The Swimming Tip of the Day: Make sure that you are breathing out in a controlled, relaxed way the whole time your face (aka breathing apparatus) is under water. If you cannot breath out the whole time, you are not taking a breath often enough OR you are expelling your air too quickly. More next time!
Thanks for the tip! I'm in the same boat as Sid and Scedastic here, so I'm going to give this a go next time. I'm kinda getting the hang of 'rolling' my head to the side to breathe, but I can't find a rhythm that works and after reading that I suspect that I'm just not relaxed enough. That said, I can't seem to find the right point where I've exhaled enough - if I exhale all the way I always feel like I'm gasping, and if I come up early I end up trying to exhale and inhale at the same time and I don't have time.