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Gagging when swimming backstroke?
Am new to backstroking, but got lessons recently. Am accomplished enough with freestyle crawl that I can flip turn into backstroke. However, I tend to gag and cough up water when on my back. It happens regardless of whether I am stroking or just plain kicking. It gets so bad sometimes that I have to stop in the middle of the pool to gag out the water. I am assuming I am gagging out some of the water I swallowed earlier in the swim, though its also a little bit of morning coffee/sports drink as well.
Any tips, clues, or assists? BTW, I work on the backstroke as a cool down set (after doing about 3000 yards), when I have the lane to myself since I also tend to weave a lot. Straight line backstroking tips would be much appreciated as well… and yes, I do look for the flags.
Thanks!
I’ve been swimming for ten years and am now a coach. If you are gaging on water (which a lot of swimmers do by the way in races but not in practice, but not to the point where they have to stop swimming in races) then I would suggest tilting your head back farther. By tilting your head back, you raise the level of your mid section as well, and it will help you float more. Remember when moving your arms ALWAYS keep them opposite each other, like a windmill. and remember “pinky in, thumb out,” so enter with your pinky in the water and pull, then exit your hand out of the water with your thumb up. These are fairly technical things, but the main thing is just have a STEADY KICK!!! keep your legs straight, you don’t want a huge bend in your knees when you are kicking, and focus on rolling your shoulders! Also once you become more accomplished at backstroke, and want to race, swimmers actually tilt their head slightly forward a little more so that your eyes look directly above your feet, this actually helps me not to gag on water when i’m racing.
Summary:
1.) Steady kick
2.) Tilt head (chin facing ceiling to start, then slightly forward as you get more experienced)
3.) Shoulder Roll
4.) Pinky in, Thumb out
Good luck!
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Posted the 29th August 2007 in the category Boat Racing by admin.
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