CIRCLE WITH A DOT

@blinry Actually I'm not sure, it's always the nose.
For me, it's more "get the air out" … whether nose or mouth, I don't think it matters much. Just keep the pressure to push it out and don't breath in / suck water in.

@blinry My recommendation: go slow. Just being under water blowing bubbles is good training. Getting used to the sensation with the face under water helps to feel less stressed about it.

When that becomes more "natural" you might start more about technic, distance, speed … but that's for later.

@blinry When I learned to properly crawl/freestyle like 15 years ago, I often panicked when water came up my nose or when I swallowed pool water.

As long as I could just hold my breath, it was okay but when trying to cross a pool, breathing is needed and took a lot of practice to make it work.

The first time I managed a 25m pool was such a huge achivement. Same with the first 50m pool.

This shit is hard. Keeping the energy up to be properly floating while breathing and moving forward. Damn.

@blinry I'm a certified life guard (well never worked as one but ages ago I made that course to be able t work as one. It would need refreshing to work though.)

I'm a decent swimmer, trying to go once a week.

Getting water up your nose is awful. Always. I hate it.
But it doesn't happen often.
For swimming (in opposition to diving) the key is to constantly breath out, when under water. (And breath in when over water.)

It needs practice. But at some point it becomes "natural".

@ennopark Das überrascht mich wenig.
Wer jahrelang mit rechten Parolen Stimmung macht, dann an die Macht kommt und es ändert sich nichts - dann gehen die Menschen zu den anderen mit den rechten Parolen, die nicht an der Macht sind.

Merz hat viele Aussagen der AfD legitimiert, in dem er selbst ähnlich Aussagen traf.
Überzeugten Konservativen ist schwer zu erklären, warum die AfD Parolen ein No-Go sind, wenn die CDU seit Jahren sehr ähnlich Dinge sagt.