You often see people lifting their head or having to hold their face out of the water over long. Often this is because they don’t breath out when their face is in the water.  So it they need more time when their face it out of the water.

Breath out when your face is in the water.  Slow or a bit faster depending on your breathing cycle.  Try not to hold your breath.  Then you are ready to breath in when you turn your head to the side.

If you need to go back a step try these breathing drills  

And for body position do the skating drill.

Head Angle

If one does not have his or her head position at the right angle there is no trough created when one turns to breath, and, again, one has to lift their head enough to be able to take a breath.

The water should ride at your hairline.  (As you can see in the video that I don’t have a hairline so I have to guess.)

Position your head so that you are looking downwards at a slight angle forward. 

So, now, when you are moving and turn your head to the side, you will create that small trough where you take in air.  If you have let your air out while under then you will be very ready to take in air.

So, the cycle is, breathe out under water, fast or slowly depending on how often you are breathing.  (Ideally, you don’t hold your breath.) As you rotate your body turn your head, keeping on the same plane.  So, your mouth is out of the water.  Take a breath.  Rotate your body and your head with it back into the water.  Your head will rotate further than your body to get the breath.