Post #2566830
2026-05-08 10:11 UTC
@blinry@chaos.social When I learned to properly crawl/freestyle like 15 years ago, I often panicked when water came up my nose or when I swallowed pool water.
As long as I could just hold my breath, it was okay but when trying to cross a pool, breathing is needed and took a lot of practice to make it work.
The first time I managed a 25m pool was such a huge achivement. Same with the first 50m pool.
This shit is hard. Keeping the energy up to be properly floating while breathing and moving forward. Damn.
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@zweifeln@chaos.social 2026-05-08 10:14
@blinry@chaos.social My recommendation: go slow. Just being under water blowing bubbles is good training. Getting used to the sensation with the face under water helps to feel less stressed about it. When that becomes more "natural" you might start more about technic, distance, speed … but that's for later.