Breathing right will put you on your way to swimming right. Breathing while swimming is a lot different than breathing while running, biking, or doing any other form of exercise.
Last week I heard from many readers who had trouble establishing a breathing pattern while in the water, so I thought I? D address this surprisingly common problem, which seems to affect triathletes and non-swimmers who take up the sport. Swimming is the only sport I can think of during which there are moments you are unable to breathe even if you want to. By virtue of elementary stroke mechanics, you can only inhale when your face is not submerged underwater, and for most of you it should come as no surprise that the most efficient way to swim is, of course, when your face is in the water!
Swimming Stroke Drills - Part I. Swimming Stroke Drills - Part I by Bobbie Williams A lot of triathletes neglect doing stroke drills because they consider drills boring or not an efficient use of their time.
Breaststroke technique - legs. Breaststroke technique - arms. Butterfly Swimming Technique.