Swim Tip - breathing

I read a while ago that you should look straight down at the bottom of the pool when swimming... wrong.

Recently I stumbled upon much better advice that seems to be working well.

First, your head position should be looking slightly forward, not straight down. This position helps with the next step.

Next, try to keep one goggle eye in the water and the other one out when taking a breath. This helps to make sure you don't lift your head too far out.

This seems to be helping me quite a bit. Still working on my right side, which wants to pull my head too far out.... I get it right about a quarter of the time on that side and about 3/4 of the time on the left side.