You have the best tutorials on YT. I've watched a bunch. A lot of them show 10 seconds of video and then lecture for 10 minutes. It seems to me they love to show their faces on YT rather than showing the real swimming. You do a great job.
Why do you swim with head up: - Do not want to put your face in the water - It is hard to breathe - You swim without goggles - Do not want to get your hair wet Let me know in the comments! The funniest 3 comments will get a one year premium subscription for SwimUp app!
I wish I could give this video a million thumbs up! All your videos actually! They're very concise, highly informative, I really REALLLLY appreciate the work you put into them, please keep them coming! I'm just going through your videos, and haven't watched them all, but if you haven't done one on how to tread water efficiently, please do! Before covid I took swimming classes, I was able to pick up everything EXCEPT treading water! I just can't do it sustainably without expending every ounce of my energy! Can you help me??
Even if this is basic advice, I still learnt something from it. It is natural or comfortable to swim with the head above water, that does not mean it is efficient or correct. Also I like how you respond to misinformation. One commenter said to let people do what they want while you kindly reminded them there is a correct way (of course, you are educating your audience to make their swimming life easier).
Great video! 👍 The only reason I keep my head out: medical reasons. When I have an ear infection or a perforated eardrum (like right now). Head under the water gives me ear pain, headaches and dizziness due to the pressure.
I mean, I want to keep my head up when I'm swimming with friends, which is almost always the case. We talk, want to see eachother and just breathe more naturally instead of making bubbles with our noses
What are you swimming for; socializing or getting yourself in shape. If it's for the first then fine. If it's for the second then you're lying to yourself.
@@StarshipTr00per When we say "let's cross that lake together", I think we mean both tbh. I mean, I get the message but it's still a funny dilemma to exist to me
i think there is another reason that people do not like to have their head under water. I always found it very difficult to breathe out through the nose and push the remaining water out before breathing in through the mouth again. When I tried to breathe in through my mouth the water stuck in my nose would run down my throat. Since i use a nose clip I never had a problem like this again. Edit: I also use earplugs to keep water out of my ears because the swimming cap over the ears was not comfortable for me.
Hi Kai. I used to swim like the guy showed in the video - with my head out of water. Two of the problems were relevant to me - Breathing and lack of goggles. I bought the goggles. Yet I was still struggling with breathing. Note that I never before knew how to swam in my life. After buying the goggles, I started working on the breathing teqchinque and timing. It took me good two weeks to get comfortable. Sometimes you just feel like giving up and you will never learn this. but eventually you just hit the breakthrough. You will ocasionally breathe in some water. But only after two weeks of practice I went from being unable to breathe out under water at all, to swimming correct breastroke comfortably for 100 meters at a time. It takes time, but after you learn this, you do not even need nose clip anymore. Its all about the timing.
That is 9 out of 10 swimmers at my local pool. Then they need long pause every 100 meters. It's a social event. Almost all of them overweight. At least they move a bit. Better then nothing
I love swimming when i can but due to repeated ear infections and operations i need to be really careful putting my head underwater even shampooing i need silicone ear plugs.. so i prefer to swim with my head just above water even with the plugs even chorinated water going up nose and into sinuses can cause painful ear infections. I can swim 40 lengths , 1km quite comfortably with head above water.
4:25 Most of the time when I go swimming, it is in the sea and the water is salty there, so when you get some of it in your eyes it burns and if you get it in your mouth it makes you sick
I swim in a super busy pool with a lot of annoying casual swimmers who can't stop complaining about me bumping into them because "I don't lift my head up and look at traffic"
I always keep my head up above water or just below my nose and I just float not necesarrily swim it feels good compared to when water goes in my nose and feel like I am going to puke from mucus from my nose coming down my throat and don t have any tissues to blow my nose
Probably because you don't have much air in your lungs. Remember, your lungs, when filled with air, serve as a buoy to you. Thereby giving you that buoyancy in water.
I used to envy people who could swim head up breastroke until i find out it is actually a wrong technique. I always swim breastroke with my face down in the water
My friend is swimming with head above the water. I asked why. The reason is the very beginning he imitate such a style, and its very difficult to change to the right way
Thank you for your comment Margaretha! That's true, when people start swimming wrong, they get used to it and it is hard to start swimming correctly. However, I recommend for your friend to try to put the head in the water little by little. I am sure, your friend will learn to swim correctly! :)
I recently had accident that ruptured my eardrum. So i swim without getting my head in the water. Do you have any solution, or is theres a sure 100% way to prevent water getting in the ear?
When I use a kick board with my head up - as so many people seem to find easy, my legs and hips drop. As soon as my head drops down I’m fine. Why is this??
Hey, thank you for your comment! This happens because your body balance gets wrong. Your body works as a scale, when one part of your body raises, the other part lowers. Please, check our video "5 essential swimming skills". I am sure, it will help you to learn about it!
I have never been able to get the breathing right 😔 I've tried repeatedly over the years. If I exhale through my nose I fill up with water coughing, same with exhaling through mouth. I love to swim! I don't need goggles. I have severe osteoarthritis. Swimming is my mobility and I want to do it right. Any other suggestions?
خب !شنای سر بالاهم بشرط اینکه بدن آرام وقوی در آب حرکت کند وتکنیکهای دست وپا درست اجرا شود این هم روش دیگری است ولذت خاص خودش را دارد .البته شنای قورباقه اصلی باید سر داخل آب بروداز جهت سرعت وانعطاف بیشتر به بدن. سر بالا اتفاقا در آبهای آزاد از جهت اینکه به محیط اشراف بیشتری دارد خیلی مفید است☺🌅..سپاس از شما💝
Here is another reason not to put your head to the water. It is water temperature. I do Winter Swimming and when the water is about 5°C it is dificult for me to put my head into wate even if I wear a neoprene cup.
I Can swim underwater I can see underwater clearly without googles my problem is that I can't swim with my head above the water I always sink and I am very thin and light weight !!
Better use goggles. When you’re in a pool with chloride it can damage your eyes when you swim for a long time . Because of the comfort It also helps you to keep more relaxed and let you swim more horizontal when you swim and exhale under water. Try to float more on your body like you can float on your back and you will not sink so fast
When I swim in winter the seawater is so cold I don't put my face in the water in the beginning until my body gets comfortable with the water then I will start to put my face and my whole head in the water. I think it's not going to have bad effect to the rest of the body since it is only for few minutes with head up position.
I can’t wear goggles bc I have very bad eyesight. Prescription goggles, apart from being too expensive, are not an option. So what do I do.? My neck and shoulders are beginning to really hurt.
I just can't float when I'm swimming, and I just don't mean my legs. My whole body sinks like a rock! ! I think when we breath out under water like that, we'll sink but if other people can float, why can't I? (If you're going to say you don't have to float on top of the water like a lifevest, than I sink straigt to the bottom when I breath like that. I lie down STRAIGHT on the bottom of the pool. Help meeeee)
Hey, by the way when I try breathing the way you taught me I can’t, cause the water in my nose is annoying me I can’t just use only mouth while nose is so annoying can I? So I would love to get a solution for this.
Hey, you can exhale through your nose. I teach in the video to exhale in 2 ways: through your nose and through your mouth. Try to exhale through your nose!
Firstly, whether you are a professional swimmer or just a regular person you CAN swim your head up, without submerging your head into the water. If some people have difficulty keeping their heads up it doesn't mean everybody should swim using the same breathing technique. *There are A LOT OF PEOPLE that REALLY ENJOY swimming heads up for long distances AND for hours and hours💖 🥰* Saying that it could cause a problem with neck or anything is not the case for everyone.
I might drink the chlorine water and the water might go in my ear. Well that's the reason I don't want to put my head in. I am 12 year old. My name is Surya. This my dad's account. I practice in BASAVANAGUDI AQUATIC CENTER.
Joining the armed forces there is a swimming test where they require you to breast stroke with your head above the water, I don't wish to but I have to, is there a way to facilitate the swimming while doing that?
You have the best tutorials on YT. I've watched a bunch. A lot of them show 10 seconds of video and then lecture for 10 minutes. It seems to me they love to show their faces on YT rather than showing the real swimming. You do a great job.
Why do you swim with head up:
- Do not want to put your face in the water
- It is hard to breathe
- You swim without goggles
- Do not want to get your hair wet
Let me know in the comments!
The funniest 3 comments will get a one year premium subscription for SwimUp app!
I wish I could give this video a million thumbs up! All your videos actually! They're very concise, highly informative, I really REALLLLY appreciate the work you put into them, please keep them coming! I'm just going through your videos, and haven't watched them all, but if you haven't done one on how to tread water efficiently, please do! Before covid I took swimming classes, I was able to pick up everything EXCEPT treading water! I just can't do it sustainably without expending every ounce of my energy! Can you help me??
Same here lol
I do agree with you.
Even if this is basic advice, I still learnt something from it. It is natural or comfortable to swim with the head above water, that does not mean it is efficient or correct.
Also I like how you respond to misinformation. One commenter said to let people do what they want while you kindly reminded them there is a correct way (of course, you are educating your audience to make their swimming life easier).
Great video! 👍 The only reason I keep my head out: medical reasons. When I have an ear infection or a perforated eardrum (like right now). Head under the water gives me ear pain, headaches and dizziness due to the pressure.
Really helpful advise, hopefully I can now master the art of swimming.
Very helpful for beginning swimmers
Swimming
I mean, I want to keep my head up when I'm swimming with friends, which is almost always the case. We talk, want to see eachother and just breathe more naturally instead of making bubbles with our noses
Well, you need to stop doing that. =)
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What are you swimming for; socializing or getting yourself in shape. If it's for the first then fine. If it's for the second then you're lying to yourself.
@@StarshipTr00per When we say "let's cross that lake together", I think we mean both tbh. I mean, I get the message but it's still a funny dilemma to exist to me
@@enant fair enough.
I’m not a breaststroker.... but I’m probably going to work on these when I get to training and your videos are so good!!!
you are a thousand times faster with your head above water than me trying the proper way
Its not that I dont like my head underwater but I like swimming with it out looking around relaxing
i think there is another reason that people do not like to have their head under water. I always found it very difficult to breathe out through the nose and push the remaining water out before breathing in through the mouth again. When I tried to breathe in through my mouth the water stuck in my nose would run down my throat. Since i use a nose clip I never had a problem like this again.
Edit: I also use earplugs to keep water out of my ears because the swimming cap over the ears was not comfortable for me.
Thank you for your comment! So your comment relates to the problem that people do no know how to breathe while swimming
Hi Kai. I used to swim like the guy showed in the video - with my head out of water. Two of the problems were relevant to me - Breathing and lack of goggles. I bought the goggles. Yet I was still struggling with breathing. Note that I never before knew how to swam in my life. After buying the goggles, I started working on the breathing teqchinque and timing. It took me good two weeks to get comfortable. Sometimes you just feel like giving up and you will never learn this. but eventually you just hit the breakthrough. You will ocasionally breathe in some water. But only after two weeks of practice I went from being unable to breathe out under water at all, to swimming correct breastroke comfortably for 100 meters at a time.
It takes time, but after you learn this, you do not even need nose clip anymore. Its all about the timing.
I don't know why I always feel like I'm sinking too deep in the water when I do it, any advice?
That is 9 out of 10 swimmers at my local pool. Then they need long pause every 100 meters. It's a social event. Almost all of them overweight. At least they move a bit. Better then nothing
Nice tips how to use googles, thanks.
I love swimming when i can but due to repeated ear infections and operations i need to be really careful putting my head underwater even shampooing i need silicone ear plugs.. so i prefer to swim with my head just above water even with the plugs even chorinated water going up nose and into sinuses can cause painful ear infections. I can swim 40 lengths , 1km quite comfortably with head above water.
Thank you,Evgeni!!Great videos.!Thank you.!
Glad you like them!
Thank you coach
You're welcome!
thank you ☺️
Very informative thank you .
Glad it was helpful!
How do I prevent water from entering the nose?
Breath out while head unter water
4:25 Most of the time when I go swimming, it is in the sea and the water is salty there, so when you get some of it in your eyes it burns and if you get it in your mouth it makes you sick
There's no reason to drink the sea water during swimming. Not at breaststroke at all.
I swim with head up because I just wanna learn it 😂😂 but sadly till now I couldn't but I can follow your precious tip
I swim in a super busy pool with a lot of annoying casual swimmers who can't stop complaining about me bumping into them because "I don't lift my head up and look at traffic"
정말 좋은 학습방법 감사합니다. 내일 수영장 가서 연습하겠습니다.^^
Really enjoy this channel...thank you for all you do.
Thank you for your comment! :)
Thank you Evgeni great video, a question do we swim the same way if swimming in the sea
Thank for your comment! Well, you can get a swimming goggles and swim in the sea correctly as in the pool.
In the Ghana Navy, it is a requirement for us to swim with our heads above the water the entire time, during our swimming tests
is it necessary to use swimming cap and goggles when doing freestyle?
Hello, it is not necessary. However, it is much more comfortable to swim if you have swimming goggles.
I always keep my head up above water or just below my nose and I just float not necesarrily swim it feels good compared to when water goes in my nose and feel like I am going to puke from mucus from my nose coming down my throat and don t have any tissues to blow my nose
Thanks to your video I am able to improve my technique as a beginner swimmer.
Can you please create a video on flipping in the pool for quick turning?
Hello, Actually we have a video how to perform a flip turn. I will make a new one soon :)
Probably because you don't have much air in your lungs. Remember, your lungs, when filled with air, serve as a buoy to you. Thereby giving you that buoyancy in water.
Can you make some videos on Backstroke.
pls
Thanks for this video tutorial, it is very informative and helpful especially to all those beginners in swimming like me.
Glad you enjoyed it!
I used to envy people who could swim head up breastroke until i find out it is actually a wrong technique. I always swim breastroke with my face down in the water
My friend is swimming with head above the water. I asked why. The reason is the very beginning he imitate such a style, and its very difficult to change to the right way
Thank you for your comment Margaretha! That's true, when people start swimming wrong, they get used to it and it is hard to start swimming correctly. However, I recommend for your friend to try to put the head in the water little by little. I am sure, your friend will learn to swim correctly! :)
I recently had accident that ruptured my eardrum. So i swim without getting my head in the water. Do you have any solution, or is theres a sure 100% way to prevent water getting in the ear?
When I use a kick board with my head up - as so many people seem to find easy, my legs and hips drop. As soon as my head drops down I’m fine. Why is this??
Hey, thank you for your comment! This happens because your body balance gets wrong. Your body works as a scale, when one part of your body raises, the other part lowers. Please, check our video "5 essential swimming skills". I am sure, it will help you to learn about it!
How to swim without goggles: Get new goggles
When I swim in open water I have to look more upwards to see where I’m going . I prefer the normal technique while I’m in a swimming pool though.
Thankyou
Where is this nice swimming lake?
man, I like this guy
I have never been able to get the breathing right 😔
I've tried repeatedly over the years. If I exhale through my nose I fill up with water coughing, same with exhaling through mouth. I love to swim! I don't need goggles. I have severe osteoarthritis. Swimming is my mobility and I want to do it right. Any other suggestions?
What they teach about breathing technique is just a myth. You can swim keeping your head up🥰💯
thank so much to share this important knowlegde
Glad it was helpful!
Helpful information
Thank you! :)
Water may be dirty, so you avoid face in water
Nice point :)
Nice video...very informative
Thank you for your comment! :)
خب !شنای سر بالاهم بشرط اینکه بدن آرام وقوی در آب حرکت کند وتکنیکهای دست وپا درست اجرا شود این هم روش دیگری است ولذت خاص خودش را دارد .البته شنای قورباقه اصلی باید سر داخل آب بروداز جهت سرعت وانعطاف بیشتر به بدن. سر بالا اتفاقا در آبهای آزاد از جهت اینکه به محیط اشراف بیشتری دارد خیلی مفید است☺🌅..سپاس از شما💝
Fun fact during initial days of breast stroke swim racing, it was mandatory to keep head above water,l🏊♂️
I got taught this way when I was a child.
I wish my French swimming friends could understand English to watch your videos!!
Thank you so much sir
Most welcome!
Here is another reason not to put your head to the water. It is water temperature. I do Winter Swimming and when the water is about 5°C it is dificult for me to put my head into wate even if I wear a neoprene cup.
Great point! Thanks for sharing! :)
I Can swim underwater I can see underwater clearly without googles my problem is that I can't swim with my head above the water I always sink and I am very thin and light weight !!
Better use goggles. When you’re in a pool with chloride it can damage your eyes when you swim for a long time . Because of the comfort It also helps you to keep more relaxed and let you swim more horizontal when you swim and exhale under water.
Try to float more on your body like you can float on your back and you will not sink so fast
When I swim in winter the seawater is so cold I don't put my face in the water in the beginning until my body gets comfortable with the water then I will start to put my face and my whole head in the water. I think it's not going to have bad effect to the rest of the body since it is only for few minutes with head up position.
Hello Jeab! Thank you for your comment! This is true, it will not have bad effect! If you swim over 20-30 mins, then it might get your neck tensed.
Can this techies be carried out in sea
Yeah, just get a suitable swimming goggles and try it out in the sea! :)
But when I saw ppl swimming with their head on the surface I tried to do it too but I can't?? How do ppl do that is still a mystery to me
I can’t wear goggles bc I have very bad eyesight. Prescription goggles, apart from being too expensive, are not an option. So what do I do.? My neck and shoulders are beginning to really hurt.
I just can't float when I'm swimming, and I just don't mean my legs. My whole body sinks like a rock! ! I think when we breath out under water like that, we'll sink but if other people can float, why can't I? (If you're going to say you don't have to float on top of the water like a lifevest, than I sink straigt to the bottom when I breath like that. I lie down STRAIGHT on the bottom of the pool. Help meeeee)
This video is one month ago, won't you make another one?
The new video is coming soon
Thanks, can u give me a heart?
Can u make a video about butterfly kicks and the difference between high-elbow and straight armstrokes, and which one is suitable for you
I want to know when to move my arms and legs? In time with eachother or one then the other? or is there no correct way with the breast stroke? 😁
Hey, by the way when I try breathing the way you taught me I can’t, cause the water in my nose is annoying me I can’t just use only mouth while nose is so annoying can I? So I would love to get a solution for this.
Hey, you can exhale through your nose. I teach in the video to exhale in 2 ways: through your nose and through your mouth. Try to exhale through your nose!
Swim with head up? Do you know how cold the sea is around Tasmania?
Can i swim100m by head up
Head up may be just to check if your belongings are still in place.
Nice point! 😃 👍
it’s more relaxing with the head out i never had an issue
Firstly, whether you are a professional swimmer or just a regular person you CAN swim your head up, without submerging your head into the water. If some people have difficulty keeping their heads up it doesn't mean everybody should swim using the same breathing technique. *There are A LOT OF PEOPLE that REALLY ENJOY swimming heads up for long distances AND for hours and hours💖 🥰* Saying that it could cause a problem with neck or anything is not the case for everyone.
Yes, I swim like this every day and don’t have any issues
You are funny
But I like your video
I swim with my head up because I get tired lifting my head up all the time.
Today I found after sweeming long time why my back n nake starts paining .Thank you very much Sir.Good. Information
Thank you for your comment!
I am afraid of sharks,dont like to see them coming
The water gets into my mouth while liftng my face up for breathing if I put my face underwater :(
폼이 쨩~~^~^ 보고 또보고~~
Water is salty, you don’t want to taste it 😁
Other reasons..don't want the water to spoil the beautiful make up...
All four reasons I don't want. But when I swim my face in the water it helps me to sleep well at night.
Thank you for your comment! :)
Okay but 99% of the time I just want to swim around and keep my head dry
Thaaaaaannnksss
Happy to help!
If you dont have glasses, you wanna keep your head up
I sometimes swim head up if a nice woman is walking by the pool
Love swimming but hate getting my hair wet
Swimming in a natural lake... don't get your head wet as the lake is freshly cold.
I might drink the chlorine water and the water might go in my ear. Well that's the reason I don't want to put my head in. I am 12 year old. My name is Surya. This my dad's account. I practice in BASAVANAGUDI AQUATIC CENTER.
Dont know how to swim. Yayks 😅
probably you have your things you want to keep an eye so is not stolen
Thank you for your comment! :)
Me : tries this...
My Dad thinking I’m trying to bang my head in water....
My mom: ....
Yep, He was indeed a mistake.
Whenever water goes into my ears, I can't swim further.
Hello, try to get a swimming cap and ear plugs. This should help!
@@SwimUp Tried both. Swimming cap doesn't stop the water and ear plugs fall out. So I just have to swim with head above the water
I don't want to wear nose clip.
It is hard to breathe
Thank you for your comment! :)
you just don't want your hair wet ! haha....
I'm 21 years old and can't swim
у меня все очки падают за пару сек
NO WONDER FISH HAVE BIG EYES...THEY HAVE TO SEA...
NO SWIM CAP??? I DON'T WANT MY HAIR COLOR TO CHANGE THE WATER...
Clostrophobia
I don't want to get hair wet and water in my ears.
Th
I want learn breaststroke without wet my head, headup
Afraid to see under water?
It can be a reason! Thank you for your comment! :)
@@SwimUp Please make a video how to overcome fear when we swim in a deep or dark water. Thanks.
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Joining the armed forces there is a swimming test where they require you to breast stroke with your head above the water, I don't wish to but I have to, is there a way to facilitate the swimming while doing that?
what branch requires this? are you joining US armed forces to other nations?
@@divineimp2729 United Kingdom royal marines