aiya... your side so quiet... thought you dropped off the face of the earth


can lar.. any given Sunday...

yo man..! i'm here.. i swim not as frequent as before now...huhu..!!
but sure can swim together again.. only dunno when,will sms u then..

I'll be stopping by bandar tun razak later today. anyone wanna join?

will also stop by there this sat

hey joey. i swim at btr everyday. even today. have you heard of ikan bilis ?

LOL ikan bilis is the top club >.>

nice..whats ikan bilis? O.O

at long last got kaki

what time do u normally reach and how do I identify you? I dont go there everyday tho.

Ikan bilis is the top swimming club in Malaysia.

mostly kids who join? any 20-30 yr olds who join?

dun wanna be the old uncle in the team O.O

Yeah mostly kids.
Since there are not many swimming competitions for adults and swim clubs are for training for swim competitions.

is there any swimming classes in bukit jalil, bandar tun razak or anywhere in Cheras, KL or PJ?

I have been trying to learn swimming (breast stroke) for the past 12days.

The problem is that I do not know how to breathe while doing a breast stroke. I understand that I should breathe in when my head is coming above water. But my head is not coming above the water surface! All I am able to do now is to take in a deep breathe and swin approximately half the width of the swimming pool. Then, in order to breathe again, I end up taking a break and standing up on my feet. Can anyone help me to undestand what could be wrong here? It seems to me that I am not able to achieve a horizontal position in water while swimming. What could I do to achieve this? Could that be the reason that my head is not coming above the water surface? For a beginner, is breast stroke the right one to start with?

I am quite frustrated that I am not able to get it right. Any help, advice will be deeply appreciated

All you need to do is to rotate your head upwards only.

I have been trying to learn swimming (breast stroke) for the past 12days.

The problem is that I do not know how to breathe while doing a breast stroke. I understand that I should breathe in when my head is coming above water. But my head is not coming above the water surface! All I am able to do now is to take in a deep breathe and swin approximately half the width of the swimming pool. Then, in order to breathe again, I end up taking a break and standing up on my feet. Can anyone help me to undestand what could be wrong here? It seems to me that I am not able to achieve a horizontal position in water while swimming. What could I do to achieve this? Could that be the reason that my head is not coming above the water surface? For a beginner, is breast stroke the right one to start with?

I am quite frustrated that I am not able to get it right. Any help, advice will be deeply appreciated

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Added on April 23, 2009, 9:16 pmwhen i rotate head upward...i will sink..how to handle such problem

This post has been edited by genuinehuman: Apr 23 2009, 09:16 PM

Breaststroke is usually the easiest for most.

Don't have the tendency of rotating your WHOLE body towards a vertical position in order to breathe. This will greatly slow you down.

Practise treading water first while using the stroke. Eventually you will get the timing.

oic.....erm....let say i drop in a deep water pool..how i manage not to sink while can treading water to let the head alsway above the water surface...i heard my friends say just rotate hand and leg to anticlockwise direction while in water will keep us from sinking...but i try it...guess wat..almost pengsan cos not enough oxgen and sinking= =...

This post has been edited by genuinehuman: Apr 23 2009, 09:38 PM

joey, do u still go to btr? ive been looking out for u. with paddles but i dont see u during my training session. wht time do u go thr?

Well well, both you and smallbug know where to find me. I'll be swimming daily from 1830-1930 at my condo.

i am trying to practice butterfly on my own without going to classes.. though i learned the methods when i was in school.. just not enough energy at the tummy yet.. will it help if i buy the float where u put in between thighs to practice? will it help me to at least float??

Float? Pull buoiy you mean?
My coach has never asked us to do butterfly with a pull buoy o_O
We use it for freestyle pull.
I dunno, maybe you can try if you're just focusing on your arms?

pull buoy .. yeah yeah...

i kick once, pull arms back, breath up, go down and 2nd kick.. problem is i keep sinking, which i think maybe coz my kick is not strong enough..