If you are not a competitive (racing) swimmer, don't work for speed. Strive to increase efficiency - fewer strokes for the same distance. That means improving technique and strength. Efficient breathing will help that also.
i would rather do sprints than long slow swims. build heart and muscle. Plus i like hard efforts and breathers than the long slow suffocating feeling of a 2k swim.
Yeah, that's what I'm doing. I used to be so afraid of the water despite loving the ocean. So right now I'm building resistance because I'm planning to go snorkeling in summer, also I wanted to join the military 😊
No, it can be important to work on your speed cuz the faster you swim the faster you will reach the end of the pool and the least you have to control your breathing
1. reduce drag increase propulsion Body and head position 2. keep hips and body near surface of water 3. neutral body eyes looking down (marking on bottom of pool to indicate near wall) Catch and Pull 4. hand entry 18in in front of shoulder. enter with middle and ring finger, don't cross midline with hands or arms 5. after hand enters water, stretch out arm and use rotational momentum to increase reach 6. initiate pull with high elbow, keep wrist and forearm in line and pull straight, vertical forearm, dont pull with straight arm, bend elbow 7. pull with hand slightly relaxed and some space between each finger 8. keep high elbow when returning to starting point Breathe 9. head no go up to breathe, turn to side but not to far, keep 1 eye in water 10. exhale out nose or mouth when under water 11. breathe every 2-4 strokes but keep it consistent, swim with paddle in front of head to enforce good technique Kick 12. from hips not knees, pointed toes, little knee bend 13. kick amplitude 12-18 in wide, short fast kick 14. 1 or 3 kick per arm stroke Streamline 15. squeeze arms together, point toes, engage core and legs, biceps squeezed behind ears 16. when push of wall torpedo like, dolphin kicks, short and fast, pick2-5 dolphin kicks after wall push off
As a newbie at 30 years of age this video is pure gold. I know what I am doing wrong by seeing the video but executing everything like these gorgeous people is so hard, but I love the challenge of this sport. Thank you so much !
@@mariah9824 I feel like the consciousness we're exercising with makes it fun. I feel kind of aware of every move. I reached my first 1km today after two weeks :D
I tried your technique at the pool today. While, I felt the drag to be less, and my speed improved, I couldn't help gulping water when I tried the one eye inside the water breathing technique. Any tips?
Personally, I don’t recommend beginners to use this technique because that way you easily gulp water. You can try fully tilt your head with both eyes out of water to breathe. After you mastered this, you can try the one inside water technique.
Really make sure that the top of your head stays in the water creating a little bow in the water which will give you a little pocket of air space to better get your breath.
Less drags and more propulsion Correct body and head position Catch and pull technique Correct breathing technique Correct leg kicks And practice makes perfect
Oh man - years of swim practice under a coach - now years later this is helping me pick apart my current stroke. I’ve really lost the crispness of a well composed stroke. So helpful! I will put this into action immediately. I excited for the result.
I’m watching this while spending 3 months preparing for army scuba training. Never been much of a swimmer and I tried the 500 and got 15 minutes. I need a 12:30 to pass. A lot my issues are those mentioned in the video. Much appreciate for posting this!
A lot of the technique tips help with applying more power by engaging more muscles and catching more water, so I feel like I learned how to swim hard and fast and that works, but my problem is I struggle to stay below aerobic threshold and I can't swim more than about two or three 25s without a short rest to catch up breath. I normally breathe every third stroke. The last thing I tried was using the 2-beat kick only and that helped. I know I need to improve fitness, but I wonder why I don't seem to be able to slow things down enough to where I can sustain it.
I can tell you why: because you can't pull yourself through water enough because you don't have the swimming muscles to do that. You need a 2-beat kick, breath every second stroke and pull yourself hard so that your shoulders burn. You keep doing that for a few weeks and you'll get to the point of being able to pull yourself with 80% of your maximum muscle power and swim a longer distance. Then eventually (and we're talking at least a year) you'll be able to swim forever. Honest words from an honest swimmer that learnt at the age of 36. There's only one way to do it: the hard way. Do not trust youtubers who're trying to sell you their apps. There's no such thing as effortless swimming.
@@AhimSaah hey- one year wannabe competitive swimmer here. Thank you for your advice. I plan to follow that to the best of my ability. I can actually swim for a long time if I'm giving very little effort but it's not practical for being competitive. I want to improve my swimming style first then move on to the speed so I just wanted to say your advice really holds a point.
@@AhimSaah if it's okay, can I ask how to keep the 2 beat kicks in a rhythm. As in only do the 2 beat kicks instead of some more kicks when feeling slow.
@@nilashamishra7514 that's tough one! I actually don't really know but I can share my story. In the beginning my legs were kicking out of control, it was at the point when I started feeling the pull through the water with my arms that I could finally relax my legs as they weren't sinking anymore. I think when your cruising speed is enough you can start kicking less. Maybe you can do some drills for kicking, use fins to emphasize the kick. Give yourself time, it'll come. Good luck!
@@AhimSaah Thank you for this :). I'll make sure to try it with fins. My legs aren't actually sinking anymore but I still didn't always do the 2 beat kicks. Sometimes it goes up to 3 or 4 beats accidentally 😅 I'll continue practicing though. Swimming is something I don't think I can ever give up on :))
There's only one way that I ever learned to swim without getting tired: In college, before our big conference meet (AKA NCAA's qual meet), we would swim at Summit County High School for a few weeks over Christmas break (That is over 10,000 ft above sea level BTW). The air is rare up there...and practices were brutal! Then we would immediately taper and swim our conference meet at the old Belmont Olympic Pool in Long Beach, which was literally lower than sea level. (LOT'S of air). If you hit your taper right and you trained hard enough at the super high altitude, you felt like a living God for just a few days before you lost the taper and/or acclimated to the new environment. I highly recommend it for anyone that can actually train that high and race that low...it was life-changing.
the difference in air pressure and density at 10,000 feet is 75% lower then at sea level so lets say you swam 10 strokes at 10k ft is equivalent to swimming 17.5 strokes at sea level. Your swimming just as hard with both amount of strokes at sea level so that's the best way to maintain insane levels of cardio essentially starve yourself from oxygen
Efficiency is intelligent laziness. I figure swimming efficiently is about half mechanics, and half conditioning. I was chatting with some one in the pool the other day and they were surprised by how far I was swimming. They commented that they were swimming dog paddle, and could never relax in the water. So, for them, it was a combination of most inefficient swim stroke ever, and not being able to relax. I still don't understand why coaches comment about the kick does not come from the knee. While using a scissor kick, like used in the life guard side stroke, is not efficient unless you are dragging some one through the water and can't use both arms. It produces a lot of thrust, but also huge amounts of drag. Bending the leg at the knee is a huge part of getting maximum power out of the kick as you 'crack the whip'.
Great points on efficiency! To explain the kick, if swimmers focus on kicking from the knees, they will usually not utilize their entire leg. You don't want to have your knees locked up, but relaxed. Kicking from your hips down to your toes is the best way to kick. This video may explain it in more detail: th-cam.com/video/2o_3lYhW6eo/w-d-xo.html
@@myswimpro I did see that one and did leave a comment on it as well. Worst kicking I have ever seen are the 'bicycle' style kicks where there is no 'snap' at the end of the kick and the kick resembles what your feed to when on a bicycle, more up and down, and very little snap.
Your channel has really helped me grow as a swimmer. I used to swim competitively as a child and teen, took an 8 year break doing something else and came back realizing I forgot a lot of my technique and endurance. Three months in and I swam sub 60min 3km. I know it's not great, but I'm slowly getting there.
Body types? You mean fat people and fit people? Its not body types its your fucking health and if you’re fat then you aren’t bound to it by your ‘body type’.
I didn't think I could, but it's all technique and body position, especially your head. On some workouts I also put on lava pants (like a wetsuit but only pants to your knees) and that gives my buoyance. Because I train for triathlon, I try not to kick much, since in a long race you really want to save your legs for the bike and the run. The pants make it possible to kick very little and also make it easier to rotate, but first get the technique right.
@@myswimpro This absolutely. I can swim with confidence if i swim a bit faster, but i burn out quickly. As soon as i try to swim slower, i fear i'm going to sink.
Wonderful and practical as usual❤ great app, I recommend to any one who likes to enjoy the swimming and get healthier at the same time improve his/her swimming regardless any level they are now! When you have a app you will feel the differences ! I look at it this way: Having the app for 52 weeks practice is the same investment as 3 session swim class one by one! Happy swimming 😊
Rlly useful vid. Luckily I hv the swimming gala in mid Nov, and I hv enough time to practice the tips^^ I actually see myself in the wrong demonstrations haha, and it really let me know why I am always slower than the other swimmers. Thank you so much!!!❤❤❤
Oh with the body rotation tip, I also find this puts less strain on your shoulders because you are basically meeting your shoulders halfway with your body.
Speed consistency can very so much in a public swim line 1 hour session. Slowing down/speeding up is very energy intensive and this can really use up energy levels fast. Occasionally there faster days so i can stay at my comfortable speed for longer which help with all techniques i have learned but when your force to slow down it really does hit speed/energy levels.
Thank you for all these useful tips, but all these apply best only in swimming pools. In the sea it is different. Once you take half of your face out of the water to breethe, a small wave can cause you inhale sea water instead of air. Of course in the sea you are kept afloat more easily in comparison to the pool.
At 14 I was extremely scared of water that is deeper than my height, but with patience and practice and a LOT of fails I eventually became a good swimmer now at 20 years old. My biggest advice for begginer swimmers would be to not get discouraged when failing and always focus on small improvements.
It’s not supposed to be a calming video or song. It’s a video to teach you how to swim without getting tired. And just to remind you, this person wants to give us a great video, not a song. Unless if he wants to give us the song that’s even better than the video.
The issue is the sound mixing. The voice ans the music are fighting eachother - either lower the volume, or filter out the right band of frequencies from the music.
as a competitive swimmer for one of our practices before finals there is a drag day every year so we can get stronger and we have to do a mile the same day.
would breathing every 2 strokes be better for a beginner learning to how to comfortably breathe? I find myself doing okay for the first 25 meters with breathing every 3 strokes, but more difficult to stay consistent with that once the distances gets further
i was under the belief that today most instructors/ coaches were teaching the IAN THORPE method, the great swimmer from AUSTRALIA ...he has the most efficient swim stroke of ALL TIME, on film they counted his strokes in the finals of the olympics and the second place guy took more than twice the strokes than IAN did...
You tend to show freestyle in 90% of your videos. This is my own opinion but backstroke is the best stroke, and the stroke that I use for most of time when I swim laps. I like it because you can breathe so much easier.
Question: shouldn't the kicks in freestyle stay beneath the water surface? Kicks thrashing a lot of water above the surface seems counterproductive since kicking air & slapping / dmavking your feet & legd doesn't move you in the water. Or is there something there I don't know & understand?
Hi... I really like your videos and I just started swimming a month before. Now I am able to swim freestyle but I get tired and exhausted after 20meters. I improved a lot but I does not feel good when exhausted. Need to improve my efficiency. Any tips would be appreciated.
hey! I just would like to tell you that I was like that too at some point, 25 meters would wear me out a lot, but now I am at a point where I can comfortably do 100-200meters, I got to this level of stamina after about three weeks, doing around 2 hours of swimming everyday. you just have to practice a lot and push yourself and your body will naturally gain more energy and endurance. Also make sure to stretch before and after you swim and also eat a decent amount of fiber, protein, and potassium before you swim. Also a water bottle is a must!! You can get very dehydrated while swimming, swimming is a workout. You are sweating so much and are so tired but you don’t realize you are sweating because you are wet, and you might not realize how hot you are because the water is somewhat cold. You wouldn’t want to pass out from dehydration in the middle of the pool would you? Anyways hope these helped! Goodluck
Hi.. Many thanks for your detail reply. I agree 💯 as I just started almost 2 months back without any coach or academy. Before this I never even tried to swim. Freestyle is really tiring and requires more power and energy. Now I am good. I learnt backstroke 1st even though I was practicing freestyle front crawl more. I can do backstroke longer and for more time as I can breath anytime. Now I can easily go from one to another end of 50m pool. Yes with time and practice the stamina develops. I am just following few TH-cam channels for learning. Now I swim freestyle, backstroke, breaststroke and a little 🦋 as well. Thank you so much for a positive feedback on my comments. ❤
Hey guys I'm doing my National lifeguard in 2.5 weeks and my time right now for 400m is 11.12 and I have to do it in 10mins for the National Lifeguard. Do you think I can make it?
I think the key is to keep one eye in the water but still get your whole mouth out of the water - so your face will briefly be at an angle to be able to accomplish both of those at once. It's hard to tell from this video but I think 5:45 or 6:24 are the closest you get to being able to see how it should look
I recently started swimming properly and I'm tired because my legs nuke all my energy (and I'm not kicking frantically as some newer swimmers do)... when I swim with legs, I have to take a break to catch my breath every 3-4 pools (75-100 m) but I can go easily 200, 250 m without using legs and feel ok
What I got used to and is my personal preference, is to only do one more powerful kick per arm stroke and 2 very little ones (could also do none). Over longer distances (I usually only do up to 1000m) I feel like I am barely using my legs. Most of the energy from my legs feels like it is used for the turns. Perhaps it does also help you to do a few practice laps where you are only using your legs. You will quickly realize that qick and powerful kicks will be fast, but are simply not sustainable for longer distances. You will have to incorporate some sort of gliding to your kicks and that could maybe help you. I am very much out of shape, so I have to take 1-2 seconds breathing breaks each lap after the first 200m of my 1000m practices.
Gotta swim 500m in 10min or less today. Would consider myself a strong swimmer but no serious training. 10 years of CrossFit athleticism and just finished a marathon last week. Think I can swim 500m in 10min following this video’s advice?
Update: I couldn’t beat 10min. My issue is getting comfortable with the breathing technique of keeping half of my head in the water. I’ve got to figure it out soon so I can qualify as a beach lifeguard 🫡
yeah! I’m doing my first 100yards fly soon. I’m a really young swimmer and i’m nervous as hell and everyday at practice i always get tired and think, “if i get tired during this how will i do 100 fly?” i’m really nervous.
Work on rolling over to your back and floating/kicking on you back. If you can float on your back with minimal effort then when you get tired in the middle of the pool you can flip onto your back to recover. Once you catch your breath you can roll over and keep swimming! Another benefit of working on your back float is that it'll help your balance in the water, which is key to efficient swimming.
I am new to swimming(24 days).Learning freestyle and backfloat from TH-cam.I do exactly as you said, changing from freestyle to backfloat when i feel tired,take a breather,then again continue with my free style.
Hello, swimming gods another fantastic video. Thanks for sharing your best tips and tricks, and improving me day by day I request you for the video on dolphin kicks and hand movement.
If you are not a competitive (racing) swimmer, don't work for speed. Strive to increase efficiency - fewer strokes for the same distance. That means improving technique and strength. Efficient breathing will help that also.
i would rather do sprints than long slow swims. build heart and muscle. Plus i like hard efforts and breathers than the long slow suffocating feeling of a 2k swim.
I am a swimmer and the last thing I can tell to someome is How to swim. Repeat.
Thankyou
Yeah, that's what I'm doing. I used to be so afraid of the water despite loving the ocean. So right now I'm building resistance because I'm planning to go snorkeling in summer, also I wanted to join the military 😊
No, it can be important to work on your speed cuz the faster you swim the faster you will reach the end of the pool and the least you have to control your breathing
1. reduce drag increase propulsion
Body and head position
2. keep hips and body near surface of water
3. neutral body eyes looking down (marking on bottom of pool to indicate near wall)
Catch and Pull
4. hand entry 18in in front of shoulder. enter with middle and ring finger, don't cross midline with hands or arms
5. after hand enters water, stretch out arm and use rotational momentum to increase reach
6. initiate pull with high elbow, keep wrist and forearm in line and pull straight, vertical forearm, dont pull with straight arm, bend elbow
7. pull with hand slightly relaxed and some space between each finger
8. keep high elbow when returning to starting point
Breathe
9. head no go up to breathe, turn to side but not to far, keep 1 eye in water
10. exhale out nose or mouth when under water
11. breathe every 2-4 strokes but keep it consistent, swim with paddle in front of head to enforce good technique
Kick
12. from hips not knees, pointed toes, little knee bend
13. kick amplitude 12-18 in wide, short fast kick
14. 1 or 3 kick per arm stroke
Streamline
15. squeeze arms together, point toes, engage core and legs, biceps squeezed behind ears
16. when push of wall torpedo like, dolphin kicks, short and fast, pick2-5 dolphin kicks after wall push off
ty
Thxs
Thanks.. lol, appreciate it
King!
Thanks for the summary, really helped!!
I'm 76 , still learning. Swim daily . Continually Loki g for the perfect stroke.
It's all about continuous improvement! Keep it up :)
I'm 73 y.o. and echo your words!
you are great kerp going
i am 94 good job
As a newbie at 30 years of age this video is pure gold. I know what I am doing wrong by seeing the video but executing everything like these gorgeous people is so hard, but I love the challenge of this sport. Thank you so much !
I feel you so much. I'm a 37 newbie :D
I'm with you, newbie at 31! Feel like a baby to the sport
@@mariah9824 I feel like the consciousness we're exercising with makes it fun. I feel kind of aware of every move. I reached my first 1km today after two weeks :D
Newbie here at 32 ready to take lessons soon!
30, in the same boat as you guys. We got this though.
I tried your technique at the pool today. While, I felt the drag to be less, and my speed improved, I couldn't help gulping water when I tried the one eye inside the water breathing technique. Any tips?
Apparently sip air rather than glup. Was told this today by a coach.
Personally, I don’t recommend beginners to use this technique because that way you easily gulp water. You can try fully tilt your head with both eyes out of water to breathe. After you mastered this, you can try the one inside water technique.
Really make sure that the top of your head stays in the water creating a little bow in the water which will give you a little pocket of air space to better get your breath.
Less drags and more propulsion
Correct body and head position
Catch and pull technique
Correct breathing technique
Correct leg kicks
And practice makes perfect
Oh man - years of swim practice under a coach - now years later this is helping me pick apart my current stroke. I’ve really lost the crispness of a well composed stroke. So helpful! I will put this into action immediately. I excited for the result.
This video brought my 50m time from a 32 to a 28
@@lilysakkas8932 well, i guess i will have to get 26 then, if i am at 29(.99)
I’m watching this while spending 3 months preparing for army scuba training. Never been much of a swimmer and I tried the 500 and got 15 minutes. I need a 12:30 to pass. A lot my issues are those mentioned in the video. Much appreciate for posting this!
A lot of the technique tips help with applying more power by engaging more muscles and catching more water, so I feel like I learned how to swim hard and fast and that works, but my problem is I struggle to stay below aerobic threshold and I can't swim more than about two or three 25s without a short rest to catch up breath. I normally breathe every third stroke. The last thing I tried was using the 2-beat kick only and that helped. I know I need to improve fitness, but I wonder why I don't seem to be able to slow things down enough to where I can sustain it.
I can tell you why: because you can't pull yourself through water enough because you don't have the swimming muscles to do that. You need a 2-beat kick, breath every second stroke and pull yourself hard so that your shoulders burn. You keep doing that for a few weeks and you'll get to the point of being able to pull yourself with 80% of your maximum muscle power and swim a longer distance. Then eventually (and we're talking at least a year) you'll be able to swim forever. Honest words from an honest swimmer that learnt at the age of 36. There's only one way to do it: the hard way. Do not trust youtubers who're trying to sell you their apps. There's no such thing as effortless swimming.
@@AhimSaah hey- one year wannabe competitive swimmer here. Thank you for your advice. I plan to follow that to the best of my ability. I can actually swim for a long time if I'm giving very little effort but it's not practical for being competitive. I want to improve my swimming style first then move on to the speed so I just wanted to say your advice really holds a point.
@@AhimSaah if it's okay, can I ask how to keep the 2 beat kicks in a rhythm. As in only do the 2 beat kicks instead of some more kicks when feeling slow.
@@nilashamishra7514 that's tough one! I actually don't really know but I can share my story. In the beginning my legs were kicking out of control, it was at the point when I started feeling the pull through the water with my arms that I could finally relax my legs as they weren't sinking anymore. I think when your cruising speed is enough you can start kicking less. Maybe you can do some drills for kicking, use fins to emphasize the kick. Give yourself time, it'll come. Good luck!
@@AhimSaah Thank you for this :). I'll make sure to try it with fins. My legs aren't actually sinking anymore but I still didn't always do the 2 beat kicks. Sometimes it goes up to 3 or 4 beats accidentally 😅
I'll continue practicing though. Swimming is something I don't think I can ever give up on :))
Good video. I'm 73 y.o. and have been swimming almost my whole life. A refresher is a great thing!
They had water back then
Possibly the best swimming advice video I've seen and I've seen tonnes! Well done everyone involved.
There's only one way that I ever learned to swim without getting tired: In college, before our big conference meet (AKA NCAA's qual meet), we would swim at Summit County High School for a few weeks over Christmas break (That is over 10,000 ft above sea level BTW). The air is rare up there...and practices were brutal! Then we would immediately taper and swim our conference meet at the old Belmont Olympic Pool in Long Beach, which was literally lower than sea level. (LOT'S of air). If you hit your taper right and you trained hard enough at the super high altitude, you felt like a living God for just a few days before you lost the taper and/or acclimated to the new environment. I highly recommend it for anyone that can actually train that high and race that low...it was life-changing.
the difference in air pressure and density at 10,000 feet is 75% lower then at sea level so lets say you swam 10 strokes at 10k ft is equivalent to swimming 17.5 strokes at sea level. Your swimming just as hard with both amount of strokes at sea level so that's the best way to maintain insane levels of cardio essentially starve yourself from oxygen
Efficiency is intelligent laziness. I figure swimming efficiently is about half mechanics, and half conditioning. I was chatting with some one in the pool the other day and they were surprised by how far I was swimming. They commented that they were swimming dog paddle, and could never relax in the water. So, for them, it was a combination of most inefficient swim stroke ever, and not being able to relax.
I still don't understand why coaches comment about the kick does not come from the knee. While using a scissor kick, like used in the life guard side stroke, is not efficient unless you are dragging some one through the water and can't use both arms. It produces a lot of thrust, but also huge amounts of drag. Bending the leg at the knee is a huge part of getting maximum power out of the kick as you 'crack the whip'.
Great points on efficiency! To explain the kick, if swimmers focus on kicking from the knees, they will usually not utilize their entire leg. You don't want to have your knees locked up, but relaxed. Kicking from your hips down to your toes is the best way to kick.
This video may explain it in more detail: th-cam.com/video/2o_3lYhW6eo/w-d-xo.html
@@myswimpro I did see that one and did leave a comment on it as well. Worst kicking I have ever seen are the 'bicycle' style kicks where there is no 'snap' at the end of the kick and the kick resembles what your feed to when on a bicycle, more up and down, and very little snap.
Very excited to apply all this on my swimming today thanks for the tips!
Your channel has really helped me grow as a swimmer. I used to swim competitively as a child and teen, took an 8 year break doing something else and came back realizing I forgot a lot of my technique and endurance.
Three months in and I swam sub 60min 3km. I know it's not great, but I'm slowly getting there.
Keep up the great work! You rock!
I want to say thank you so much for sharing all body types in your videos. It means a whole lot.
Body types? You mean fat people and fit people? Its not body types its your fucking health and if you’re fat then you aren’t bound to it by your ‘body type’.
So glad to hear that, Don! We wholeheartedly believe that every body is a swimmer's body.
As a small person, I feel under represented by this video :(
@Garrus Vakarian I've had another look, and you're right! I feel much more comfortable and able to watch this very inclusive video now
I agree man, I noticed that too. Inclusivity is often talked about but rarely happens
This is pretty helpful, good to go back to basics 💪🏻
I'm taking swimming lessons at the Y and I learned more from this video than I have in three lessons.
Would love to see a video about how to swim more slowly without sinking !
Great suggestion!
I didn't think I could, but it's all technique and body position, especially your head. On some workouts I also put on lava pants (like a wetsuit but only pants to your knees) and that gives my buoyance. Because I train for triathlon, I try not to kick much, since in a long race you really want to save your legs for the bike and the run. The pants make it possible to kick very little and also make it easier to rotate, but first get the technique right.
@@myswimpro This absolutely. I can swim with confidence if i swim a bit faster, but i burn out quickly. As soon as i try to swim slower, i fear i'm going to sink.
I tend to just move my arms slower but with bigger kicks with my feet
watching this 2 days before my lifeguard endurance swim test
SAME 😭 IT'S TODAY
SAME MINE IS TOMORROW…
SAME MINE IS ALSO TOMORROW
I PASSED LET"S GO
Did you make it lol
Man... I used all techniques described in this video and my swimming got instantly better!
comprehensive, concise, short, and useful tutorial!
Thanks
This is literally such a good video for a beginner like me. Loved it.
Thank you
So glad it was helpful! Happy swimming :)
@@myswimpro Yeah. Everything helped my freestyle.
Sheeeeesh. What a great video. I was expecting to watch about 7 different videos on this topic, but this one did the job of them all.
HE DID NOT JUST SWIM WITH A SUIT ON
It's fine he's a rich CEO he's probably making 500k to 1mil a year
it's a bathing suit ;-) No seriously: Just let it dry, or get it to the dry cleaners, why not - the chlorid water shouldn't do much of a damage
Yes but he swam with a swim cap too so it balances out 😅
😂 I thought you meant a wet suit. Nope, it’s a business suit lol
Oh yes he did!!
Wonderful and practical as usual❤ great app, I recommend to any one who likes to enjoy the swimming and get healthier at the same time improve his/her swimming regardless any level they are now! When you have a app you will feel the differences ! I look at it this way: Having the app for 52 weeks practice is the same investment as 3 session swim class one by one! Happy swimming 😊
Rlly useful vid. Luckily I hv the swimming gala in mid Nov, and I hv enough time to practice the tips^^ I actually see myself in the wrong demonstrations haha, and it really let me know why I am always slower than the other swimmers. Thank you so much!!!❤❤❤
Glad it helped! Keep up the hard work and happy swimming :)
Excellent video, very helpful and detailed without a bunch of needless junk.
Great! And thank you soooo much! Your videos and guidance really provide insight on the what and why of the swimming techniques.
The air pocket thing is the main problem, i guess, because people don´t want to swallow a gallon of water, while practicing
thank u so much this was helpful
Thank you so much for this tips.
I am a new swimmer but I’m getting better every single day.
Oh with the body rotation tip, I also find this puts less strain on your shoulders because you are basically meeting your shoulders halfway with your body.
Precise and concise. Really well done. Thank you.
Speed consistency can very so much in a public swim line 1 hour session. Slowing down/speeding up is very energy intensive and this can really use up energy levels fast. Occasionally there faster days so i can stay at my comfortable speed for longer which help with all techniques i have learned but when your force to slow down it really does hit speed/energy levels.
the explanation so continuously like an orchestra.....txs....
Great great notes and reminder, although the music is distracting, thank u so much
Thank you for all these useful tips, but all these apply best only in swimming pools. In the sea it is different. Once you take half of your face out of the water to breethe, a small wave can cause you inhale sea water instead of air. Of course in the sea you are kept afloat more easily in comparison to the pool.
This video sums up months (or maybe years) of practice. Well done!
At 14 I was extremely scared of water that is deeper than my height, but with patience and practice and a LOT of fails I eventually became a good swimmer now at 20 years old.
My biggest advice for begginer swimmers would be to not get discouraged when failing and always focus on small improvements.
Thanku for the detailed class
So basically the key to not get tired is to fix literally everything lol
Someone once said it takes a lot of effort to learn how to swim effortlessly.🙂
I am hoping to get back into swimming after quitting for nearly a decade. Thank you for making this video.
I'd love this better without the noisy background music. Swimming should be calming, that is not calming music.
It’s not supposed to be a calming video or song. It’s a video to teach you how to swim without getting tired. And just to remind you, this person wants to give us a great video, not a song. Unless if he wants to give us the song that’s even better than the video.
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The issue is the sound mixing. The voice ans the music are fighting eachother - either lower the volume, or filter out the right band of frequencies from the music.
I had no issue with the music at all ❤
no one asked
as a competitive swimmer for one of our practices before finals there is a drag day every year so we can get stronger and we have to do a mile the same day.
would breathing every 2 strokes be better for a beginner learning to how to comfortably breathe? I find myself doing okay for the first 25 meters with breathing every 3 strokes, but more difficult to stay consistent with that once the distances gets further
Thank you for awesome instructions. I like your word” happy swimming.”
Thanks that was sooooo helpful!
Great analysis and conclusions, efficient and sympathetic talk, thanks a bunch!🤩🤩
such useful advice! Thanks a lot!
TY this helped me a lot
Facts
Please use metric units when talking about the length of kick and stuff.
When u said “the end of the yo know you are close to the end” it helped me a lot.tysm
i was under the belief that today most instructors/ coaches were teaching the IAN THORPE method, the great swimmer from AUSTRALIA ...he has the most efficient swim stroke of ALL TIME, on film they counted his strokes in the finals of the olympics and the second place guy took more than twice the strokes than IAN did...
You tend to show freestyle in 90% of your videos. This is my own opinion but backstroke is the best stroke, and the stroke that I use for most of time when I swim laps. I like it because you can breathe so much easier.
This is actually the most helpful swimming video ever
Thanks a lot. This really helped me.
Question: shouldn't the kicks in freestyle stay beneath the water surface?
Kicks thrashing a lot of water above the surface seems counterproductive since kicking air & slapping / dmavking your feet & legd doesn't move you in the water.
Or is there something there I don't know & understand?
I’m trying out for competitive swim so I’m gonna need this
Thanks that was sooooo helpful!❤
Me watching this while inhaling my cigar, and downing the beer like i wont be dying of swim in 4hours
U helped me so much and u said to keep head on facing floor it helped me thx😊
Agree
What a very useful video I'll try everything thanks a lot
I’m just looking for advice to improve my whip kick , but also this helps .
Thank you sir😊😊
Hi thanks for this video , Does my swim pro App suits for Garmin forruner 235 ?
Hi! The MySwimPro app is only compatible with these Forerunner series: 245 / 255 / 645 / 735XT / 745 / 920XT / 935 / 945 / 945 LTE / 955 / 955 Solar
Excellent tips
Great information👍 Ty
In your freestyle the legs are so far away to each other. Should it be closer to each other or far away
closer, make sure your big toes can touch a little! (based on what my coach has told me!)
WAW that's your best video so far..it's like a dream u hear of a great counter!
Hi... I really like your videos and I just started swimming a month before. Now I am able to swim freestyle but I get tired and exhausted after 20meters. I improved a lot but I does not feel good when exhausted. Need to improve my efficiency. Any tips would be appreciated.
exhausted after 20 meters ? Really? How come ?
I swim 1500 and feel exhausted, and I wonder why
hey! I just would like to tell you that I was like that too at some point, 25 meters would wear me out a lot, but now I am at a point where I can comfortably do 100-200meters, I got to this level of stamina after about three weeks, doing around 2 hours of swimming everyday. you just have to practice a lot and push yourself and your body will naturally gain more energy and endurance.
Also make sure to stretch before and after you swim and also eat a decent amount of fiber, protein, and potassium before you swim.
Also a water bottle is a must!! You can get very dehydrated while swimming, swimming is a workout.
You are sweating so much and are so tired but you don’t realize you are sweating because you are wet, and you might not realize how hot you are because the water is somewhat cold. You wouldn’t want to pass out from dehydration in the middle of the pool would you?
Anyways hope these helped! Goodluck
Hi.. Many thanks for your detail reply. I agree 💯 as I just started almost 2 months back without any coach or academy. Before this I never even tried to swim. Freestyle is really tiring and requires more power and energy. Now I am good. I learnt backstroke 1st even though I was practicing freestyle front crawl more. I can do backstroke longer and for more time as I can breath anytime. Now I can easily go from one to another end of 50m pool. Yes with time and practice the stamina develops. I am just following few TH-cam channels for learning. Now I swim freestyle, backstroke, breaststroke and a little 🦋 as well. Thank you so much for a positive feedback on my comments. ❤
Hey guys I'm doing my National lifeguard in 2.5 weeks and my time right now for 400m is 11.12 and I have to do it in 10mins for the National Lifeguard. Do you think I can make it?
I wish you good luck and i hope that you make it!❤️❤️
Incredible!!
I can’t find video on how to be faster for water polo so this is the best I got
Thank you
1:45 I've heard of a swim before work - but THAT is ridiculous! Or "Wet Suit"
Thanks buddy 🤝😊
Thank you it helped
High quality video, thanks
Perfect video angle that shows how to take a breath without lifting your head out of the water 3:50
Awesome video!
Thanks for tuning in! Happy swimming :)
Nice tips!
Which garmin watch would you recommend?
Look at how far the guy's arm drops at 5:43. is that what you recommend?
very good tip
i really need to practice my breathing, nothing i do is working out, i will try the paddle board technique and see if it helps.
This helped a lot thank you
Thank you so much 😊☺️❤
Thanks
im learning how to swim and its really helpful to see proper technique 😊
Happy to help! Keep up the good work :)
Freestyle kick without bending knees 6:49
I dont understand the half face in water cue. Half my mouth remains in the water too and im choking on water when i inhale.
I think the key is to keep one eye in the water but still get your whole mouth out of the water - so your face will briefly be at an angle to be able to accomplish both of those at once. It's hard to tell from this video but I think 5:45 or 6:24 are the closest you get to being able to see how it should look
Ty ty ty for this vid helped so much 🎉
I recently started swimming properly and I'm tired because my legs nuke all my energy (and I'm not kicking frantically as some newer swimmers do)... when I swim with legs, I have to take a break to catch my breath every 3-4 pools (75-100 m) but I can go easily 200, 250 m without using legs and feel ok
What I got used to and is my personal preference, is to only do one more powerful kick per arm stroke and 2 very little ones (could also do none). Over longer distances (I usually only do up to 1000m) I feel like I am barely using my legs. Most of the energy from my legs feels like it is used for the turns.
Perhaps it does also help you to do a few practice laps where you are only using your legs. You will quickly realize that qick and powerful kicks will be fast, but are simply not sustainable for longer distances. You will have to incorporate some sort of gliding to your kicks and that could maybe help you.
I am very much out of shape, so I have to take 1-2 seconds breathing breaks each lap after the first 200m of my 1000m practices.
Gotta swim 500m in 10min or less today.
Would consider myself a strong swimmer but no serious training.
10 years of CrossFit athleticism and just finished a marathon last week.
Think I can swim 500m in 10min following this video’s advice?
Update: I couldn’t beat 10min. My issue is getting comfortable with the breathing technique of keeping half of my head in the water. I’ve got to figure it out soon so I can qualify as a beach lifeguard 🫡
Its work, Im swimming 24h non stop still going 💪🏻
Can you make a video for the butterfly swimming technique next? And if you did can you please send me The link for it please? Thank you!
yeah! I’m doing my first 100yards fly soon. I’m a really young swimmer and i’m nervous as hell and everyday at practice i always get tired and think, “if i get tired during this how will i do 100 fly?” i’m really nervous.
Hey swimmers, I have this fear of getting too tired and getting stuck in the middle of the pool. Any tips?
That’s exactly me
Work on rolling over to your back and floating/kicking on you back. If you can float on your back with minimal effort then when you get tired in the middle of the pool you can flip onto your back to recover. Once you catch your breath you can roll over and keep swimming! Another benefit of working on your back float is that it'll help your balance in the water, which is key to efficient swimming.
I am new to swimming(24 days).Learning freestyle and backfloat from TH-cam.I do exactly as you said, changing from freestyle to backfloat when i feel tired,take a breather,then again continue with my free style.
Use floating device
Hello, swimming gods another fantastic video. Thanks for sharing your best tips and tricks, and improving me day by day I request you for the video on dolphin kicks and hand movement.
You are really good ❤