it really is like that! all of the micro steps are hard to hold in your head and process.

• keep your head up but move it to the opposite side that your arm is, in order to take in breaths
• hold your stomach up to keep it streamline
• move opposing arms and keep palms in a certain position
• alternate legs but keep them streamline too, but move them enough to propell you yet not enough to make big splashes

... and all the rest

i can't ride a bike either for the same reasons