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Nothing is more essential to a swimmer than air. Yet few swimmers truly understand how to breathe efficiently. Not just to get air, but to integrate breathing seamlessly with the stroke. Breathing is sometimes viewed as a liability or inconvenience, but when you do it right, breathing can actually make your stroke better. Contents:Introduction – Learn the two key skills of breathing: (1) Head-Spine Alignment and (2) Breathing with body movement.Water Bowl Exercises – Invaluable if you’ve never been comfortable in water. Useful for understanding subtleties you probably missed before, if you’re already a skilled swimmer.Shallow Water Exercises – Separate critical breathing skills from stroking. Rehearse them in simple ways. Breathe more efficiently as a result.Breathing Skills in Drills – A simple breathing technique that helps you drill better. And an advanced breathing technique that helps you transition from drill to swim better.Whole Stroke Breathing Skills – A detailed study with focal points for practice of breathing technique for Freestyle, Breaststroke and Butterfly.By Terry Laughlin