Swimming - Freestyle - Vary Your Breathing

By learning to breathe on both sides, you will have a more balanced stroke and better alignment. If your right side is just as strong and fluent as your left side, you'll swim in a more direct line down the pool or in open water.

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[zebraxman]

i breathe right in one length and left the other length...in practice and competition. is that bad????

[goswim098]

@zebraxman Nope... whatever works. Also, your ability to breathe to both sides can help in a competition cause you'll be able to see the people you're racing... so make sure you don't always look to just one side.

[rafffel451973]

i swim for a year now, and already 35, wish i had discovered this great miracle earlier in life. xx

[nicep3rson]

wow, they swim very fast, i love swimming ^^ i can swim all the time. swimming is such a great sport. I think it's useful for everybody to have good health. enjoy you!

[poolrattie]

these videos are great for all of us who who do not have access to a coach.. I have the same problem as Mistress of Mirth... too long away from the water and of course breathe still on one side...the catch is difficult too...still very slow but the technique is getting there ...so,will practise and practise...swimming is the best all around sport! ( even if you are small and lean).

[witewolf88]

I find that unilateral breathing can help you go longer distances while conserving more energy due to the more frequent breathing. Although you might develop a "gallop", it really is just personal preference

[cfhasib]

@rafffel451973

Now send this video to 24 friends in 2 days, else ur mother will die out of cancer.

[MistressOfMirth]

I'm almost 60 y.o. and right side breather. Anyone out there in my age group start bi lateral breathing? How long until you became proficient?? I need encouragement. Still drowning.

[ssri]

I actually learned this by myself earlier as a matter of necessity since I had left shoulder problems from breathing solely from my right side and over-rotating my hand entry into the water, though probably the latter contributed more than the former. Anyways, correcting the latter and learning how to breathe from both sides greatly reduced my left shoulder pain where it is pretty much non-existent today.

[xKittenKissesx]

Me too! It's so annoying.

[georgeofbob]

No no, just keep breathing the water it get really easy after a few mins. heheh

Ya suck in water ...sucks!?? finish your exhale with force as you come out of thw water.