It took me a long while, both with breast stroke and freestyle, to learn to keep my head out of the water just enough to breathe and look forward just a little. Breast stroke is all about timing as well. What helped me was to take some adult classes. If you have a pool near you, you might inquire. I took mine at the high school, and while it was a "class" the instructor actually worked with 1-2 people at a time while the rest of us practiced, though she was careful to get to everyone several times during the session. The people ranged from those who could barely swim, through people like me who just needed to "tune up" their strokes, to a couple training for triathalons. The class was about 8 weeks, 2 x a week, and quite inexpensive.
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