natacion lo mas coordinado posible. |
|
|
Juan is saying "Lots of breathing work, as well as technique work for all strokes using the best coordination possible." (Meaning maybe learning to exhale completely but relaxed into the water, and then combining that kind of relaxed breathing with all strokes?) I would also wonder what the swimmer ate/drank before practice. |
|
|
If this is a constant situation, then it's probably that he or she is swallowing too much water. I would ask the swimmer if he or she is fully extending his or her arm for the pull. If the arm is pulled out of the water early, rather than completing its natural course toward the knee eventually, water from the arm is pushed into the mouth. If that is not the answer, I would ask if he or she is tilting on his or her axis a bit during the breath. If the answer is no, then I would explain that from a looking down position, a head can only turn 90 degrees in either direction. Thus, without lifting the shoulder a bit, one's mouth is bound to be half in the water during a breath. If that is still not the answer, I would ask whether he or she is exhaling and inhaling during the breathing phase rather than just exhaling underwater and only inhaling for the breathing phase. There's not enough time to breathe out and breathe in for the breath, so he or she may be sucking in some water because the inhale doesn't finish until the face starts to turn back toward a face down position. If none of those are the answer, then the person is likely more inexperienced than the average novice and is likely hyperventilating in the water out of fear. If even that is wrong, then, I'd really have to spend some time thinking about it. Perhaps he or she needs to wait until 30 minutes after a meal before swimming? |
|
|
Hi, Sean
|
GW
Glenn Mills
sprinter
Juliette
juan
Please The Pool
- Articles
- Motivational Articles
- Pic of the Week
- Question of the Week
- Set of the Week
- Go Swim With Us
- Bios
- Links
More
Underwater Tag Cloud
1650 Aaron Peirsol active drag active recoveryswimming aerobic endurance age-group Amanda Beard anchoring android Android app ascending sendoffs backstroke balance beach reading bilateral breathing birthday swim blueseventy Body Shape bodyline brain training breakout breaststroke breath control breathing Brendan Hansen broken swims butterfly catch challenge set coaches coaching combat side stroke competition crossover turn Cullen Jones Cullen JonesKarlyn Pipes-Neilsen cycle rate Dave Denniston descend set distance per cycle distance training dive dolphin dolphin kick DragSox Drills dryland DVD efficiency eggbeater kick Endless Pools Eric Shanteau Eric Vendt etiquette EVF fatigue feel Finis finish fins fist drill flip turn flip turns flutter kick Fran Crippen freestyle gallop stroke goals goswimtv.com hand entry hand exit head position heart rate hybrid IM inner strength iPhone app Jason Lezak Jeff Rouse Jessica Hardy Kaitlin Sandeno Kara Lynn Joyce Karlyn Pipes-Neilsen Kevin Clements kick kids learn-to-swim long axis strokes loping Margaret Hoelzer masters medball Michael Phelps middle distance Misty Hyman mobile video monofin neural Olympics one-hour swim open turns open water Over training pace pace clock paddles paralympics parents passive drag propulsion pull pulling pulse rates pushoffs pyramid questiontaper race specific training racing recovery relay starts resisted swimming rhythm Robert Margalis Roland Schoeman Roque Santos rotation Sara McLarty science Scott Tucker sculling SEALs shoulders sighting snorkel speed work sprint Staciana Stitts Starts stations Steve Haufler straight arm recovery streaming streamline stretch cord stretching stroke count stroke rate subscription support swim across america swim camps swim fun swim technique swim training swim video swimming Swimming Golf swimming music Swimsense swimsuit taper teaching Tempo Trainer tether timing training Triathlon tuck turn Turns underwater dolpin underwater pull Vasa water poloswimming water temp weights work to rest ratioWho is GoSwim?
We are a group of swimmers who swim really fast, and like to help others learn how to reach their competitive potential in the area of professional swimming.