Wanted to add something to your point about not pulling/pushing too hard during the catch setup phase. Pushing/pulling hard and fast while your arm is up front will result in a downward force, which is not only wasted effort (it's not pushing you forward) but will additionally lift up your upper body and push your legs deeper into the water (your air-filled lungs act like a pivot), increasing drag on top of it all.
@jasonito17232 жыл бұрын
This was very helpful. Thank you. I'm a beginner at 42 years old and feel very weak curling my forearm down in the extended position. I've been doing a 1000 in the ocean every day for a month and this made my time go from around 19 minutes to 17
@haasoc27162 сағат бұрын
A begginer swims 1k in 17 min. 😅 bro you r not a beginner.
@TheHutch000 Жыл бұрын
A huge thanks. After watch this. It clicked into place. It all about loading up that catch, to power through under the body. Gives rotation and helps breathing all in one motion for me.
@kstbox77492 жыл бұрын
I increased my swim time from 1.50/100 to 1.30/100 just watching your vids, thanks so much for the content! Looking to break under 30 mins in my iron man 70.3 this weekend
@janiceshepherd77522 жыл бұрын
Hi I hope you achieved your goal! 🙌
@brendanroberts48662 жыл бұрын
That's already good, anyway this catch trick moved me from 2.45 to 2.22 so far in 2 days
@Alex-kr7zr Жыл бұрын
Awesome! That's also my goal for this Fall/Winter. I want to go from a 36min swim to a 30min Half-Iron swim.
@maymie95428 ай бұрын
I’m so glad that this was brought up, and it makes total sense. I’m a beginner swimmer learning the freestyle and I was told to pull really hard and I especially found it difficult and draggy, and just kept wondering if this was really the only way. But I’m glad to know there was a reason behind it!! Thanks!!
@StephenBiggers4 жыл бұрын
Thanks for your videos! I'm 60 and began lap swimming due to covid 19. Your videos taught me so much I lost 25 lbs since mid-June and the skills I have learned has also improved my golf game as well.
@EffortlessSwimming3 жыл бұрын
amazing! well done
@jesser68153 жыл бұрын
Same here 61 lost 20 and my golf game is amazing, my flexibility is back and strong. I swim any where from 3000 to 5000 yards
@GaryBook2 жыл бұрын
I didn’t lose the same weight, but I am doing the best times of my life. No effect my my golf game because I don’t golf. 😂
@johnds1963 Жыл бұрын
I turn 60 this year - so soon to join the club. I'm not as fast as my earlier years, but thanks to these videos, I'm swimming easier - who knows, maybe some personal pb's still await me!
@SkillsNT2 жыл бұрын
Great video.
@Cachoeira1986 Жыл бұрын
This video alone have so many gems. I necessary, watch it over and over again like me untill you catch all details, it's worth it. 🏊♂🏊♀🏊🌅
@amerinasr2 жыл бұрын
Dont know much about swimming. But from 00:00 to 00:20 your rythim is hypnotising!
@martinlaroc99744 жыл бұрын
Great teaching. Simply amazing! Thanks for what you do. 😎
@helpark59433 жыл бұрын
OMG I want THAT kick pattern!
@MsAngelPixie4 жыл бұрын
Super off topic but your ankle flexibility is level 1,000,000 i lost some of that during my years away from the sport but am working on getting it back! What are your thoughts on coaches' advice about "swimming downhill"? I think it is relevant to the topic of figertip entry and depth (i struggle with that and am working on it). I was trying to not let my fingertips float up by attempting to "swim downhill" but for me i ended up burying my head too deep, rounding the shoulders slightly and losing my great "tall and proud" posture a bit, to where i was feeling bogged down (losta resistance I guess). Just recently watched your video on Park and noticed how he looks like he is almost puffing his chest out as he is swimming and remembered an older video of yours explaining the posture. So i have been paying attention to that as well for the past week or so. Thank you for sharing your journey to your best and most suitable technique!
@johnangwin4 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the videos. My kids are age groupers and we’ve been working through your drills. Can see results already after just a couple of weeks.
@jasonhann35774 жыл бұрын
thanks, the third advise seems helpful, i will try it today
@kwilliams64922 жыл бұрын
Thanks mate, love your videos
@maxryan17232 жыл бұрын
max ryan really helpful as this is simply explained
@DrPeggyHart Жыл бұрын
Thanks!
@Florida_Man_Robb4 жыл бұрын
Watching these and then getting in the water I feel like I don’t even speak English. I get a little bit each time but there’s a lot going on.
@abbycassidy2904 жыл бұрын
Can you mabye do an episode analyzing fly? Im trying hard to work on my fly stroke and it would help me alot! Understandable if you cant though.
@michaelbell26313 жыл бұрын
Thank you was great and you explained very good what the high elbow is . Thank you
@davidabraham45214 жыл бұрын
Really terrific advice. Thanks!
@davebaker83622 жыл бұрын
GREAT VID GOING TO PRACTICE THAT TONIGHT
@andrewodrapkin16702 жыл бұрын
Excellent videos, thank you
@sheilasekhar4 жыл бұрын
Very very helpful. Thank you so much.
@derrickrr55162 ай бұрын
Beautiful stroke dude! *Chuckling like Beavis and Butt Head. 😄 Seriously, it’s smooth!
@dejantesic56 Жыл бұрын
thanks for videos Legend!
@dedeprivaterenang_eng85562 жыл бұрын
Thanks your video,
@swimmingtechniques47224 жыл бұрын
High elbow catch is so important for freestyle
@EkaraLibrae4 жыл бұрын
Awesome coaching :)
@jeuelc2 жыл бұрын
Very informative video. Can you also talk about the "power phase"? How close to the body should the hand be during the power phase?
@jeuelc2 жыл бұрын
what I mean is the "pull-through" phase
@christiane30084 жыл бұрын
Please make a vdeo about leg kicking rhythm, ´cause you told about doing the downwards kick when starting your catch. But in this video you did 4 kick every cycle and I don´t understand how that fits. Thx a lot. Your videos are helping me improve immensly. :-)
@WololoArgent4 жыл бұрын
Great video again.
@zzsql Жыл бұрын
I think my big mistake was pressing downward and not backward, which caused my legs to sink, drastically slowing me down. The FIRST time I tried 5mm neoprene shorts, I dropped 30 seconds off my 100m. Try those. They helped me identify why I was swimming a 2 minute 100meter.
@xuchenglin62563 жыл бұрын
Very informative and practical! I speculated almost all these points while I’m training to swim fast recently, but no one confirms that. your video confirmed my thoughts while there are not so many video talk about these. I find myself trouble to get to the perfect postures illustrated in almost every swim videos and tutorials, like you said, it’s either I managed to get to that correct position, but cannot perform a powerful pull, or I’m in my powerful position, but it’s wrong by the book. And lastly I’m curious, how long does it take for you to make such improvement/transition? I get to know alongside the “information”/“knowledge”, it still needs time to make you able to perform like the image in your mind, understand and knowing things does not mean you can manage to do it properly. So how long does it take? Thank you again for making this video, good stuff!
@mysticproduce7052 жыл бұрын
Thanks
@SuperTiziani4 жыл бұрын
Excellent. You can explain difficult topics in easy way. I improved so much with your tips but still struggling with the legs sinking.
@SuperTiziani4 жыл бұрын
@Guillermo Salceda Pacheco thanks for the suggestion. I'm planning to get some private lessons to try to fix. Maybe I'm a little too much contracted because I don't have a lean body. I'm pretty bulky. I used to play rugby when I was younger
@inz_uzi4 жыл бұрын
@@SuperTiziani Getting lean won't help your buoyancy. On the contrary. Fat floats on water because it is lighter. I'm lean and I sink like a stone 😀
@davidvargasmenatrabado72344 ай бұрын
Do you coach people in other countries ?
@meghdaniellama16044 жыл бұрын
Could you review Nathan Adrian’s catch. It looks like he catches only a little bit compared to distance freestyler like sun or Ian
@glynnbuxton33494 жыл бұрын
Thanks for all the tips, I have a question. When does the water begin to feel like you have "gripped" it and you are starting to pull? I always feel like the Catch is just chasing the water to find that purchase, but when should I feel it?
@bruce333313 жыл бұрын
hi, thanks for the clips. 8.11 picture in the right is what I have as high elbow. extremely bent . feels fast. Is it ok? I give the rotation where my shoulder comes close to my chin...
@onuryazar5831 Жыл бұрын
what ıts pace on 08:00 ?
@damiansss43064 жыл бұрын
Hello. I discovered something. I swim since may 2019 and i could keep 1.45 pace but my breathing... I thought what wrong i'm doing and i checked smt. When i stay vertical i exhale and i can feel Perfect moment when i have to inhale but as i keep horizontal position (without swim) i cant feel that and same during swimming. I exhale air but i dont get that feeling im free of air and i can inhale but only eith horizontal body pos also with vertical position i feel mich better bubbles.
@joejoe-lb6bw11 ай бұрын
Your comment that the catch should not be used for high propulsive effort has a parallel to some observations of "variable resistance" advocates. You don't put effort where the muscles are less effective (as is done in weight lifting, for example). In this perspective, the mass of water is a 'weight' we're trying to pull down toward our feet.
@LolLol-dj1tf6 ай бұрын
How is yours high elbow catch? It doesn't look like it
@iceshcratiote363511 ай бұрын
That a busy little reach
@都美竹-h9g3 жыл бұрын
this is 4 kicks?
@breadboybanana7344 Жыл бұрын
Copy Ian Thorpes thumb position underwater
@ronymanuel5072 жыл бұрын
Hey! Your body is spectacular! Waooo!!
@darringrey4329 Жыл бұрын
Your kick is at the knee, kick from the hips always, the drag is pulling you down you can see this buy how low your back / hips are , you are swimming up hill sorri to be so no it all
@FlyyArmani4 жыл бұрын
I will be a big name in the music industry. God has a plan 💫💯🙏
@AaronRossman3 жыл бұрын
Love your videos, mate! So helpful and quite honestly have me hooked on swimming again as more than just a way to get fit, but a passion and something I want to get better at :)
@thekidno1talks2784 жыл бұрын
Best swimming coach
@maxquirk66884 жыл бұрын
No one: Brenton: Agzellerate
@EffortlessSwimming4 жыл бұрын
💨
@Mrvulur92 Жыл бұрын
Best description of the high elbow catch I've ever seen so far.
@danoleary69104 жыл бұрын
I notice your elbow slips back (behind your hand) through the pull phase. I've always been told to not let this happen. Thoughts?
@mediaaccess2 Жыл бұрын
I'm 67 and I've been trying to do the freestyle for more than 50 years. Could never do it, could never like trying, always drowning after two breaths. I'm determined now. Got fins, a snorkel, a keel, and hand paddles. I'm ready. New info. for me here. Thx.
@ElTestokАй бұрын
Beginner here. I'm trying to learn how to time my kicks properly, and I've noticed something about yours: You seem to kick *once* when pulling the catch with your left arm, and *three times* when pulling the catch with your right arm. Is this a unique/personal thing, or is there a reason behind it?
@TheSutov10 ай бұрын
very helpful and accurate, thanks. Can it be said that diamond shape arm is the same as high elbow? I also observed your leg work: long-short-shor-tong, (long on the same side leg as the catch arm), yes?
@kristinetimmons38233 жыл бұрын
Thank you for many helpful videos. You are an excellent teacher. My freestyle is finally improving.
@richardsutherland9731 Жыл бұрын
Thankyou😅 just out of pool and my elbow was higher- better
@michaelowen16716 ай бұрын
What are your thoughts on the kick timing. Would you get a stronger catch with kicking the opposite foot as you start the pull?
@VoiderLegend Жыл бұрын
Would you be more faster with your head more down?
@spleenful Жыл бұрын
Are the fingers tight together or slightly separated?
@bronxcheer14844 жыл бұрын
Cheers brenton - this is your best freestyle video
@joequillun77904 ай бұрын
What's up with the Thorpedo?
@jkapeliela4 жыл бұрын
Thank you, this helps quite a bit!
@johnpickering1595 Жыл бұрын
Thanks!
@kwilliams64922 жыл бұрын
Thanks
@anitacastagna22083 жыл бұрын
For your online course do you need special equipment.
@EffortlessSwimming3 жыл бұрын
fins are recommended and a snorkel can help
@dnlmachine4287 Жыл бұрын
Thanks for the vid. "High" elbow is a misleading term for some people. "Elbow FORWARD". Form the paddle, THEN use the paddle. Catch-Pull-Push. Or, Catch-Throw. Ive seen people actually pull the elbow up and back as they start the pull, because they said "I was told High Elbow??" Stay gold.
@octjay10 ай бұрын
Thanks!
@darrendandridge8786 Жыл бұрын
Fantastic video!! I understand why I’m making my mistake now!! Extremely helpful advice
@ΙωσήφΧαμούντα Жыл бұрын
Amazing video. Clear explanation, with a dynamic swim in the demonstration. I get back in the pool in my 30s just for fun. Only water gives you this sense:) 🏊♂🙂
@carlosmonllor9754 Жыл бұрын
Congratulations from Spain. Very usefull. Thanks a lot😊
@Alex-kr7zr Жыл бұрын
Best description of the high elbow catch I've seen so far. The tip about the front arm depth is very valuable as well. I also thought I have to keep it on the surface of the water. One question regarding the leg stroke: Why do you interrupt the leg kick during the breath?
@karenhutcheson16183 жыл бұрын
I and 62 and have been lap swimming on and off for years. Which of your videos would you consider best for a beginner to start with. Love your videos but often see them as a bit advanced for me. Any suggestions?
@richardswaby6339 Жыл бұрын
Interesting. You're not talking about this in this video but I can see how you flip your feet in this video. I'll try that.
@mosyd89732 жыл бұрын
I tried this and took 8 seconds off my 100m on the first try (cracked 1.30). Tried again and now worse than when I started … what am I doing wrong 😭😭
@apracticeofpeace9 ай бұрын
Wow! This is such a helpful explanation. I was doing some of the things you mentioned attempting to get that "high elbow".
@RedMosquito20092 жыл бұрын
Thanks this was useful. Especially the tip on holding off the power while setting up the catch!
@pinarofdag Жыл бұрын
As always perfect tips with the most clear explanation.. Thank you,helps alot !
@tmsztrsz Жыл бұрын
eye opening - high elbow being above the arm-hand line and not high=close to the water surface - is a gamechanger
@kalpeti14 жыл бұрын
What's your "every day pace" for 100m over a distance of 1000m? Hiw old are you?
@ingom63633 жыл бұрын
Great video Brentan . Personally I prefer the high arm entry as it allows the start of the catch earlier too..
@FabricioSolano2 жыл бұрын
This is very informative and clear. Great correction points you make and making sense of everything helps a lot. I am 43 year old thriatlete new to the sport and trying to improve. You talk of experience which really makes a diference and you really know what you are talking about. Thank for the help!
@christopherrogers30694 жыл бұрын
Brenton is mainly 'catching' attention with those leopard speedos!
@Ari-oz6cb3 жыл бұрын
Is the movement/motion of the catch going to be the same no matter what distance is being swam (like in a 50 sprint vs a triathalon swim)?
@10thYugiohmaster104 жыл бұрын
What's an effective workout routine in relation to swimming fast?
@都美竹-h9g3 жыл бұрын
the last second in the video when you do 6 kicks, I see your hand crossed middle of your body under water
@stepheninczech2 жыл бұрын
Great explanation. Will try this tomorrow.
@maryemerypalmer Жыл бұрын
Caught me at what I have been doing and can now correct. thanks!
@alonsomoreno73404 жыл бұрын
Thanks..I like how you explain........
@aizuddineismail2 ай бұрын
Very well explained. subbed
@goodnatureart2 жыл бұрын
Breakthrough on catch. Thanks!
@daveterra47783 жыл бұрын
Awesome video thanks man!
@shereensayed14514 жыл бұрын
Please videos for autism
@lenvio4 жыл бұрын
Thank you! I learned a new fact about high elbow catch and now I have to try it in practice.
@35sherminator2 жыл бұрын
Excellent tips
@AchillesStarcraft2 жыл бұрын
Great video
@Kdiddz4 жыл бұрын
mate, my gut causes me some pretty bad drag IMO. What do I do? I can swim 10 x 100m on 1.30 pretty comfortably but I probably need more technique and weight loss to take things to another level... Im 33 btw.
@jeenjeanjeen4 жыл бұрын
Keep swimming and maybe make a tweak in the diet. I'd say cut out dairy if u havent already. 10 x 100 on the 1.30 is pretty good though. I'm trying to force myself to do 100 sets, but I keep finding myself doing 10 x 50s instead and focusing on cutting my interval time instead.