How To Swim Freestyle Properly

[@zekevfab]

For the rotation, the best advice I received from my coach is to extend the arm in front by focusing to engage the lats, when you do so the body will rotate automatically at the right angle. You can try on dry land to extend your arm and feel when your lats are engaged

[@maisetas]

thats true, try to reach up while you sitting at your computer, your body will rotate once it reaches certain height

[@maxmeier532]

I dont get it. The lats pull the upper limps towards you, they dont extend them. Hence pull ups for big lats. How do you want extend your arms by engaging the lats.

[@huzaifaahmed6311]

@@maxmeier532 Imagine pushing the hand forward but the power to push is generated by the body behind the shoulder. Automatically uses your core and lats to make a stronger and balanced push forward

[@Wil_Dasovich]

Great tips

[@WILDFOXRUNNING]

James has been getting so much better at speaking in front of the camera, sounds a lot natural now. Great work, keep it up. Also, my first triathlon is coming up in just two days, lets gooooo! Thanks for all your lessons guys.

[@gtn]

Good luck!

[@fdtlkj]

How was it?

[@WILDFOXRUNNING]

@@fdtlkj It was great thanks. Done 2 sprint distances in 2 weeks and had a blast. Came up second of my age group on the first one and 7th on the second one just today with more competition. 💪🏻. A few things I need to improve, my abdominal cramped at the end of the bike and the 5k was so painful. Have a good one

[@christoph_wattever]

Shoutout to James, such a great addition to the channel! Also all the best to Fraser, miss you in front of the camera, hope you're doing well :)

[@brendancade7350]

I've heard the "look distance ahead of you" in regard to head position SO often, but doesn't that entirely depend on how deep the pool is?

[@scottbarclay6]

Loving the South African accent! Very good video. I am no freestyle swimmer but from watching other help videos I think it is important to avoid your left arm collapsing as soon as you take a breath from your right hand side. The left arm needs to go into the catch in tandem with the head rotating back into the water rather than before. I saw a bit of a collapsed arm in the video! Sorry if I am wrong in saying this but this was a tip from the My Swim Pro videos was Fares thanks!

[@jamesdanieltamayo5197]

Thanks

[@corpounknown1097]

7:19 how you gonna breathe if you dont rotate your body. first time i actually could catch a breathe was when i rotated with my arms

[@sharonmorrison6693]

I love your videos. Can you please do a video focusing more on breathing? I have difficulty breathing not sure if I should be breathing out of the nose and mouth, or just my nose. Also I find that when I turn my head for air I get water in my mouth. Please help!! If there is a video already on this that I have missed. Please provide the link.❤❤😊

[@KlemenSuligojTri]

I went from swimming 2:40/100m to 1:30/100m just by watching this video!

[@pasqualetotaro4563]

Awesome. How long did it take?

[@PawnUp]

Hi i love ur swimming videos

[@AmericusMaximus]

Thanks to wonderful videos live this one, I enjoy constantly working on my stroke, and have plenty on which to focus and concentrate-there’s always something, and then something else. Miss, however, allowing my thoughts to wander and ponder other things as I floundered about in blissful ignorance..

[@kuoroakihamza1235]

Swimming is relaxing, learning it is also relaxing which always keep you motivated! :)

[@ngdawgs1]

Happy thanksgiving GTN 🦃🍽🍁🇺🇸 ! Always thankful for all the great vids. My swimming just keeps getting better thanks to all the great tips. Working on my flip turn now to be fancy 🧐.

[@inz_uzi]

I filmed myself this week and I've learnt (again) that my technique is terrible. When I breathe I keep my front arm extended for too long - almost like in catch up - and my whole body sinks quite a bit. Because I start my next breath movement (I breathe every two strokes) from a low position it forces me to push hard to lift my torso and my head back to the surface. I lift my head and rotate too much to take breath and this prevents me from keeping my hips and legs hight. I go up and down like this in every cycle. Funny thing is that this bad technique felt smooth with "long" gliding, something I aspired to achieve being inspired by videos with good swimmers doing that. In reality it's terrible. I'll try to change my timing to the 'galloping' style. Starting my stroke much sooner while taking a breath should keep my body closer to the surface. I hope it will allow me to keep my head flat when breathing and to keep my hips and legs higher. Unfortunately I caught cold and I can't try it out in a pool today.

[@jobanski]

Thankful for the GTN team!

[@johnjuicehealthy479]

Good information

[@nixland]

I've just been learning free style for couple of months. Self taught. Slow progress. My question: when the hand enter the water, where is the position the other hand. I saw tutorial videos where the other hand is about to pedal, other videos show where the other hand already half way, even 2/3 way. It confused me 😊

[@DavidFritzIII]

#gtncoachescorner so it's generally accepted that shaving reduces drag in the pool and on the bike, but would leaving arm hair unshaved create additional drag during the pull phase thus creating more propulsion and faster times

[@jamiefuhrman403]

#gtncoachescorner can breathing predominantly to one side cause imbalances? I’m able to breathe to both and practice before races but prefer to stick to one side for the majority of my training.

[@probinsyanongnars]

New subscriber here.❤

[@derekuhm]

9:00 that's a nice shot.

[@sumbohdee2luv]

really confused about why so many tutorials leave rotation to the end, isn’t body rotation crucial for allowing your head to rotate for a breath?

[@clairhardywynn5620]

I have a lot of work to do ! I’m really struggling with rotation - I also swim looking up as if I’m looking for the end of a pool so I’m currently trying to remember to look down - this is now happening more often than not but I’m really struggling with the whole rotation thing - my shoulders are always racing down and I tend to just use my arms which is casing my shoulder / arm joints to ache when I’m swimming longer distances :(

[@jeffreywiddop762]

Good advice definitely. But I think a swimmer should incorporate head-up; the water polo or life saving front crawl into their training with fins or even without. A swimmer doing this can really feel the catch and pull and find out their best arm to hand entry width angle. This that suits their own personal shoulder mobility.

[@random.101.]

I understand what you mean it great and all but he said to put your head is because your faster

[@jeffreywiddop762]

No hard and fast rules. Some swimmers sprint with a galloping horse head up and down and at top level. I watched these inernational water polo players training they do that. Loping movement head up and down under water, well yeah! would be some drag but they do it well. And would be skilled swimmers.

[@allezvenga7617]

Thanks for your share

[@billywalendom]

great

[@mome12accer51]

the way i breathe .i am Sink.down and stops swimming because there is no air. I have a problem with the technique. What is forced to do

[@Therradican]

Where are you? I love the background

[@gtn]

Lanzarote!

[@Therradican]

@@gtn Thank you for quick response! God bless.

[@spAncArrOzzA]

holding my breath makes it easier for me to stay afloat. My lungs are full of air and i don't lunge. Does it incorrect?

[@bigcatlove5192]

You should not hold your breath. It will cause your legs to sink and make you out of breath after a few meters.

[@NickMaovich]

Should have mentioned billion times per video that water is 800 more dense than air (like MySwimPro guys do all the time lmao)

[@banandababa]

This is so so so hard 😭😭

[@gerardoramirez9450]

My coach said that you have to breathe both left and right when swimming. Why in the Olympics the swimmers breathe just in one side??

[@charityalice5502]

At times the one which is most comfortable and gives the results....I think breathing on both sides minimizes stress on one side...however the competitive dimension..might be different for individual swimmers and their preferences.

[@TobiasMaurice-d5e]

Stroman Fields

[@SandroZabakhidze]

1:51 wooota ;d

[@na-dk9vm]

Im training for my first triathlon in june. Olympic triathlon. I can do the 1500m swim in 49 mins, the cutoff is 55 mins. The only probelm i have is im so tired when im swimmimg. I take so many breaks. Im still getting in under the cutoff time but do i just keep doing 1500m sessions, or do i add easier swim sessions ?? Currently doing 2 sessions a week

[@KennanRon-p7p]

Gislason Valleys

[@groovydoo]

NOT EVERYONE CAN DO THE IAN THORPE CrRAWL: Though he is the most significant technical swimmer of all time (YMMV), everyone's body is different, and their stroke should be designed for what they can do. World record-holders Katie Ledcky, Laure Manadou, and Janet Evans have totally dissimilar strokes. Could you take a look at their videos and evaluate them? Michael Phelps, Ian Thorpe, or Peter Vanderkaay have totally dissimilar strokes. I suggest GTN work on body types and the best strokes for that particular body type to maintain momentum.

[@frankmollegaard1989]

Beginner swimmer here. I do try breathe as you outline in this video but I don't understand why because I don't breathe this way in any other activity I do ie breathing out slowly. Can someone explain? Why change it up for exercising in water? Here is a link to a video advocating a different technique to breathing. I haven't tried it yet though. I might do cos the breathing out slowly is just not getting me enough oxygen. kzbin.info/www/bejne/i5icXn-GbNVjbrcsi=eR7nVevL4wv7lOUo

[@raynei]

1. Breathing out allows you to breathe in quickly when you take a breath. You don't need to breathe out AND breathe in when you come out for air. 2. Your urge to breathe is caused by carbon dioxide buildup. If you breathe out consistently, it will relieve that reflex and feel less tired. Just try breathing every 8 strokes vs every 3 strokes and you'll experience the reflex.

[@AzogDefilerFromMordor]

why do you call front crawl a freestyle?

[@trykozmaksym]

Arm drops when breathing...

[@kookoo6482]

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[@justagerman140]

It seems that you guy''s kick is different than most other swimmer's (/tutorials), i. e. You kick with the same side as the arm entering the water, whilst the others kick with the opposite leg. Could you a dress

[@justagerman140]

*address the arm-leg coordination for front crawl in more detail in a future video? It would be much appreciated!

[@tzalwelweetwel]

Water looks gross damn

[@PaulNicholsAUS]

Why do all of your slow motion videos show terrible technique? Pulling underwater past the centre line and out too wide. The right hand pulling so far to the left that it’s past the left hip! How can you even do that if you are rotating! Their kick is so weak. The tips are good but the swimmers aren’t

[@joehayes3081]

Why do so many triathletes splash so much when they swim 😂feeeel the water, don’t slap it!!

[@inz_uzi]

I guess it's because triathletes swim in open water and this silky smooth style of pool swimmers is not that useful in rough conditions. At least that's what I heard...

[@aliens7719]

Coz the triathletes enter the water with extended arms