I just started taking swimming lessons, and after more than four sessions, I still can’t float. My instructor claims that I have tight muscles and am anxious, although I’m not. I float anytime I put my face down and release air through my nostrils, and I apply pressure to the rope with my hands when I raise my face.
Make an effort to go deeper under the water. If you’re attempting to float on your back, take as many breaths as you can, tilt your head back, submerge your ears, and only keep your mouth and nose above the water. Because buoyancy is based on the volume of water you displace, the more of your body that is submerged in the water, the more buoyancy you obtain.
As my instructor said “Like lying on a bed, without a pillow”.
I float anytime I put my face down and release air through my nostrils, and I apply pressure to the rope with my hands when I raise my face.
I’m not sure what the problem is from what you’ve described. It seems like everything is going according to plan.
Your lungs are deflating when you breath, which causes you to sink. You will undoubtedly fall when you raise your head. The golden rule of swimming is that everything submerged in water will eventually sink.
yeah but my trainer said that while coming upwards i have to inhale and still float and then going down i have to exhale to balance. but whenever i come upwards i hold the rope and put pressure on it and then i sink.
So are you doing air exchange on the wall or air exchange from a prone floating position? If it is the latter, you should have covered sculling by now…if not, I don’t understand your instructors progression.