Try to keep eye under the surface.
Close the eye that will be out of the water if you see anything but water with the other eye (that will be in the water) you’re doing it wring.
Easiest thing to correct with this drill. You get instant feedback.
Works best if you reboot breathing one side, but w/ a little concentration you can apply it to different breathing patterns.
Work on tucking your chin and turning your head.
If your rotating your body properly, you shouldn’t need to turn your head all that much for a breath to begin with. You also have to accept the fact that some water will go in your mouth in the process and you have to spit it out when exhaling. As mentioned, if you head is tucked, it creates a small “pocket” to breath in from the wake off your head. IF your head is up, you present your mouth more to the water.
As always timing is important and you have to complete your breath prior to you arm coming back over and the shoulders rolling the opposite way. You can breath in and out a little faster if you can breath through your nose and mouth at the same time. That also makes breathing when cycling and running easier as well.
One eye in and one eye out when breathing,
Ear on your arm when you breathe, literally.
Stick drill with a 3 pound weight instead of a stick, doesn’t allow you push down on your extended arm and lift your head.
Side kick drill, left arm straight down the pool laying on your side and kick. Feel the position of your head/face and the pocket of air it creates.
For me it was swimming with fins that really helped.
Swimming with fins provided the extra boost in speed that created a bigger trough for me to learn how to breath from. I then transferred this to swimming without fins.
The extra speed also created a bigger bow wave, this meant if I lift my head the trough for rapidly fill and I’ll get a mouth of water. So I learned not to lift my head from this.
Master the “Popeye” exhale
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hold a tennis ball under your chin
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What was said above, plus exhale all air out under water, so when you do turn, it is a quick inhale.
Your breathing to early you should start your breath once your recovery arm is out in front of you ready to catch. Then you will stay stream line and breath in through you recovery arm and then follow your head back into the water with the recovery head.
Basically your breathing to early so your hips drop without having an extended arm in front of your body. Practice slow, it’s not a catch up drill it’s a timing drill you need don’t try your head early.
Single arm drill with opposite hand clenched in a fist, pinched between chin and chest
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Make a fist with left hand and put under chin (pinky towards chin) and squeeze down to pinch against chest. This forces you to look to the bottom of the pool. Swim single arm with right side. When you breath to the right keep the fist locked between chin and chest promoting proper body roll to breath.
You just do. There is no overthinking in swimming.
There’s no answer to this question except for: you need to swim more.
I 95% agree with you, though the one skill taht can be learned is breathing. And most of the time breathing issues are exhales issues, not inhale issues.
Here is a shot in the dark, I have seen it before so maybe this is your problem: when you stroke with your dominant hand, your right, you exhale properly because you are trying to get taht extra umph with the pull. This leads to proper breathing to the non-dominant side. So Are your exhales equal on both sides?
Most of the time an awkward head angle is the result of the body saying hey we need more air…
Does anyone find it easier to do a one-eye out of water breath with a slightly forward head position looking more forward, as opposed to the face-down head position?
oops, that should be the Popeye inhale
Master the “Popeye” exhale
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if only coaching paid like banking
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Kevin, could you describe the “stick drill” please?