SWIM FASTER: Crucial Differences Between Sprint and Distance Freestyle

[@thomdoherty2229]

Wonderful video as always! 💪💪👍. Such good coaching info. I know it may not be the focus for your channel, but as an age group triathlete I need some different skiils - distances are long, it's mass start open water being hit and kicked, need to sight every few strokes, need minimal kick to save the legs for the ride and run, etc. It's hard to find good information on translating pool skills to triathlon or posibbly different drills to do/ try. I am in Canada which means the majority of my pre season swimming has to be indoors. Maybe a future video could give desperately needed tips for us hungry for guidance triathletes 😊 thanks as always for the great videos!!

[@JoeFrehling]

This was an awesome video. Love the comparisons and examples.

[@frehlingswim]

thanks dadio ❤

[@KT-zx9jr]

Excellent great Kaitlin!! Awesome to see you again and as always exceptional video!! For me, I am a sprinting guy in everything!! I love explosiveness, fast twitch, and recently found a way to get back to sprinting on the tread mill with my bone on bone left knee....I grab the top and behind the treadmill, lean over and hold (taking vertical pressure off the knees or lots anyway) and do my 30 sec fast, 30 sec slow.....Love it! And in the pool, I love fly n crawl sprints!! I love to play close to the sun!!

[@frehlingswim]

Thanks KT! I'm right there with you!!! SPRINTERS all the way.

[@KT-zx9jr]

@@frehlingswim My great and kind friend!! I think we share a similar soul!! Thanks for your energy and have a wonder week ahead!

[@kellyfrehling7075]

Such good tips!

[@ramyg5037]

2:57 - I need to follow these principles and follow this plan 3:26

[@frehlingswim]

Awesome!! I'm glad you found value from my breathing patterns. Let me know how it goes when you try them out.

[@javiercarbonell622]

Great channel Kaitlin I followed your instructions to get a better pace and it worked hopefully I’ll get better for next year today I swam 1900mts in 46 mins

[@frehlingswim]

Yes!! I’m so glad to hear this. Awesome work. Keep me posted on your progress.

[@vansavant822]

Nice work, Coach!!! Lots of good stuff in here, and I appreciate it! Later gator vs

[@frehlingswim]

Thanks Van! Glad you enjoyed it 😊

[@robohippy]

Can't say I learned anything, but several comments. One, by rotation, I have always thought that hip rotation was slightly less than shoulder rotation. True or not? One of the most interesting comparisons of freestyle mechanics is Ariarne Titmus and Katie Ledecky. Ariarne swims on a breathing pattern of 2, 2, and then 3 or 4, and repeat. Katie swims gallop style. I would love to take one of those O2 meters that tell blood level saturation points and put one on their fingers when they are done with a race. I would be willing to bet that Katie has a higher O2 level. Once you get into oxygen debt, you can not recover. I also like how Katie swims with no kicks for part of the 1500, then 1 kick, then 2 kicks, then 4 kicks, and finally 6 beat kick to finish. I always watch the Olympics. For the first time ever, I noticed one male swimmer who was breathing every 4th arm pull on the 100. Pretty much all the rest of them were gallop style. I would like to put an O2 sensor on his finger too after a race.

[@frehlingswim]

Great observations, thanks for sharing!

[@andrzejsikoraPolska]

Właśnie mam problemy z oddychaniem. Po kilkuset metrach tracę powoli ciąg wody a przez to załamuje się poprawna technika. Mam wrażenie że przyczyna tkwi w oddychaniu. A poza tym ładna dziewczyna i mądrze mówi. I dlatego przyjemnie się słucha.

[@frehlingswim]

The breathing could cause that. Try sticking to a consistent breathing pattern with more oxygen intake than you’re currently getting. Example- if you’re currently breathing every 3 strokes, try dropping down to breathing every 2 strokes. See if that helps!