Swimming anyone???

[nyquist2000]

I've been doing this to remind myself to breathe out fully when my head in the water. I still can't break the habit of breathing in and out at the same time. I do this in a 2-stroke - breathe - 4-stroke - breathe - 6 stroke - breathe - repeat.

Hi Xerref, I suggest you blow bubbles and do the counting in your heart. Making sure that the bubbles that you blow are continuous, consistent when your head is under the water and count.
So the steps goes like this.
1) Inhale fully while your head is out of water.
2) Submerge head, blow and do the counting 1-2-3 while blowing.
3) Head out of the water after counting 3
4) Go to step 1 and repeat.

Having successfully achieve the above step, Next try to blow and count 1-2-3-4-5 so you will realize you need to blow smaller and longer now.

Happy new year to all and have a good and blessed year ahead. Please take note that most of the public pool will be closed at 5pm on the second day of new year being 1st Feb 2014.

 

[BroadBear]

nyquist2000, I saw an earlier post by you regarding your TI coaching. Are you still conducting classes for TI swimming? I am interested

 

[nyquist2000]

Hi boardbear, yes. There are plenty of video on TI which u can view and observe.

Swimming is really about technique and have a better feel of water with your hand, arm. Learn sculling. Make whirlpool.... That is proven to show your good sculling skill.

 

[Frank121T]

Its really very intresting thread.

 

[nyquist2000]

In freestyle swimming, there is a relationship between the leg kicking and arm action. Both must sync with each other.
The arm action has a pull-push phase in the water. Watch more YouTube swimming and observe their arm and leg movement.

 

[Herbalist]

50 laps in a 50m swimming pool, Freestyle. What is an average and good timing?

 

[xerref]

50 laps in a 50m swimming pool, Freestyle. What is an average and good timing?

I assume you mean 1 lap = 2 lengths?
So 50 laps = 5km?

http://www.ask.com/question/what-is-considered-a-swimming-lap

FWIW, I can manage a continuous 3km in just over an hour. and I consider myself a slow swimmer.

 

[addict951]

Hallo ppl, dun always swim boring laps
those who are smooth wif breast and front crawl liao, pls learn the other 2 strokes

I am practising 200 and 400 IM! wooo
my idol ish Ryan Lochte

 

[kohpapa]

IM.. yes..can do...favourite is kick like dolphin

TI.. yes..can do....sweet spot..skating..under/upper/over zipper switch..ya.. swim like fish

Bilateral breathing technique.. yes..can do...breathe on both sides..like gills of fish

"dun always swim boring laps".. yes agreed..open water..can do..but..be careful of riptides..winds...sudden change in weather...jelly fish..fishing lines drifted by fishermen or boats... watch out for coconuts which drift from nowhere..make sure they don't suddenly pop from nowhere..and..ya..being "pulled" by underwater current..debris...wear coloured cap..for..nobody will be crazy to..swim..open water..

"manage a continuous 3km in just over an hour".. open water.. can do also..with supervision of course..somebody just need to spot for.. sh***s..

 

[nyquist2000]

50 laps in a 50m swimming pool, Freestyle. What is an average and good timing?

Here we are taking example of common popular group average timing not from elite or hardcore swimmer....
For sprint 50m... Average good timing is about 45 sec.
For long distance swim, 50m average good timing is 1min.

 

[tellim]

i swim freestyle 30 x 50metres under 33mins.

 

[enfayth]

try blowing out thru your nose under water and breathing in through your mouth above water. it works best for me.

 

[osirisx]

any tips for doing the backstroke flip turn? how many pulls from the flag?

I still can't perform my normal flip turn smoothly all the time, sometimes I tend to veer to the side when I kick off
not sure what's the problem

 

[addict951]

any tips for doing the backstroke flip turn? how many pulls from the flag?

I still can't perform my normal flip turn smoothly all the time, sometimes I tend to veer to the side when I kick off
not sure what's the problem

come i teach you
remb this bery important rule hokay
the moment you turn one last stroke of the arm you must turn at the wall liao
if you add 1 more stroke of the arm you'll be disqualified cos you're doing front crawl riao

See this video
Backstroke Turns & Finish - YouTube

 

[Symbol]

Yea counting works best.

 

[Herbalist]

Here we are taking example of common popular group average timing not from elite or hardcore swimmer....
For sprint 50m... Average good timing is about 45 sec.
For long distance swim, 50m average good timing is 1min.

looks like i am way off, i am currently doing 50m x 50 at about 65min. I need to pace myself better...

 

[alfcrazyhorse]

Anyone knows whether the new Aquatic Pool at the Kallang Sports hub will be open to public use when there's no competition? Really don't mind trying it out. Will it be under the SSC?

 

[bbbbbw]

Swim breaststroke for leisure 10 laps each time.
Now with active SG credits given by govt, can use it to book badminton courts too

 

[kohpapa]

yap..MyActiveSWIM™ Adult Unlimited (Monthly) : Every day for 1 month – unlimited access to all ActiveSG swimming complexes. For ActiveSG members aged 18 – 54...got this one..

yap..fortnightly open water swim at ECP..weekend morning mostly.. shoik.. 2-2.5m tide..unlimited swim.. practice what learned in pool.. to open water.. need to work on bilateral breathing on left side.. weaker.. and arms rotation..weaker on left side..improvement.. now can see "better" on left.. runners/cyclists/strollers..weekend picnic crowd..oh..fishermen.. yesterday.. got few.. boo and shoo me away.. aiya.. disturb their fishing lah..and watch out for their fishing lines.. got to "butt"erFLY stroke..to avoid entanglement...300m non-stop..and a break ..U-turn 300m non-stop..now with stronger right bilateral breathing.. every "sighting" is better and very cool.. wah..got see kids waving..or..did they see and warn.."fins" behind me..swim faster lah...

 

[Herbalist]

yap..fortnightly open water swim at ECP..weekend morning mostly.. shoik.. 2-2.5m tide..unlimited swim.. practice what learned in pool.. to open water.. need to work on bilateral breathing on left side.. weaker.. and arms rotation..weaker on left side..improvement.. now can see "better" on left.. runners/cyclists/strollers..weekend picnic crowd..oh..fishermen.. yesterday.. got few.. boo and shoo me away.. aiya.. disturb their fishing lah..and watch out for their fishing lines.. got to "butt"erFLY stroke..to avoid entanglement...300m non-stop..and a break ..U-turn 300m non-stop..now with stronger right bilateral breathing.. every "sighting" is better and very cool.. wah..got see kids waving..or..did they see and warn.."fins" behind me..swim faster lah...

ECP water quite dirty le, lots of ships nearby