10 things a swimming teacher would tell you
1. Breathe , breathe , breathe. Keep breathing , never hold breath as it will make your body stiff and make you get tired easily.
2. Keep you body straight when swimming. Most people have either their have a U shape or their legs are falling down. Both will cause you to loose balance.
3. When doing back stroke , point your head at 45 degree in front
4. Free style. Try to maintain balance and keep legs close. Make a nice circle with your hands. hands should fall gently onto the water.
5. Breast stroke . Push your legs as if pushing against a wall. In this case water is the wall around you. It pushes you in front. Hand and leg movement is done alternately. If done together body will go down.
6. Butterfly - Move your body like a wave. Hands should move in a S Shape.
7. When breathing , focus on breathing out. Breathing in happens naturally.
70% inside water and rest outside.
8. Legs should move very close to each other. Ideally just touching when moving up and down.