Clearing the Swimmer's Snorkel of Water

The key to clearing water from the snorkel after the flipturn really is preparation. In order to clear the water from the snorkel, the swimmer must exhale with enough of a burst to clear the water that has filled the snorkel. If this exhalation is not short and powerful, water will remain in the tube and you will have some trouble breathing! The first key is to remember to have enough air in your lungs so that you can clear the snorkel off of the turn. This means that you need to remember to take and extra large breath on your last two strokes into the flipturn.