HOW TO HAVE A WORLD CLASS SWIM START

At this point its a well-known fact that Caeleb Dressel has one of the best starts in the sport. His overwhelming strength in seemingly every event he swam at this past World Championships cemented that statement even further. This was exactly our inspiration for this weeks video.
A lot of people struggle with theirs starts as a weakness that is more much difficult to fix than a simple technique tip in your stroke or an added drill to your training. A good start is the difference between swimming through clean or choppy water during a sprint or an upper hand on your competition in a distance event.
We recommend three various tips in this video to find your perfect foot placement, teach your body not to lean backward (a common mistake), and then finally to work with a partner on reaction time. All super fun and simple fixes to your start that will surely pay dividends at your next meet. Also, do yourself a favor and watch a few KZbin videos of Dressel's start.
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[@maliha6092]

You call that as " horrible" What would you call mine😂 Your start is amazing

[@iimoonlights3155]

same!!

[@meli._.r]

I cant even dive head first lol my dive is trash

[@graciezoeng8483]

Samee

[@alexmarquez8285]

That start was ass

[@zhao4113]

I just do a peunguin dive for fun 😂

[@Randomfax238]

do backstroke starts

[@TheWikitommy]

By far, one of the clearest/detailed tutorial yet but still not too uptight. Keep it up!

[@PhlexSwim]

Thanks a bunch! Slowly working out the kinks in our style. Glad to hear you liked this one

[@holcockbur8008]

You booth super swimming

[@SwimStrenght]

got some new tips to try,thnx ;)

[@PhlexSwim]

Let us know how they go!!

[@speciallemonflavoredclorox6702]

I love how you make your videos satisfying to watch and overlap entertaining as well as educational

[@hazaltamcan4766]

Loved the video guys! Thank you😊 could you please do some videos on dry land exercises and strength training for swimmers? Noone really does vids like that so it would be really helpful to see

[@PhlexSwim]

We will definitely do some dryland videos! Thanks for the input.

[@sebastianjespersen8317]

The one with the board is seriously my favourite exercise unless I’m the one on the block ahah

[@cianabueno6721]

when he said lukes start is horrible i was like i guess mines lretty bad😂

[@emiliaholroyd435]

Love the perfect foot placement idea thx

[@zhao4113]

I lean back and recover my arms over my head like caeleb dressel

[@solomander5040]

Lukes starts look just like mine. 😭

[@bigstronkbee]

S A M E

[@lucascadet9189]

Phlex swim you should do a giveaway by the way nice vids keep up the good work

[@PhlexSwim]

We are working on it! Thanks

[@aaronjtong]

Suddenly all of my coaches weird dry land exercises are starting to make sense 🤯

[@sussythebetter7231]

Lol same

[@swimbearuk]

I've been really struggling to change from the old style - feet next to each other - start. Tried the standing on one foot whilst bending over (at home) and immediately felt the difference in that my weight was over my front foot rather than mostly on the rear foot. I hope I can do it the same way when stood on the blocks.

[@JosephKenyonblopskroll2addict]

Is a 24.39 a decent time for a 14 year old?

[@lumpychairz7690]

I believe so. I am 13 and I have a 28.56 but one of my friends who is 14 has a 25.32. I am not sure how the competition is because that is high school level and I am only in middle school.

[@JosephKenyonblopskroll2addict]

Blobfish Avenger Yea. I just turned 15, and I haven't swam since summer. Now I'm a freshman at high school. Hoping to make varsity.

[@lumpychairz7690]

I got down to a 27 :)

[@huseyinersoy3578]

Joseph Kenyon is it metre or yard?

[@armand2615]

Yeah is urs metre or yard

[@blackhawk6506]

Hey guys, I'm 15 and My fastest 50 ever is a 23.89 is that good? I swam it in a short coarse pool btw

[@PhlexSwim]

That's great! Keep at it!

[@blackhawk6506]

Phlex Swim thank you :D I'm trying to beat my high school record of 21.15

[@sigurdvickery3523]

Yards or metres?

[@sotc_captivated7484]

BlackHawk 6 I’m trying to get mine to I turned 16 a week ago and my season just ended I swim a 24.75 and the record is 22.70 I dropped 4 seconds this season

[@youssefayman829]

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[@johnhamann9999]

I had a flash back to earlier today of my coach yelling GET OFF THE LANELINE

[@markfranz8067]

They key is to jump. #Gelmanfasttwitchmuscle

[@harrystacey8391]

some mad clickbait

[@alexmarquez8285]

Harry Stacey deadass bruh this is the worst tutorial video ever

[@robohippy]

One question I have always had about starts, which you didn't address or answer, is the water entry angle. You would need underwater camera to show this. You can't do a 'least resistance' type of entry like you want off of the diving board, mostly I suspect because that would put you too deep in the water. It appears that you need a little arch in your back/body to help keep you from going too deep. I am really old school from the days when they started you in the shallow end of the pool, and you were supposed to 'slap' the water and start swimming right away. Curious too in that it doesn't look like you use arms at all to pull or throw out in front like you do for a vertical leap test???

[@priyajio6477]

Thx...very helpful

[@ICOD73]

I need to know how to stop freezing upthere

[@darlysonreis8579]

Thanks for the video. 👏👏😀

[@coolhandscorpion7599]

My name is Luke

[@dangtrannhuthuy834]

that is not dressel

[@1049berkeley]

Hardly ever get to see a swimmer with hair on his chest.

[@garydickson]

Most of them usually shave it down to reduce drag

[@dominiktoth8686]

Hey phlex! I was wondering if you guys still have kristof on the team because you said he was Hungarian. I am also Hungarian so if you could tell him that would be great, Thanks!

[@PhlexSwim]

Hey Dominik! Kristof is definitely still on the team, we have been based out of South Florida for the summer but are back in Gainesville where he is, so expect him to be on some more videos very soon!

[@dominiktoth8686]

Phlex Swim Thanks guys!

[@PriyankaGupta-zr1ti]

Dressel has a different style of diving the "flyover" dive The video should be named how to do a dive like Micheal Phelps

[@DiveIntoFrankiesWorld]

thank you

[@kinseylee4481]

very nice

[@zhao4113]

Can i use something more softer becuase if i slap my friend in the butt it hurts cuz i slap really hard

[@Jersaaaa]

Thanks

[@toddtorres]

Fort Lauderdale ISHOF pool. Love that place!

[@mustacheman9220]

Jakiś frajer z owłosioną klatką ma mnie uczyć jak mam skakać😂pff

[@jasonjackson5696]

It did not look like the big guy did the rear foot placement trick - his feet looked closer together from the rear angle shot.

[@leahhogan5684]

Gonna try these tips out!! Wish me luck in probably gonna die 😂😂

[@bigstronkbee]

When the first start looks *exactly* like yours.

[@boebogan4249]

I tried this in practice today and I just went a best time thanks guys!!

[@aidandesimone7924]

The second tart they did the dude didn't have his thumbs over the edge.

[@grahamwells9000]

Wow thus totally taught me how to start like Caeleb Dressel

[@Mavka-m7f]

The best tips, thank you guys:)

[@youssefayman829]

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[@youssefayman829]

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[@youssefayman829]

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[@DanielFlyjh]

Music in the middle of video is a bit loud..

[@AL-rv3jz]

Crazy powerful leap kick

[@satya4866]

Oh you already have a video on how to start

[@muhammadzafar2470]

where are you located? i wanna to join you. i'm from pakistan. please reply me in comment section.thanks

[@jax8381]

LMAO

[@郁可葳]

hahaha，last one， worth a try

[@Thick_Strawberry]

What you're supposed to do with the board is say take your mark and hitting the board indicates when they should go and then you can hit them

[@oodlesofdoodles2571]

Evan Schaeffer yes

[@handbanana5555]

that third tip you gave is something the russian olympic team used to do back in the 80's in case you were wondering

[@PhlexSwim]

Had no idea! Thanks for that, very cool!!

[@Syrup-un6km]

Please do more of them

[@gabeo.731]

thank you, good stuff!

[@manjumanl5279]

You're the best.

[@JBQ5000]

Is that the north shore aquatic complex?

[@PhlexSwim]

+FalcoN nope. This is the hall of fame in fort lauderdale

[@hassanalhamid534]

👍

[@alyssablase417]

1:19

[@donaldscott5949]

What if the block has a wedge? Where should it go?

[@thewonderfulwizardoftheweb1053]

Do the exact same thing but put the wedge under your back foot

[@susanjones8803]

Brilliant tutorial no nonsense. Well done and Thankyou. 👍🏻👍🏻🐬🏊🏼‍♀️😀

[@kiduseshete4997]

what is the name of the song when the stroke clinic starts

[@jasonmcmechan2072]

God bless you all!

[@haptic5764]

How are u guys getting so much views but don't have that much subs #ifulikeusub

[@PhlexSwim]

+• Haptic • we don't know either hahah thanks for the support! 💪

[@jasonmcmechan2072]

Nothing, and I mean NOTHING, is too difficult for the Lord God, with Christ, ALL things are possible!

[@SumuduVNagodavithana]

You are kidding right 😂😂😂