3 Front Crawl technique tips: Swim faster freestyle

[@su9589]

So to summarize: 1. Adjust the frequency of the stroke and ensure the catch is efficient in pushing the water backward 2. Extend your arm during recovery only along the shoulder line. Try the overcorrection example. 3. Extend your toes and ankles when while moving your legs instead of pulling your toes in. This is an excellent tutorial and the examples are great. Thank you very much!

[@chetanpdeshpande3439]

I was doing 2 things wrong out of three, great help! Thank you Coach!!

[@dr.liljay2874]

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[@ely410]

Thank you for this. I readjusted myself in the pool today and it made a huge difference. Still practicing at it though. Thank you!

[@mitsukoferguson6001]

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[@Rodrigo-lg4ze]

Thank you so much ! Much love from Canada

[@B.Turkoglu]

Awesome video. Very helpful. Thank you so much. Love from Turkey.

[@ayikombwere]

Finally, I can now swim front crawl after watching this video. Thanks so much.

[@samuraifugitivo]

ayikombwere this is fantastic,mi have also improve my style a lot, cero bill!

[@pierrecrespel7394]

great video mate. thank you for those good improvement tips. your speech is great, you got a slow pace which allows to understand clearly. cheers

[@03kanchan]

Recently I learnt to swim. It is very funny that I can swim only below water. If I try to bring head out and swim I start getting drowned. I can stay flat inside water. I can swim with either only hand or only leg. But I am struggling to learn free style and back stroke as well. Excited to listen to your suggestions.

[@abandeyamv]

good tips will help a lot of swimmers who try too hard and don't relax in the water

[@MissFluffies]

Awesome coaching! Would love to see more videos.

[@vaidybala4253]

Thanks for a free & clear description video. I am a senior (78y) and began taking swim lessons. One thing I see in the video is instruction on ho wto breathe, through mouth, edge of the mouth and goggles. The water is chloride and eyes become red for a quite a few hours. I got a goggle for C$50, it seems to help. Watching your video, I learnt how much energy is waste by doing wrong things. I was not sure how the body floats perfectly parallel to the water surface, my knees always spontaneously bend having used to land-walking. Any tips?

[@alicemchugh4241]

Look straight down to reduce drag and straighten out the body balance. Enter at 10 and 2 o clock width with steeper entry reaching forward. Check out Total Immersion Swimming technique.

[@denisbatrakov389]

Thank you. This video helped to find my mistake. You did very important job.

[@shehualfa7972]

This will really help me..Thanks

[@kartalbaba981]

Great tips! thank you..

[@fareedhamza2817]

Thanks For the tips .... great Video.....!!!

[@brendajet591]

Very helpful. Thank you

[@ramyg5037]

Awesome tips...thank you!!!

[@Fifty8day]

Thanks for tips

[@seppe7437]

This video is the best that I have seen

[@seghabeatpro5437]

i love these , all these instructions will really help out thank you so much

[@hayim-nisimraison9052]

Thank you so much.

[@henockadmasu4201]

Thank you so much it helped me to improve my swimming ability

[@BukowskiLech]

Superb tutorial.Thanks very much!!

[@nickdlegend5575]

Thanks you so much I’ve been trying figure this out for months or even years

[@honorlost84]

chl Shi

[@edwardhaughney9665]

Great presentation. Thanks.

[@martinhughes9439]

re fault no 2 avoid snake style, great advice with overcorrection. Thanks!

[@robohippy]

Two things stand out to me in this video. One, the swimmer has a really high head position, especially when coming off the wall. Two, in his flutter kick, his ankles are flexed slightly on the down stroke.

[@bronxcheer1484]

Yes - looking way to far forward

[@sharonw4581]

I subscribed immediately. Very clear and concise delivery and all the tips work.

[@mustafabinesh1138]

Great tips.

[@asdfrune]

Thanks great video 💪

[@soufiyanazagoune7125]

Thanks very much :)

[@robohippy]

To my comment below, I would add that the first mistake that you point out is that the technique you show is how the 50 meter sprint people use. Straight arm pull and recovery, and the arms are opposite each other rather than staying in the front quadrant, which is more typical for longer distances. Almost all swimmers will go to this style for the last 10 or so meters of any race. It can not be sustained for more than 50 meters. Still think his head position is way too high. It causes an arch in his back which lowers the legs slightly, and that arch creates more drag. Funny thing I have noticed in the pool while swimming my over arm side stroke, I can see everything..... Many people have 'runner's foot' as I call it, ankle flexed to maybe 30 degrees instead of pointing straight, is that they have the problem with freestyle, but when they switch to back stroke, they are way better at pointing their toes. Also, going pigeon toed gives you another 15 or so degrees of dorsi flexion, and you use the whole side of your foot rather than just the toes for propulsion.

[@richardobengantwi9989]

Good video. Thanks a lot

[@warsilver99]

Excellent advice!

[@davidmclee8754]

Thank you very much freestyle optimizer

[@DF11G]

Thank you for the demo, nice video.

[@muneerahmed5208]

very good lecture

[@Neijtji]

Thank you so much. Great video!

[@e1r2n319]

Great tips! thank you!

[@ReebaRoseAbraham]

excellent..enjoyed

[@superSonar008]

Thank you very much for this nice clip . I love slow motion underwater films for studys ! But one point , the gay has a bad head position , he should look more to the ground of the pool ,, that can be a bit more comfortable for long distance runs !

[@willwhite1987]

Nice vid. However, is it deliberate that the swimmer, while displaying the good form, looks 45° forward instead of the usual "nose down", 90° head position? I'm not saying it's wrong, I'd just want to know if there is something deliberate to this technique, and what it adds compared to what is advised in most other swimming tutorials that focus on the 90°. We can see that his spine is not straight, creating greater water resistance, so what's the benefit of it?

[@meesamagill1193]

wiwh reading the comment above it says that it was because of the go pro

[@monkey76kerr]

wiwh the head is meant to be slightly up. facing down apparently causes more resistance.

[@bubbajohn8131]

Always 45deg. Dipped headlights.

[@cmillholland]

Notice that his butt is about six inches below the surface. This is excessive drag from the hips down to the shins caused by a higher head angle. He should be looking about two feet in front of looking straight down.

[@ronjclark7581]

@@gabrielfonseca9113 you are correct!

[@maverickownage8343]

Thank you very much!

[@prathmeshmahajani]

Very helpful..Thank you!!

[@gustav8253]

I love that accent!

[@sashabrixham9316]

awesome music!

[@whatthehelliseventhat8231]

Thank you very much It was helpfull

[@abusaqrtubs2460]

Good, how can we control breathing underwater

[@Slaneous]

Thank you!

[@adventuregamer7013]

but i have a probloem when i take the breath my another hand sink

[@shamikaholt]

My kid will love this

[@billtiktik8285]

thank you very helpfull

[@seiheenam1424]

Thanks

[@paulmorris2701]

Fantastic lesson. I'm 38 and just getting into swimming due to wanting to enter a small triathlon. I was making a lot of effort when front crawling and not actually getting any spread(my wife was kicking my backside). I watched this video and all though I'm far from good, I'm actually swimming much more efficient and getting more spead(beating my wife). I'm now just struggling with the breathing technique when crawling.

[@SportCoaching]

Great, Paul! Then maybe you should have a look at my web course or the free tipps and workout I provide here: www.freestyle-optimizer.com/3-front-crawl-technique-tips-freestyle

[@phus2001]

Nice video!

[@FreestyleOptimizer]

Thank you :-)

[@mrcart9869]

THANKU!!!

[@dinahharvey7763]

Thank you

[@karren8764]

i can not order free offer. it ask for cash

[@SportCoaching]

Yes, you can: Just order your free practice plan here: www.freestyle-optimizer.com/3-front-crawl-technique-tips-freestyle/ It´s only the full course with a membership fee: www.freestyle-optimizer.com/10-common-front-crawl-errors-freestyle/

[@BenDanYt]

Is his head position correct? I was taught to look downwards when swimming

[@Fuzcapp]

Good tip to take the wrist band off the paddle.

[@melaniep2512]

Hi...should your head be facing down in the pool? Please advise on the stroke of the foot in freestyle is it the same as backstroke? Strangely I do a Beautiful backstroke.

[@oceanmermaid7581]

Is really rotation from side to side a mistake? or maybe over doing it is the mistake? cause i red that it avoids shoulder injuries; and watching the speedo swimming videos , the swimmers rotate from side to side!

[@GuruPrasanna]

I think it isn't a mistake, I think what he means is that the hand should still be stretched straight?

[@gilean6179]

When I was a teenager the only thing I did not learn was the breathing part. The heck I can swim the entire length without breathing for air but it did not make sense. Many years later I took again a swimming class which emphasized early on the importance of the hip rotation. Later on everything followed naturally from this. When you hip rotate, the spine, neck, head naturally moves as one unit and stays aligned and naturally the face clears the water line so I am able to breathe to the side. Finally after so many years, I was able to do the freestyle with proper breathing instead of trying to ballistically swing my head to the side to breath just like in my younger years. Hip rotation is central & crucial. There is even a Hip rotation device by Finis (which I have) where a ball falls to one end of the tube when you rotate properly from side to side during the swim cycle.

[@ratnaprasad5707]

Thank you freestyle optmaijar

[@rubyhb3844]

i need to be able to swim 50 metres in under 60 bseconds. right now my time is around 72 seconds and i hae to do it in three days. will this help?

[@brucelee6415]

and what id like to do now is leave a comment saying great video guys.

[@thedeck1627]

how often should i breath for a 300?

[@irajtakbarzadeh8494]

You good coch

[@rubyferrier7347]

Shouldn't u be looking at the line at the bottom of the pool?

[@illbeyourfriend3555]

Ruby Ferrier I think it's to see he wouldn't hit the camera

[@amicaray]

Sometimes

[@nj-1008]

He doesn't seem to be breathing properly either.

[@christopherlynch4347]

Defo not good for neck

[@SpaceRacing]

Great stuff. How about high vs low elbow pull? I'd like to see the proper technique with some drills.

[@FreestyleOptimizer]

This is part of my tips in case you order the free practice plan for this video. Then you will get a link to the high elbow as well! And of course it´s a whole episode of the web course, too :-)

[@joeyL12345]

The “whoop effect”

[@tomrose4560]

How do you make your foot floppy, for the whip effect, while pointing your toes? Those two things seem to be at odds with each other?

[@annanguyen6969]

Wow you look like Gipps in Pirates of the Carribean.

[@adventuregamer7013]

the best

[@juliekane7210]

Whoop or whip effect ?? What is the “Zipper “ stroke for the freestyle stroke ??

[@santos54979]

Nice

[@hudsonquay]

What’s the best way to eat Boerewors?

[@lilyquynhanh]

when he does the over correction it kinda looks like butterfly

[@imeldane]

Isn’t it more efficient if the swimmer is looking down rather than looking in front? Thats why the legs are sinking….

[@sleepypolly4897]

Honestly i just came here to see if this video was horrible or not. I definetly regret thinking this was horrible.

[@mouaddoesntreallymatter]

Hey sir ! Don't you think that this swimmer is elevating the head a little bit too much ?

[@SportCoaching]

Yes, you are right! That´s why we made a whole chapter in the course for this topic :-) You´ll find more information here: www.freestyle-optimizer.com/10-common-front-crawl-errors-freestyle/

[@naad2647]

The misstakes looks funny xD

[@AmmaraSHAH773377]

Sorry i get it but these are all just features of the freestyle that you learn as basics to freestyle such as how to direct your hand through the surface and where in line with your shoulders and what to do with your feet But i guess people forget a certien bit

[@ryanohanlon2589]

Like learning how to spell?

[@AmmaraSHAH773377]

@@ryanohanlon2589 lol yh i gotta check for typos on my phone I use that slide prediction thing

[@kevinbollers2]

6:25 best technique

really not, he looks like a tit

[@andrewfreeman3492]

Why's his head up? That's a bad mistake too.

[@achillesmoraitis7198]

how many yards was that pool?

[@FreestyleOptimizer]

It was a 25 meters pool, so 27.3 yards

[@jingzhao9300]

How can he hold breath for such a long time?

[@mickys8065]

Simple, the video is slowed down so he isn't actually underwater for that long

[@et5907]

jing zhao Practised breathing drills!

[@eyeswideopen2536]

Surgical implanted gills

[@hobsteral]

surely the worst action means you put more effort in and lose more calories

[@StairwayToAsgard]

the goal isnt losing calories its swimming better

[@lesleybaxter9577]

I have to agree with the comment beloW. Nice tips but head too high up.

[@stefanba2029]

Should be looking down though, instead of looking forward as high as this guy does

[@equate5]

Hi, When I swim freestyle and looked straight, my legs starting to sink. The video shows he look straight and he had no problem. Why is that? Thanks Btw, nice video.

[@FreestyleOptimizer]

Actually he is not supposed to look straight (it´s a bit because of the GoPro in front of him). The reason is, that he is a really good swimmer and he doesn´t sink because his body tension is quite good. In my web course I have a whole part just concerning the body tension...

[@allangeorgewatts1]

Beginner freestyle swimming

[@nikolastt6262]

equate5 my coach say the more u look /keep ur head facing down , is the more straight u get

[@sickoid87]

You could have chosen a better swimmer for the demo. This one is obviously a beginner and has a lot of flaws in his stroke besides those 3 mentioned in the video. That head and body positions are just poor. And it surely affects all the other aspects of good form.

[@mohamedshoaib8692]

is that a South African accent 🤔

[@SportCoaching]

Yes, you´re right :-)

[@Michael-4]

Wup!

[@lg5683]

He needs to lose some weight nice enough video

[@ulfurkarlsson5885]

I prefer breathing every secound time .

[@rosariozapatamartinez514]

I dont understen

[@haileystephens6775]

nobody: this guy: “absolutely”

[@marksummers463]

It's OK to say "he".

[@dewj2456]

That’s wrong I do call alpha and wrong