Better balance

[cjsmith]

20 lengths? 22 lengths? I lost track.

I'm definitely getting better at keeping my hips up and my head down. Another few swims and I'll start focusing on a better kick. I'm also no longer worried about being booted out of the medium-speed lane.

CRAWL STROKE people: I know breathing is done by rotating the head sideways. Do you also do anything to look forward, to see where you're going? Do you instead look only at your distance from the wall or from the lane boundary, so you don't veer? If the latter, is bumping into the end wall a surprise?

Comments

[dizzdvl.livejournal.com]

When you get good at it you might consider taking a breath every other stroke. I always tended to look at the bottom of the pool but slightly forward. Not at the wall ahead but the floor.

[cjsmith.livejournal.com]

You look down through the goggles, then? Clearly I've got to start looking through the water.

Yeah, I might manage the every-other thing with practice. (Or, if I'm really REALLY good, every one and a half -- left side, pause, right side...)

[dizzdvl.livejournal.com]

I used to like watching the air bubbles on my nails. It looked really neat flowing across my hand. I just kind of looked around and even watched the other people. It gets easier.

[cjsmith.livejournal.com]

Oooo, nifty waterflowy bubbly stuff to watch!