Efficient Freestyle - Lesson 6 - How To Breathe Without That Sinking Feeling

To ensure you don't slow down when breathing we need to coordinate both the head and body movements at the same time. Get this timing wrong and swimming will always be harder than it could be.

Learning to swim without breathing is pretty simple and most people can pick up the main movements in only a few hours practice.

But everything changes when you have to turn your head to breathe!

This whole series of drills have been progressively building up to help you breathe without slowing down.

First you need to have good balance to reduce drag.
   • Efficient Freestyle - Lesson 1 - Redu...  

Then you need to have enough body rotation so that you can turn your neck and breathe without your head lifting up.
   • Efficient Freestyle -  Lesson 2 - Red...  

Adding the arm stroke makes this much more complicated, so next you need to be able to consistently hit a balanced and streamline body position with each stroke.
   • Efficient Freestyle - Lesson 4 - Hit ...  

Once you can do that reliably, then it's time to start moving your head. This comes in 2 parts.

Part 1 - Struggling To Breathe? Try This Drill
   • Efficient Freestyle - Lesson 5 - Brea...  

Part 2 - How To Breathe Without Sinking (This Video)
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These are the key drills we use in all our courses. Regardless of where you are on your swimming journey the fundamentals never change.

Reduce Drag = Use Less Effort = Swim Faster

Now, head to the pool and Swim Smart!

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