Slow Motion How to Breathe Freestyle Front Crawl (Step 3)

This slow motion video shows a little more detail on the breathing involved with Freestyle (aka Front Crawl). The hardest part of swimming Freestyle is keeping the arm up while breathing without letting that arm pull down too early causing your head to go underwater and disrupt your rhythm.
When I teach swimmers to breathe properly, I have them swim "Hand Hits The Hand" because it helps them understand how to keep that arm out without the reaction of pulling earlier than they should. Having the Hand hits the Hand relies on physical touch rather than thought which is more accurate.