Staying Above Water

I was a swimmer in high school, I taught swim lessons for 8 years, and coached swim team for a year during grad school. The more your body is out of the water, the faster you'll swim. Think about it--you can move more efficiently through the air than through the water. That's why the freestyle stroke is most efficient. It allows your body to be above the water much more consistently and easily than any other stroke. Right now, I think I'm doing the breast stroke. Next semester? Freestyle.