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Supposedly bilateral breathing is ideal as it keeps you balanced. Every 4th right suggests you're breathing every 8th stroke which is a very long time. Are you continually exhaling between? - breath holding was another of my flaws. My coach uses swim smooth and it seems to make sense to me...

I think part of the problem is having no sense of where your limbs actually are when swimming. If you move your head it messes everything up so it hard to adjust without outside help.

I can certainly recommend some video analysis. Even having the things pointed out to me has helped massively. Did my 8 x 200m session today and was managing 3.30 for each where I could barely manage 4.00 a few weeks ago.

I felt the same, it was partly because it's very technique dependent and you can't just rely on the engine to get through but it's nice to see bug advances.

Despite the list above, apparently I'm not too bad. By the end of the session it felt so much better - more like climbing a long climb in a good rhythm than mashing my way up a steep ascent in too big a gear! I genuinely think it will make me faster but also improve my enjoyment - any exercise...

Got a coaching session last night, with video analysis. Definitely not putting my limbs where I think! Plenty of things to work on (head position, leg position, crossing over, breathing timing, kick, hand entry, catch!) but hopefully start going quicker.

Doesn't it mean the opposite if the pull bouy didn't help?

It is a problem and the lanes can sometimes make it worse - constantly over taking is a pain. The worst is an old fella at the Christchurch pool who turns up and does breast stroke widths! I pole-axed him once and he seemed fairly oblivious.

Careful Stat, you're creeping into the multisport that dare not speak it's name! I've been swimming a couple of times a week now for about 6 months as triathlon training and I'm around the 2 Mins per 100m pace. I did my first sprint tri after going swimming 6 times and managed 7.57 for 400m in...