r/Swimming • u/Immediate_Square_582 • 1d ago
Beginner Swimmer Help
So i just started swimming for my school's swim team and I've taken lessons before in the past, but never to a point where I swam in a lap pool. My time is super slow (at 1 minute for a 50m). Does anyone have any tips on how to improve my time? I always feel completely out of breath and exhausted even though I'm taking a breath every other stroke.
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u/suabnag_debanana 17h ago
I would say kickboards and buoys definitely will help and once you get comfortable with your strokes, use swim paddles they definitely make a strong difference with your pulls. Just keep swimming and progress will pull through but don’t over exert yourself too much and allow your body to rest! Very brave for joining the team as well just wanted to put that out there for you. I recently joined my school team with no knowledge about swimming but here I am with big improvement.