Freestyle Arm Recovery - How your freestyle arm recovery should be

The recovery is the return of the arm over the water to the front of the stroke. It allows for a short break of the big muscle groups after every pull through. It is important to execute the recovery properly for a stable stroke and good hand entry. It provides forward momentum to the stroke, since there is no water resistance during this phase.

[@aleks1845]

In my head I swim like this

[@marciab1279]

Lol Me too

[@ARPIT-gm3lw]

Same here 😂

[@yashmittal9629]

Practice and you will be doing this in reality..... happy learning 🖖

[@AMITVERMA-zv1ir]

In real I'm swimming like this 🔥

[@ARPIT-gm3lw]

​@@yashmittal9629thanks bhai❤

[@samelgore7575]

He makes it look a lot easier than it really is...one can only aspire to hold this form for 15 minutes.

[@sandralucasmelvoin292]

Beautiful and HELPFUL.

[@radmamadread]

after a year of practice and watching youtube videos i still can’t get this right on my nonbreathing side. i either don’t rotate at all and so my hand leads, or when i focus on rotating, i can actually over-rotate and feel like i’m falling over! like i can end up on my back trying to do bow-and-arrow on that side, lol! make it make sense!!!! this video makes it look so easy.

[@jojijosette5946]

Great video. Just what I needed. Thank you!

[@ikel018]

Just wow...like butter!

[@monicagold5285]

Very helpful! Thank you!

[@peacock7776]

Good hand movement

[@nikkis3452]

Very helpful

[@africaman7959]

Smooth

[@AmBasLam]

easy to see, but hard to do..

[@noelchristian8373]

My left hand always does the wrong EVF, i found arm movement to be the hardest thing in freestyle!

[@prashantkore7338]

Perfect

[@salsabilaalmira-zi6iy]

In my head l syimming like this 😊😊

[@mome12accer51]

As soon as I raise my head to breathe I sink down .what to do😮

[@DeepDeepEast]

I just cant Keep my elbow close to the body during recovery. My shoulder mobility is really poor.

[@EXPLORADVEN]

👍👍👍

[@prashantkore7338]

Eureka moment...

[@TheSutov]

The head is late after breath, is it not?

[@gustavovergara646]

My arm in front aways falls down when in recovery phase with the other arm, just can't keep it straight forward, it starts to fall and I have to start a new stroke. Any suggestions?

[@33Jenesis]

Use paddles to train, they keep your straight arm up a bit longer. Also, you may not rotate enough, not looking down, or raise your head too much. I made all these mistakes before correcting. Now my arm doesn’t drop anymore.

[@stluciestrength]

How far back should I push the water? People say all the way back but if I do that my palm starts to point upwards and not so much facing the back of the pool, almost like the old flick water drill which everyone now agrees is wrong. Any suggestions? Thanks

[@giulianoschillaci7112]

Such a good question, I've been wondering the same for years now, if anyone could clarify, thanks.

[@marciab1279]

I was just recently told to flip the water. Hmmmm🤔

[@gustavovergara646]

Any conclusions?

[@giulianoschillaci7112]

@@gustavovergara646 conclusion: push all the way back but bend the arm first! That way the arm will exit first with a high elbow instead of the hand. I know, it's easier said than done but coach is there to help.

[@stluciestrength]

@@giulianoschillaci7112 so don’t lock out our arm at the hips, almost locked but not quite so there’s a bend in the elbow and then lift the elbow first with the hand in back of the elbow? Is that correct? Thanks for the reply

[@HK-bc9hh]

👍👍👍👍👍

[@saravanan335]

👍👍👍