Thanks for the update 😃

We are human,not frogs, swim free style

Breathing has been my biggest challenge. I breathe on one side every fourth stroke. Breathing through my nose the first twenty-five yards is effortless and comfortable, the next twenty-five get progressively worse with each breath. Somehow there is a break in the systematic breathing. After a breath, I stop exhaling and have to force myself to continue breathing through my nose- I get this sensation that air is trapped in my body and I just want to blow it all out of my mouth and start again (which destroys the rhythm I had). You briefly mentioned distorting the diaphragm- I wonder if this is what is causing that imbalance. I'm breathing through my nose, but I feel like I'm holding the air back at the same time. Very hard to describe.

Bro ican swim but can't float 😂 while swimming my head is underwater my left is float then when i take breathe headup my leg is sinking😹

Whenever I try to back float, my neck hurts so badly. There is no pillow, so obviously I have to try and keep my head on the surface. How can I relax my head in water?

Tack!

Thank you! This explains some!

I have a problem, today I swam and realized after breath in my head goes very low almost close to the floor. And another problem, I dont really move forward.

This is the best video I’ve ever seen to teach someone how to swim and breathe. I am so ready. I was doing a breathing techniques with you moving my arms with you. I am so ready when I go on vacation in August thank you so very much. looking forward to more videos

what a great guide been meaning to get my own set of fins!

Hi coach, which one is the right one. Our hands should touch our cheeks or ears more? Or behind the ears?

Trying to progress my swimming 😊

The best explanations! Thank you

36 y/o. USA. I love your videos. You are a great swim teacher. Thank You so much.

will get back tomorrow and update if I can float

My legs drag me down quickly

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Hold your breath.. you'll float. It's no secret

You are crossing the midline when entering the hands.

Awesome insight, Dan! Now I have a better understanding of how swimming works my muscles-thanks for the info! 💙

thank u so much ,I'll try to swim backstroke .

I liked the vdo ❤

I will use the fins😢

Which drill is best for abbs?

Great help! Thanks ❤

Супер!

The best guide on swimming anatomy for beginners! To the point. Thanks for the work, Dan!

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Is it better to exhale thru your mouth or nose?

Thank you so much Dan for this video! These are exactly the main points Mark touched on with me yesterday and it is very helpful that i can revisit those points through your videos! You guys are amazing and can’t thank you enough for all the help and guidance! 🙏 -Lireydis

Finally got to 4 strokes before I come up for air. Also finally learned to flip turn but that takes me back to 2 strokes so I can catch up on my breathing. Can’t sink to save my life which could be a good thing.

Amazing 🙏🙏

I love swimming even in high School ,on the swim team ..Great exercise 😊

Best coaching

Is it harder for tall people to float?

Thanks a lot, really helpful for me as a beginner

Well, no one makes them the way I think they should be made.... I don't really like the longer fins, mostly because when I see people using them at the pool (I swim over arm side stroke and am on my side most of the time, so I see everything) they tend to initiate the down kick with their ankles at about 30 degrees flexed and I call that "runner's foot". The only fin out there that is "ergonomically correct" are the Positive Drive Fins/PDFs from Finis. They have a little bit of fin on the big toe side, and more fin on the little toe side. This naturally turns your feet inward, which is the optimal position for max propulsion. What they don't have that I want is tiny holes in them so you can feel the water flowing between your toes as you kick to the front and back sides of your body. This is one of those "feedback" things I think is necessary to improve your power, and to make sure you are kicking down as well as up. I need to punch some small holes in my PDFs for that flow. I have heard that using fins can improve ankle flexibility. I guess this is true if your ankles are loose when you kick, the fin will just put a little pressure on your ankle. I do use a snorkel for most of my kicking laps. I make sure to vary cadence and amplitude on my laps, going faster and bigger kicks. It is important to have race pace laps as well. I do like a snorkel too.

Gotta love swimming with fins ❤

Fins are definitely a game changer. I use them every time I swim 😅

Great video Dan! I’ll try the drills with fins next time I’m at the pool. Thanks!

I quit using a kick board years ago, and tool to using the snorkel. Then on another channel, the guy suggested using the kick board for the breathing stroke on the fly. The reasoning was that with the breathing stroke, you can't engage the core the same way you do on underwater or regular fly. To compensate for this, pretty much every fly swimmer lifts their heels slightly out of the water on the breathing stroke. That actually makes some sense. One other thing, feet and fins. The optimal foot position for dolphin and flutter kick is slightly toed in, and ankles rolled over. The propulsion in these 2 kicks comes from the side of the foot and not the toes. Our feet are very 3D, and not at all flat like frog feet. For fins, the only ergonomically correct fins that promote proper foot position are the Positive Drive Fins (PDFs) from Finis. The traditional frog feet make you point your toes out straight out behind you. The PDFs have a lot of fin on the little toe side, and very little fin on the big toe side. After figuring out that the gymnastic toe point didn't work, and going pigeon toed worked better, it cut my time in half for a length of the pool on my kicking laps. For those of us who have stiff ankles, the side benefit of going pigeon toed gives us another 10 to 20 degrees of toe point. I never could swim breast stroke without using a scissor kick. My feet will not stretch/point out to the sides at all for that kick...

At age 76 learning breaststroke, with both knees replacement… My left leg bends a little less than right one. And my moving forward is restricted a little. How can I solve this problem ?

Great tips sir. Thank you again

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it is hard for me 😢

Helpful… Thank you 🎉😊

I tried for years to breathe every 3rd arm pull with freestyle. I could never get past 100 yards before I was gasping. I have to breathe on every other arm pull. I guess this is part of why I swim the gallop style of freestyle rather than the even beat freestyle. With backstroke, I have to breathe every arm pull. don't know why. Maybe I just burn a lot of O2.

i finally learned how to chill like that today! I wish I’ve learned it sooner.

When I learned proper positioning and relaxation when floating I could float with ease Before that I was trying to hard and actually thought I could not float 😆