Can you swim with your head above water ?

[notfred]

Originally posted by: BigSmooth

Originally posted by: notfred
I can pretty much swim however the hell I want.

<- surfer for 8 years

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[spidey07]

you can do a modified breast stroke with your head above water.

 

[brtspears2]

Yea, but speed suffers greatly.

 

[BigSmooth]

Originally posted by: notfred

Originally posted by: BigSmooth

Originally posted by: notfred
I can pretty much swim however the hell I want.

<- surfer for 8 years

Here, have a cookie.

Thanks, chocolate chip?

Of course. Toll House?, in fact.

 

[Cyberian]

Originally posted by: spidey07
How about taking some lessons?

And the stoke you're descirbing is called free-style.

A breast stroke would be good to learn.

I think that freestyle means you can do whatever stroke you want.
Almost everyone that swims freestyle uses the Australian Crawl, which is what rh71 is describing.

The only way to learn proper breathing technique is to practice, but if you just want to splash around in a pool or at the beach - who cares?

 

[DaiShan]

Originally posted by: rh71
From this site, it looks like the breaststroke involves needing to put your head under water and that's precisely what I'm attempting to avoid.

To race breast stroke yes you need to put your head under water to get a good stream lined position so your body doesn't block the water. However if you just want to keep your head abouve water you can do that fine, that or back stroke are your two main options. Free style will tire you out if you try to keep your head above water for a long time.

 

[aolj]

 

[ElFenix]

i can do it. its not fast, mind you, but i can do it

 

[Jzero]

I could swim freestyle with my head above water......but it's a vast waste of energy.