Most coaches don't teach these 4 ways to swim

[@SkillsNT]

If you liked this video, you will LOVE this other one. It is Everything You Need To Know To Swim Better: kzbin.info/www/bejne/sHLOl6N9iKhojJosi=zBvzruAN9vxGst8J

[@abiramprasad792]

Can you guys Answer a question: which many of us are troubled with , that is, is height an important factor in swimming faster

[@abiramprasad792]

In swimming fast

[@nicolov.3177]

@@abiramprasad792 I don't think so, there are lot of olympic swimmers who are very hight... more or less the avarage hight is about 180÷190 mm. If you want to go faster the only think to do is to improve your technic. The thing that i used to do to swim faster was to swim above the water surface trying to reduce the hydrodynamic friction.

[@gabrielmoura3623]

Can send the message to you becouse i am brazilian

[@SkillsNT]

@@gabrielmoura3623 You don't have Whatsapp?

[@baongocnguyenduong6058]

I’m 15 yo’s girl. I have just swam for 2 years and my record for 50m is 32s. This video is so practical and impressive!! Thank you so much for help me understand lots of things about freestyle and help me improve my passion!!!!!!!

[@skittiechan2040]

OMG BROOO I'M 15 TOOO I HIT 32 TOOO IN 50 FREE

[@hugoingelhammar6163]

As a former competitive swimmer I have experimented with all 4 techniques. For short sprints I like a mix of windmill and boat style. Just bury down your head and swirl! For distances like 100 and 200m I prefer the horse style since its very powerful but lasts you abit longer. For the really long distances I like the arrow style, especially in Open Water swimming. It saves you alot of energy and and the 1:1 arm/leg ratio makes the body take care of the lactic acid better.

[@matthewqtran1318]

exactly. it's just freestyle at different distances. i would say the only one i seldomly used was the horse style. it just seemed like wasted energy. the arrow style was the default to save energy during those long swim practice sets.

[@armaanayaantv]

​@@matthewqtran1318how was it a waste of energy I'm new to competitive swimming and want to improve so I don't really know much

[@prettyhate000]

⁠@@armaanayaantvI believe that they meant by the horse being a waste of energy is that- the amount of energy you exert while doing it, doesn’t match what you gain from it. Again, you have to pick and choose where this style might be best for you, and in what length of race. Each style has to make sense for each swimmer’s physicality/body/mind during the time they need it. There is no right or wrong way. ie…All of us can swim in each style right?…. But the style each of of us is better at,may differ. And it is not just physicality; You have to also swim ‘smart’. In the end: Always trust your gut.

[@kriskrangles]

the arrow isn’t necessarily used for sprinting, it’s a distance stroke

[@ArnavAgno3]

Yeah true that's what I thought...

[@rikzz0r]

He knows that.

[@jacksammut123]

I do it in the 400m freestyle

[@chloerobins4487]

yea, that is why personally when i am sprinting i do boat, but with anything else it is arrow

[@rogerc23]

It's great for triathlon, and saving the legs for the bike and run.

[@Theo665]

The quality of those videos is amazing, filming, editing, content...

[@akkork6789]

YES

[@Saadd.1]

Fact

[@nat6106]

I was about the say the exact same thing. So true!

[@bobyford8051]

If only he did quality check. Just look at 2:28 6:55

[@juliomonzon2632]

I've been a swimmer for years and this is the best explanation I've ever found. Great work guys - please never stop!

[@juliorosadesigner]

One of the best channels about swim... keep going, boys! Cheers from Brazil!

[@SkillsNT]

Thank you!

[@mjchecksfield914]

This made me feel a lot better as I switch between 3 of these styles. I am a long distance ocean swimmer now and find its good to mix up styles over the race to prevent fatigue. And some days I dont feel strong and need to be more glidy and streamlined and other days I am pumped up and can work at higher aerobic capacity which influences style a lot.

[@phucnguyen2k]

I found everything about swimming knowledge in Skills n’ Talents channel. You’re the PhD of swimming. Respect you.

[@SkillsNT]

Thank you!

[@SkillsNT]

I have been training these four styles for the past 3 months, and the one I am most interested in further developing endurance with is the horse freestyle. It’s not the fastest or the most efficient but I want to swim the 100 freestyle faster and I think this is a great style to train to be able to maintain a good pace.

[@JuanSarmiento2006]

I think the gallop is really good to swim the 200 free

[@RigoOXx]

I think the galloping is mostly uselful for the 100 and 200, or for IM swimmers who gotta hold the pace

[@robohippy]

I watch a lot of swimming videos, and this channel is my favorite. The more I watch the elite swimmers, the more I recognize that they all use the gallop style for anything 100 yards and over. This includes Katie Ledecky, Sun Yang, and others. For me, I can't swim more than 100 yards of freestyle without going to breathing every other arm stroke, which always seems to throw me into gallop style. I am guessing that the key is that it keeps you well oxygenated, more so than breathing every 3rd stroke or so. The more I swim it, the more I prefer it for efficiency.

[@francisrau2026]

@@RigoOXx y

[@jevgeniardassov]

True that. I do a Horse while sprinting. It is just dead easy and feels so natural to me. It’s like engaging an autopilot of sorts, I don’t have to think about it, it just happens… 😊

[@velislavtoshkov2008]

Yooo! This made me feel better! I am sprinter in 50 meters and I switched to windmill freestyle. I was swimming 50 freestyle 27 sec about a month with the boat style. With the windmill finally I swam under 26 sec! Thanks a lot!

[@barmaglote.5984]

This is an absolutely fabulous video! You explain everything with concrete, detailed examples and break down the information like others don’t.

[@SkillsNT]

Thank you!

[@lionstartrading]

I'm swimming lover and recreational triathlete. I do all four techniques depending what I want to do. For example, "arrow" with slower tempo when I practice breathing, on 6, 8, 10 strokes, or "windmill" for fast interval training. "Horse" is usually my warming up technique. Actually, it just getting out of me naturally, now I recognised what I'm doing, and I see it makes sense. Fantastic video!!

[@mooripo]

This is by FAAAAAAAAAR one of the best videos on swimming on youtube and I've seen dozens of hours

[@SkillsNT]

Thank you!

[@gearoiddom]

I like the editing style on this. All meat and no filler. Good use of graphics.

[@DaoNguyen-vp7ki]

oh man, i feel so inspired by the level of nerdery. I'm a beginner swimmer and your passion has me excited. appreciation from Austin, TX

[@valenciaketterley]

I started trying horse freestyle after this video (I used to swim closer to windmill) and immediately I was able to hold 26s and 27s on a set of 16 50s where before I could barely break 26 on a single 50. Thanks so much!!

[@aleenaprasannan2146]

I just realized I was taught the Boat style as a beginner at my mid twenties. The name was never mentioned and I was just taught that that's freestyle swimming, I wasn't even aware that there are different styles of freestyle swimming...

[@yg9912]

In America we call the horse style "galloping". It makes sense when you think about it. Anyway, it's really good for long course 100's and above as well as short course 200's and above. Ive been doing it so long in practice, cuz it's easy, and now I can't swim the 50 anymore even tho I was/am a sprinter. :(

[@jaydencrews7128]

Its ok man, perfect the windmill and speedboat for technique sand always research and train. Also speed comes from that heart of yours, keep your head up you can achieve anything if you put your mind to it.

[@RigoOXx]

I use that galloping for the 100 free and the windmill for the 50

[@marklukens273]

@@RigoOXx me as well

[@Sentient_Blob]

I do a mix of horse and boat and I can pretty much all out sprint a 200. It’s great for mid distance

[@coltonstogner4363]

that underwater/overwater view is unique and so helpful

[@OrganicFaithFactory]

One of the most informative and hardworking swimming video on KZbin!

[@oreoorva]

I just started learning swimming and unconsciously do horse style swimming. Been trying to correct my swimming style so my head wouldn't lift as much. I'm bouncing a little too much 😂 I thought there's only one way to swim freestyle. Very interesting!

[@beckyb8929]

All your videos are so good - I love the anatomical views you provide and the clear explanations for what to look for. Plus encouragement. thank you!! This is my favorite swim channel.

[@alexanderpangelinan3173]

Im 5’9” swims 50 free scy in 22.14 and after seeing this im gonna try and change from boat style to windmill just to change things up! Thank you!

[@tanou74]

The quality of the video is amazing .... content, filming, editing, explaination, everything is perfect ! Keep going, and thanks !

[@monicaelidaforssell5542]

When I learnt freestyle as a child, it was windmill, and with thumbs first in the water. I had to learn as an adult to take long finger in water first, and bend my elbows to allow rest for my arms during swimming. Still working on perfecting it.

[@The.unapologetic_face]

I learnt swimming from KZbin by myself as looking at huge water bodies was one of my biggest fears... I'm trying to improve everyday....its an amazing video...thank you

[@SwaggerMesh]

I must say, it's been a while I was looking for some videos with swimming technique and every one here is just perfect. It'll help a lot on my way back to pool. Thanks!

[@simonatrif5652]

Hi, I loved the video. I'm 13 to 14 and I'm going to the Rioja swimming federation. Tomorrow I will try the gallop technique, it seems to me one of the best. Thank you very much for the video!!!😃

[@SkillsNT]

Full video on boat freestyle: kzbin.info/www/bejne/hoGVcoBnaNyCqM0

[@SkillsNT]

Full video on arrow freestyle: kzbin.info/www/bejne/gprNlayMlsZ3pLs

[@Trippin_Out]

im 14 and just swam a 24,1 on short meter track i’ve been training for 8 years by now and i can tell this is a good explanation

[@robohippy]

Raul, I may have had an epiphany about the gallop style. Came from another swim channel where she was comparing the back stroke and freestyle arm pulls. Back stroke is like the kayak paddle or windmill, which makes it more constant motion, and less glide then stroke. Freestyle, like your Arrow style, is more of a stroke, then glide, and stroke then glide. With the gallop style, since there is a quick 1, 2, arm pull, then a slight pause, you get only one cycle of glide, instead of 2 for each arm stroke cycle. Still playing around with this. It really works well for my over arm side stroke.

[@swimmingtechniques4722]

Awesome in depth video! Keep it up 👍

[@MrBraindead101]

Really interesting, thanks. My preferred distance is 200m and I find I naturally go into the horse style when training 200s. It feels smooth, powerful and easy to get into a rhythm.

[@sewv1221]

I swim almost exclusively distances in open water. I use the horse technique in choppy water. I typically swim the boat style in smooth water at the beginning of my swim but do arrow toward the end of the swim.

[@austecon6818]

I've entered a 4.6km open water swim after not swimming seriously for 15 years! Looking forward to trying out the horse technique... I am way more upper body dominant - terrible freestyle kick... Hopefully it goes well... Otherwise... arrow.

[@doodlegirl-art]

Just wanted to say thanks, your videos inspire me and today for the first time I got 30 on my 50 freestyle using the windmill method from this video! Thanks!

[@adamding3873]

In your arrow style, when your stretch your leading arm forward, it moves upwards, instead of horizontal. The entry was good and to the depth of your shoulder, then somehow when you move the arm forward, it goes up to near the surface of the water, before your start to press it down again to start the pull. This causes your lower part of body to sink a little bit and increases drag. Although it is only a matter of maybe one inch or two. I think the reasons are: 1. You look a little bit forward, instead of straight downwards. That causes your upper body naturally tilts up a little bit. 2. Your front arm is completely relaxed after the entry, so it naturally floats up. If you pay attention to that, I believe you can fix it with ease and swim even faster.

[@ahmetakar5017]

You check Total immersion swim for arrow swim arms nonsense

[@АлександрТкач-д8ц]

Thank you guys for what you are doing from Russia. It helped me a lit to improve my skills in swimming! All the best for you and good luck to your channel!

[@pekkaswim]

Awesome! Makes a lot of sense, informational, and explains down to earth, the differencies in styles among top succesfull freestylers. BIG LIKE MAN!

[@777edaguirre777]

This is great! Not related, but I was doing 25yds butterfly sprints under 10sec 20x with a 10-15sec rest between sprints in college. I had explosive speed but couldn't hold it for 100yrds. Great memories!!! My son is starting to swim and really likes it.

[@iggyosborn]

GREAT DESCRIPTION OF HORSE. I USE A SIMILAR STRATGY IN BUTTERFLY, NOT BY GALLOPING THE ARMS BUT BY STEEPLECXHASING THEM.

[@zeldamorgan9260]

I just started swimming, and realize I use the Arrow stroke. I'm trying to increase my lung capacity, so speed isn't really an issue for me, this is just what felt natural. Thanks for a great video.

[@Noor-oh4jq]

I use windmill when I am trying to get a new PR

[@marklukens273]

As u should

[@marklukens273]

@F K not too much though bc it is hard on the shoulders

[@hanlee6147]

@@marklukens273 it shouldn’t hurt ur shoulders, it means u aren’t rotating enough

[@LJ-ej3fv]

Thanks for this. I'm going back to swimming after a couple of years of break, and I'm sorta annoyed with how much I seem to have forgotten. Feels kinda embarassing :'D I've been subscribed to you for a couple of years though, in case I got back in. I've always been impressed with your insight and how straight-to-the-point your videos generally are. I don't really feel like I learn something from watching swimming videos by others, but yours I always seem to learn something from. It's pretty cool - thanks again.

[@johnswimcat]

Really interesting video. I trained for years for masters' swimming in Britain and was very interested in stroke technique. I'm a natural sprinter but prefer middle distance racing, 200s and 400s. I always wanted to swim with a two beat kick but never mastered it!

[@jacksammut123]

I combined the horse and arrow technique which feels very comfortable when I swim the 400m freestyle

[@ralphaugustus9596]

I was about to say that. I combined Windmill and Arrow. Same movement like arrow but a faster pace like windmill

[@Chance-ry1hq]

Excellent video. I’m a old self taught swimmer, who swims laps for exercise. The closest to my style is the arrow, but is fun to try other styles. I imagine I will be watching this video many more times. Thanks for the great explanations, and filming.

[@ETHomerin]

Windmill is often good for all out sprints, with gallop being great for the 100, 200, and 400. Arrow is really good for the early and mid halves of a long race, which toward the last 300 to 150 meters turns into boat as the swimmer brings it home. Very few swimmers utilize all four in the higher levels because very few swimmers span the entire scope of freestyle. Great video

[@WalkRHackett]

This is the best vid on KZbin… I can’t stop watching this

[@SkillsNT]

🤩

[@roberthall7336]

Super, as always. Full of clearly produced videos, graphics and excellent explanations. Thanks very much team. Wish you guys could come to Europe!

[@JoanKSX]

Hi there. I'm a total beginner. I'm going to learn swimming because I have overweight problem and now early stage of fallen arch problem as well. Plus recent years the place I live keep having flash flood or so, and my hometown is so near to the sea but yet I never even know how to float myself XD Anyway thanks for your very detailed nerdy demonstration, I never know that swimming could be so fascinating =D

[@GDKITHARA]

Thank you so much for the style number 1(the first teqnic)!!!!!!!!!!Now I swim very fast and steady!!!!You are the best!!!!!

[@meghdaniellama1604]

I think the horse style freestyle is also known as hybrid (hip driven in one side shoulder driven in another). Go swim tv calls it a loopers freestyle (usually occurs naturally with people with a stronger one side). Go swim tv gave a drill where you swim with 6 kick one pull but in one side you dive in and in another side or pull you come back up.

[@اللؤلؤوالمرجان-ظ2ع]

Windmill is basically super effective with maximum efforts at short distances ( 50m & 100m ) , for a 200m I guess professional Olympians would probably do a mix of the first 2 strokes , and arrow is basically super good when mastered for +400m events , overall great video !

[@Sentient_Blob]

Just know that it can be really hard to pull off and it isn’t conducive to everyone

[@Peayou...]

I can't tell you how much this will help me thank you:)))

[@SkillsNT]

I'm so glad!

[@robohippy]

I keep watching this, 20 or more times now. I have been told I over analyze things.... With all the time I have spent on my over arm side stroke, I kind of forgot how to swim freestyle. I am getting back into it some what, mostly for developing more power, and aerobic capacity. One thing I have noticed here, is how the use of body and hip rotation changes with the strokes. With windmill, there very little hip rotation, and minimal shoulder rotation. I do remember feeling this when sprinting, with both my side stroke and my freestyle. With gallop style, there is more shoulder rotation to the breathing side, but since it is more of a sprint stroke, there is still minimal hip rotation. With the boat style, there is more shoulder and hip rotation. With Arrow, there is a lot of shoulder and hip rotation. I find that most of the time, I am in gallop style, even when trying to swim longer distances. I can't swim more than 100 yards without having to breath every other arm stroke. Just me I guess. When breathing every other stroke, I kind of naturally fall into gallop style. If I am swimming more distance style, and trying to do arrow, I still seem to slip into arrow/gallop hybrid style. I find boat easier to do if I am breathing every 3rd or 4th arm stroke, and same with arrow. I do practice all 4 variations by swimming a lot of 50s. I need to expand that to swimming more 100s... I use pretty much the same breathing pattern for my over arm side stroke. Up to 100 yards and I can breath every other arm cycle. over that, every arm cycle...

[@richardli8888]

I switched from my regular swimming to arrow swimming and it made me so much faster!!

[@redgoat8447]

Is that because u have reduced ur rest time? Arrow style saves a lot of energy from nearly- no-kicking technique.

[@richardli8888]

@@redgoat8447 i think it's because it forced me to pay attention to my stroke technique and by swimming arrow style, it decreased my stroke count and increased the quality of each stroke :)

[@robohippy]

@@richardli8888 I practice Arrow Freestyle every work out. You can swim it for power with long powerful pulls, or for efficiency and distance with slower pulls. Yes, because of the slower stroke rate, you can really pay attention to your arm technique. It is harder with paddles on...

[@vivi011108]

I actually use a mixture of some of these. I find I use 2 and 3 during a game of water polo, 2/horse for when I'm closing the gap on someone and I need to be able to see them and get up out of the water, 3/boat for trying to accelerate without using the wall. The arrow is used for the long swims when training.

[@LuizaCaldasC]

Great video! I really liked the horse technique. Also, You can see Ledecky swimming the arrow style on the 800s in Rio. She ended the race almost a pool in front of the second place.

[@evelync2627]

Actually, Caeleb Dressel (long A by the way) disapproves of the gallop. By gallop, you are transferring energy upward which doesn't do much. Caeleb does stay slightly longer on one side when doing the 100 to save a bit more energy but it is different from a gallop which is more like Michael Phelp's stroke in the 200 and 400 free

[@SkillsNT]

He still gallops 🐎

[@kyleromero820]

@@SkillsNT it's really not tho...

[@jeygee3736]

@@kyleromero820 yeah he does gallop technically. Ur opinion is irrelevant

[@chrisolson3240]

Excellent video. It's amazing that #4 allows the body to glide and still do well. I can see it for long distances. Thank You.

[@tomeravital8873]

Outstanding editing skills, great video.

[@jor-el1298]

I love the arrow style for a longer, more relaxed swim, but I can't achieve the kick well enough. At my level (I would say intermediate) the boat style is the best. Also, amazing video, so well done! Thank you.

[@echo0064]

Arrow will be great for open water or long distance. More elegant in my eyes too. Thanks for sharing the info.

[@MrFarmaco]

This is one of the best video ever on freestyle. I (never a pro but a good swimmer) found myself questioning my freestyle while swimming becuase i often switch from one to another. All feels different and on distance longer than 200 i found difficult to chose between arrow and horse. BTW i preattx much think Greg Paltrinieri is on of the horse.

[@muhammadqasimnoorani8154]

Your observation is super, the way you take 4 style out of a single freestyle. Video making is also great.

[@tonyshihoutang6576]

by the way , these style can be categorized as the both hand drill position if not mistaken , horse style is typically mixed cross drill, mixture of front cross drill and mid cross drill. Whereas rear cross drill is used for long distance freestyle. About the kick 2,4&6 would be accomplished with the cross drill technique. 😅 This is what I understanding after watching many others swimmer KZbinr sharing and concluded.

[@dasargilamauloeapa]

i choose horse style for speed, arrow style for enjoying swimming---i love how the legs kick so relax

[@innominepatris2905]

And also if you have a strong and stabil core try to dib a bit sideways with your fingers into the water. You need to rotate with your shoulder but try to keep stabil and centered too your swin direction.

[@DevonNorrex]

Realy good analysis of the different swimming types in my opinion, good job and a interesting video. I didnt know, that i am doing the Horse style all the years, during my sprint parts! Thanks a lot. Greetings from GER!

[@me4eG]

3rd is the most regular crawl, 4th is just 2 kick per cycle variant mostly used for long distances.

[@leviathantf4617]

Helpful vid, but as a state qualifier just focus on the first two “types” of swimming. Either a high tempo gallop or high tempo windmill / elbow bend variation will be the only ones to help you qualify

[@casualartist4202]

combining the horse and arrow styles creates the ultimate distance swim hybrid

[@gkan7318]

Hi, Just wanted to say awesome videos =). Also, I had a question, which style did Pan Zhanle use in Paris recently? Is it similar to any of the 4 techniques shown in this video or very different?

[@davidmostertvlogs1319]

Bro your editing is on a whole new level 🔥🔥🔥

[@kuromisthe_best]

VERY TRUE ,!!

[@toshaks]

Horse style that you mention is the mix of hip and shoulder driven technique The windmill style is the shoulder driven technique and both of these are mentioned in other videos on KZbin

OH, Here we go again. Great quality content as always would be. Worth waiting for your new video!!! I realize that I do horse style all along with the arrow style kick :))... And hey, I'm just a guy who graduates a #1 rank Vietnamese college in economics and also... English. I did contribute some Vietnamese subtitles to your butterfly tutorial videos and I am so sorry for doing some amateur stuff. (That's because at that time I am learning English and a beginner at swimming so I don't have much technical word of this sport). Also, I find that some of your videos got a bad translation in Vietnamese too... like this video: "Freestyle swimming: How I swim my smoothest 100 meters in 1:05 ". It's some kind of instant google-translate noodles that seem like it didn't transfer fully your message in it (like the term "stroke": it has two meanings: a swimming arm movement and an illness, which in the subtitle is "Đột quỵ" - the illness. So, all due respect, with your permission, could I be your exclusive Vietnamese subtitles contributor?. Start with today, I will correct all the videos which have got bad translation (and mine too), and after that, do some more sub if I got time. I really love your works for the swimming learning community and I hope I can do my best for you guys!!!

[@SkillsNT]

🤩 Thank you! Yes! Actually youtube is making changes but there is a way you can contribute. I'll let you know more once I understand it better

@@SkillsNT Oh yes, turns out youtube has closed the contributing section lately: Community contributions will be discontinued across all channels after September 28, 2020. Community contributions allowed viewers to add closed captions, subtitles, and title/descriptions to videos. This feature was rarely used and had problems with spam/abuse so we’re removing them to focus on other creator tools. You can still use your own captions, automatic captions, and third-party tools and services. You have until September 28, 2020 to publish your community contributions before they’re removed.

[@deekshithapalanivelraja3265]

Thank you! I am finally going to swim tomorrow and I am very excited 😀

[@deekshithapalanivelraja3265]

Keep up the good work @Skills NT Swimming

[@SkillsNT]

Thank you! That's good news! Enjoy!

[@barongerhardt]

When I competed, I mostly used a stroke a little between arrow and boat for distance events 500/1650. That last length though it would transition to a higher stroke count more like windmill. For IM and mid distance events it was a lot more like boat.

[@philipmeyer7402]

You’re basically doing catch-up style with that arrow. There isn’t quite that much delay in the stroke. Also it can be easier if you keep your head and arms further down like sun yang

[@hmaster6000]

For the horse style, I've always called it 'gallop' but I think many refer to it as 'hybrid'; that is, a hybrid of hip-driven and shoulder-driven freestyle. I've always found it the the most efficient for a 100 and 200, windmill in the last 15.

[@GT705]

Thank you for breaking these down so well with great explanations and analyses. This is one of the most valuable swimming videos I have ever watched.

[@leoantsiferov]

I'd like to thank you for your arrow freestyle videos, it helped me a lot when I started training 3 years ago. 3 years ago I thought 500 meters is a huge distance to swim, now my usual training is 1500-1800, I participated 2 amateur championships with 2300m (Saint-Petersburg, Russia, 2021) and 3000m (Nizhny Novgorod, Russia, 2022), and more to go, I hope. Definitely my sprinting skills are far from yours, my best 100m is still 1'39" 😂 but sprint is not my primary goal 😅 Thanks again and swim fast ✌🏼😁

[@SkillsNT]

Great improvement and results! Congratulations!

[@nguyenquanphat]

The best channel. I like arrow swimming. Thanks you for this video.

[@1031monlin]

Great video and very informative. The editing and filming is amazing! Thanks!

[@solar2587]

the way to gallop or horse style if to have a speedy strong kick and to use the oxygen you get to fuel the strong kick. The point of the gallop is to find rhythm and not use a lot of energy focused on the arms and use it all for kick. I use gallop and I am 14 and went a 24:08 in 50 free using horse. At the end of the day swimming is about dedication and preference on how you want to swim and your technique.

[@abdullahebrahim4045]

Awesome content Please make a video on all different kicking techniques (not limited to freestyle ,though )All kinds of kicks! Pros and cons and I mean you know how to make videos and what to cover Swimming regards:)

[@Finn-og9qr]

Great video! I recently switched the pool that I practice at, everyone there swims horse and I swim a boat/arrow mix. The coach immediately noticed that my stroke was waaayy longer than everyone else there. Not that I am a “faster” or “better” swimmer than them but just super different styles. For context I used to swim at a pool that nearly all the sets are sprints (all under 200s but on quick times) the new pool is all distance (500s and 1000s).

[@edwardhigh2584]

Thank you!! I'm currently using the Arrow style to prep for IM

[@teokokho9060]

Hey, another great video as always. Could you do a detailed tutorial on how to do the loping freestyle pls. I would like to develop this style of free.

[@rockape4658]

i go arrow mostly but horse for speeding up,arrow for open water too,more relaxed for distance. good vid -thanks

[@christinasargeant6127]

Can we appreciate the camera work. That’s so clear for a swim video.

[@ivankip8893]

Your videos just got a lot cooler!

[@dianeofzeus]

I use arrow while swimming in a chilled zone, but I prefer to use the horse style while going fast. My coach tells me to use the boat during the sprint but I can't with the 3,4,5 breaths lol, I forget to breathe and end up feeling fatigued haha. Thank you for making this video btw. I learnt the difference for the first time xD

[@mr.quokka8676]

As a long distance swimmer, I have a combination of "The Horse" and "The Arrow" its an easy 1-2 you could combinate for an amazing relaxed constant pace. The cons of this is that the low amount of your kicks during the swim, must be made up in the underwater fase of each turn.

[@angelguerra7744]

Pretty sure this are some of the best swiming videos i ve ver seen, thank you

[@littlecherryful]

I agree with some aspects but not others . I love your videos beautifully made . I love the scientific aspects you have added

[@kerambeach]

this video is awesome, big thanks. For the horse freestyle, it'sometime described a galop freestyle.

[@SkillsNT]

Thank you 😅

[@sqmp446]

Best swimming video on youtube