Author: Brenda
Date: 2004-12-02 22:07
Sounds familiar since this is a problem I've struggled with. What's worked is actually a couple of things - my teacher would mark an X over the spot where I'd want to take a breath but shouldn't, and a breath mark a short while later on where I should breathe (when I really did run out of air), and then tell me to take an extra second to get a good breath before starting in again. This is just training to get me out of the habit of continually taking breaths - usually from nerves. Also, another remedy is to use a reed that's a little harder so it makes you work, and the breathing would automatically fall into place.
Allen said it well, that this is actually hyperventilation, taking in too much air instead of too little. If you know that you're coming up to a run where you CAN'T breathe, then time things to that you exhale in time to take a proper breathe just before that spot.
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