Recovery Bobbing
oec:recovery-bobbing
A relaxed aquatic breath-control drill where the swimmer rhythmically sinks underwater to exhale and ascends to inhale, resetting breathing mechanics and promoting relaxation.
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Also called: Deep Water Bobbing, Pool Bobbing Drill, Breath Recovery Bobbing
How to do it
Setup
- Enter the pool in water of chest-deep or greater depth where you can comfortably submerge your head.
- Position yourself upright with arms relaxed near your sides or gently sculling for balance.
Movement
- Inhale fully and smoothly through your mouth above the surface.
- Allow your body to submerge vertically by relaxing and exhaling steadily through your nose and mouth.
- As you descend, blow a continuous, gentle stream of bubbles underwater until your lungs are mostly empty.
- Gently sweep your hands down or give a soft kick to assist your upward float back to the surface.
- Clear the water as your mouth breaks the surface and immediately inhale smoothly, entering the next cycle without pausing.
Breathing
Inhale smoothly through your mouth above water and exhale continuously through your nose and mouth while submerged.
Cues
- Continuous bubbles underwater
- Quick, relaxed inhale
- Sink with gravity
- Stay loose
Common faults
- Holding breath while underwater
- Begin exhaling the instant your face breaks the surface of the water to avoid CO2 buildup and anxiety.
- Kicking or pressing down aggressively with arms
- Keep arm and leg actions minimal and gentle; let changes in lung buoyancy and slight sculling guide your ascent.
- Gasping or rushing the inhale above water
- Exhale fully underwater so that you only need a quick, effortless inhalation when surfacing.
Safety
- Stay within a comfortable depth or near the pool edge if you are not fully confident in deep water.
- Stop immediately and hold the pool wall if you feel lightheaded, disoriented, or out of breath.
Muscles
Joints
- Shoulder: Adduction, Abduction
- Hip: Isometric stabilization
Details
- Movement
- Swim, Mobility drill
- Modality
- Sport, Conditioning
- Mechanics
- not applicable
- Force
- not applicable
- Laterality
- bilateral
- Kinetic chain
- open
- Level
- beginner
- Equipment
- Pool
- Record
- Repetitions; or Duration
- Load
- none
Related
- variation of Rhythmic Bobbing Drill
- substitute for Rhythmic Bobbing Drill
Sources
- wger: Recovery Bobbing (CC-BY-SA-4.0)
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