-look down or at an angle -rotate stomach side to side per each stroke (to prevent shoulder injuries) -kick from hips with straight , not bent legs -pull straight during your breath break -don’t breathe late and breathe out slowly
Absolutely. I do well in 6 feet of water ...but listening of 12 feet or diving in it crates so much panic that it seems that my heart has stopped beating or I will die surely.
Freestyle is probably as difficult as learning the piano...and I've done both! Breathing, kicking, turning, rotating, center of balance....etc. I've been swimming for many years but still have so much to learn - like the piano!!!
My main problem is that I run out of breath after the first lap and I already need to take a break to breath, meanwhile everyone around me just keep going and going non stop like it's no big deal, and I'm just trying not to pass out. when I try to swim slower to reduce intensity, It becomes harder not to sink. I need some serious tips
thanks kuya49z yup, I was having the same problem too, the breath also need to control. Think not to go fast or to reach fast but to enjoy the freestyle hihi.
If you are a smoker that means your lung capacity is short and u need to stop smoking...either wise it's just a stamina endurance. you need to jog more :]
Thank you for this. I am 55 years old and just learned to swim about 2 years ago in adult swimming lessons. I swim 3-4 times a week now and although some individuals at the pool say I have gotten so much better and faster there is always room for improvement. I noticed from your video about swimming flat and I do have that habit and believe it or not...just like you said...I've had some problems out of my left shoulder. I thought I must be catching the water too hard, but this makes me realize I wasn't rotating.
Recent thoughts are contrary to this, the power is from the palm and wrist, keep the fingers open. This sources power in the latissimus area rather than the shoulders, shortens the fulcrum, takes the strain off those shoulder joints. try it, you will feel a difference. i
This was a good video! As a competitive swimmer I say this video is spot on. "Easiest stroke to learn, most difficult to master" - Agreed. It seems super easy and then you realize, to gain seconds it is about technique 75%+ and strength
I'm 20 and going through beginner's swimming lessons now and I agree; my biggest problem is that I can't breathe properly without swallowing water. I too had no idea body rotation was necessary; I'm guessing my swim instructor is saving it for a future lesson since I am learning from scratch. I too need to work on my confidence to actually go to my pool alone and amongst all the elite swimmers who train there. Good luck learning how to swim!
I'm a 28 year old man and Instead of going to the gym, I've decided to just workout in the pool. However, my freestyle stroke sucks. I'm better at doing backstroke than freestyle. Going to try this technique out tomorrow. Cheers.
I am learning swimming as natural, no coach available here. I did all 5 mistakes in my early stages, I am practicing to fix the issues with help of other friends and working on it. If you would not teach us I would be wrong for ever and ever. thank you for be a good coach for me.
Surprisingly very helpful! I'm actually a bit irritated now, since for PhysEd in highschool, I had swimming at the teacher instructed us to look forward while we swam rather than look directly below us. Thanks for this. I always used to struggle with breathing : )
I've swum for many years, and I was taken aback when my swimming instructor told me that my pull wasn't good enough. According to him, my hands were too close to my body while I pulled. As a result, I wasn't sliding as much as I should. He told me to watch some videos, and I stumbled upon this one, which is really very, very instructive. I'm sharing it. Thanks guys !
I am 34. I had my first lessons this year as I have a severe phobia of water. I couldn't have my daughters able to swim better than me at 4 and 7 years of age. Apparently I am a great learner despite the fact that I find it hard to cope with the fear. My biggest problem was breathing in freestyle. I had no idea about body rotation and I think that this is the key to getting my rotation to allow me to breathe as I freestyle. Now I need to develop the courage to get in the pool alone and try it...
Excellent video. I've been making most of these mistakes for years. I knew the stroke didn't feel right but I didn't know how to sort it out. All this makes perfect sense. Thank you so much, I'll bookmark this video and work on the stroke
I suppose ! am a "self taught" swimmer, as it's been decades since I took lessons. I was doing many of these mistakes! After the correction, it trimmed noticeable strokes off my laps and I find that I'm suddenly across the pool way faster while remaining much less fatigued. Thank you so much!
We've got a guy in our swim lesson group about your age with similar fears. After about 4 lessons he is really starting to enjoy it. Total immersion has some drills (eg. "superman glide")that will get you used to being in the water. If you wish, try using fins (at first) - or a kickboard. Don't worry about trying to do"laps" just yet. The fun part is that if you stick at it you will notice progress every time you visit the pool. Just set small goals at first - this will keep you going !
Very informative video. Had no idea your face is supposed to go down and that you should rotate your body during each stroke. Thank you! I'm self taught and I just go to the pool and try and mimic others.
that was a gem of a video instruction and exactly what i was looking for. this would certainly help me refining my now-pathetic freestyle. Thanks for the nice and clear instructions too. keep it up
I need to fix every thing coz I dont know how to swim in the first place... 😂 But thanks for these tips.. I will definitely try them out this summer 😊😊
I'm 37 when I started learning freestyle (usually only breaststroke). It took me 1-2 months to master breathing on one side, and another month to master bilateral breathing. I usually learn by myself and swim alone. Never give up!
This video has been so helpful. All the way from Kenya i have learn t so much especially about not swimming straight,i am still to master my breathing techniques but i am getting there. Loving Swimming....
I have been suffering from shoulder pain for 1month. Trainer can't rectify the problem, so they start ignoring it. Too much pain... i can't swim more than 40 mtr. Now I got this... Will keep in mind each n every mistake. thanx for saving my shoulder.. thanx a lot guys
Thank you for sharing the technique of coorect freestyle swimming. I believe and confidently apply the joy of swimming. What beautiful and graceful swimming demonstration.
Wow. Amazing video. Thank you. I know how to swim already. But not with so much detail. This will improve my life a lot. Will watch many times to adjust as time goes on. Thank you! This one is the best video on the subject I've seen so far.
-look down or at an angle
-rotate stomach side to side per each stroke (to prevent shoulder injuries)
-kick from hips with straight , not bent legs
-pull straight during your breath break
-don’t breathe late and breathe out slowly
Thanks ❤️
This video will make you think you've learned how to swim already, but the pool will say otherwise later.
Preach👐
dose143 it looks easy when u just watch it, but then when u do it, it would be the other way around 😅
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Absolutely. I do well in 6 feet of water ...but listening of 12 feet or diving in it crates so much panic that it seems that my heart has stopped beating or I will die surely.
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The more swimming videos I watch the more confident I get in swim class
True
Freestyle is probably as difficult as learning the piano...and I've done both!
Breathing, kicking, turning, rotating, center of balance....etc. I've been swimming for many years but still have so much to learn - like the piano!!!
Yea it took me forever to learn freestyle, and yea I kno i play piano too.
Same. I rather do piano though 😂 But I love swim non the less
+winterdesert1 just like a piano or swiming or any other if you learned the basics you can learn anything.
+2p! Nyo America tea
Non-spooky Human-being i am also 11 i have practiced swimming in the age of 10 and i van swim in the 9 or 10 feet pool
I was naturally acquiring some swimming techniques in freestyle as I was paying attention to details. Glad to see it being validated in this video.
I. Wish. I. Had. A. Fucking. Pool.
drey8 ahhhh I see what you did there lol
+xChaseMoney V Your post made me realize I don't have a pool and now I am crying like a bitch
+drey8 haha I see u there 😂😂
+xChaseMoney V go to a freakin olympic sized swimming pool resort. its not that expensive.
xChaseMoney ^ chill 😶
One of the best videos I've seen on improving the forward stroke. If you could elaborate more on the breathing part that would be immensely helpful.
I agree
This even applies at sub-olympic competitive levels lmao. I am a lifelong swimmer.
But you should look forward at that wall... my coach is a gold medalist Olympian and that's what she said
Nina Warda well he is completely wrong or you listened wrong because that is the wrong way of looking
Training for my 12th Ironman, and worth viewing, Thanks for making the effort to film, edit and post this.
My main problem is that I run out of breath after the first lap and I already need to take a break to breath, meanwhile everyone around me just keep going and going non stop like it's no big deal, and I'm just trying not to pass out.
when I try to swim slower to reduce intensity, It becomes harder not to sink. I need some serious tips
try reduce paddling the legs, it won't sink if we less paddling. try to put increase on hands see if there a difference
Muhammad Nabil I was about to comment the same problem thanks dude for the help
thanks kuya49z yup, I was having the same problem too, the breath also need to control. Think not to go fast or to reach fast but to enjoy the freestyle hihi.
If you are a smoker that means your lung capacity is short and u need to stop smoking...either wise it's just a stamina endurance. you need to jog more :]
Amrouch G i don't smoke and have never smoked
Out of all the videos I’ve watched about doing this stroke properly, this was by FAR the most helpful! Thank you!!
My coach : *shows us this video
Me : watches video in my own time to review over what happened
My coach : why don’t you trust me
Thank you for this. I am 55 years old and just learned to swim about 2 years ago in adult swimming lessons. I swim 3-4 times a week now and although some individuals at the pool say I have gotten so much better and faster there is always room for improvement. I noticed from your video about swimming flat and I do have that habit and believe it or not...just like you said...I've had some problems out of my left shoulder. I thought I must be catching the water too hard, but this makes me realize I wasn't rotating.
Another one is slapping the water with your hands
+Art is Fun was going to say the same thing
NW Johnson
Recent thoughts are contrary to this, the power is from the palm and wrist, keep the fingers open. This sources power in the latissimus area rather than the shoulders, shortens the fulcrum, takes the strain off those shoulder joints. try it, you will feel a difference.
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Maia Blair I ALWAYS SLAP THE WATER WITH MY HANDS
Me too
"I swim free or i dont swim at all" -Haruka Nanase
nice
PLEASE
haru knows how to swim freestyle cuz he is awesome :D
thathas no relation to the video...just saying. go haru-chan! XD
Jade Noelle "Too bad i dont give a damn" -Haruka Nanase
When I was in swimming school nobody told me about body rotation but I have checked youtube and learned a lot. :)
PERFECT video! You can't explain swimming any clearer than she just did. heading to the pool to practice haha
This was a good video! As a competitive swimmer I say this video is spot on.
"Easiest stroke to learn, most difficult to master" - Agreed. It seems super easy and then you realize, to gain seconds it is about technique 75%+ and strength
I'm 20 and going through beginner's swimming lessons now and I agree; my biggest problem is that I can't breathe properly without swallowing water. I too had no idea body rotation was necessary; I'm guessing my swim instructor is saving it for a future lesson since I am learning from scratch. I too need to work on my confidence to actually go to my pool alone and amongst all the elite swimmers who train there. Good luck learning how to swim!
Been tryna go down in the water every morning and night now, thanks for the tips. Lovin the tuts
I'm a 28 year old man and Instead of going to the gym, I've decided to just workout in the pool. However, my freestyle stroke sucks. I'm better at doing backstroke than freestyle. Going to try this technique out tomorrow. Cheers.
Awesome video and after watching this, i will try to correct my mistake soon.
I made all but two of these mistakes, and I actually improved my swimming a lot, thanks to this video.
I am learning swimming as natural, no coach available here. I did all 5 mistakes in my early stages, I am practicing to fix the issues with help of other friends and working on it. If you would not teach us I would be wrong for ever and ever. thank you for be a good coach for me.
Surprisingly very helpful!
I'm actually a bit irritated now, since for PhysEd in highschool, I had swimming at the teacher instructed us to look forward while we swam rather than look directly below us. Thanks for this. I always used to struggle with breathing : )
I've swum for many years, and I was taken aback when my swimming instructor told me that my pull wasn't good enough. According to him, my hands were too close to my body while I pulled. As a result, I wasn't sliding as much as I should. He told me to watch some videos, and I stumbled upon this one, which is really very, very instructive. I'm sharing it.
Thanks guys !
I am 34. I had my first lessons this year as I have a severe phobia of water. I couldn't have my daughters able to swim better than me at 4 and 7 years of age. Apparently I am a great learner despite the fact that I find it hard to cope with the fear. My biggest problem was breathing in freestyle. I had no idea about body rotation and I think that this is the key to getting my rotation to allow me to breathe as I freestyle. Now I need to develop the courage to get in the pool alone and try it...
Great tips. I love the recap list at the end of the video. I figured out my mistakes now. Thanks
One of the best videos I've seen on improving the forward stroke.
Very useful! Thank you!
I was making all the mistake very good video helped me a lot
Excellent video. I've been making most of these mistakes for years. I knew the stroke didn't feel right but I didn't know how to sort it out. All this makes perfect sense. Thank you so much, I'll bookmark this video and work on the stroke
Thank you! Your tip of rotating solved my breathing timing!
wow I had to search through a ton of videos b4 I found one that makes sense. this video was very helpful indeed. well done!
Exactly the mistakes I'd been making. Learned many things. Thanks for the video. Highly appreciated.
I suppose ! am a "self taught" swimmer, as it's been decades since I took lessons. I was doing many of these mistakes! After the correction, it trimmed noticeable strokes off my laps and I find that I'm suddenly across the pool way faster while remaining much less fatigued. Thank you so much!
Amazing Video! Thanks a lot!
These videos on youtube are so nice, i learned freestyle on my own in 6 months. Didn't knew to swim before. The only problem left is rotation.
Thanks to this video, my freestyle swimming got a LOT faster after correcting my technique. I just got work on my breathing and timing.
Really helpful, thanks!
Very good reminders...I have been swimming with some of these mistakes all the times.
We've got a guy in our swim lesson group about your age with similar fears. After about 4 lessons he is really starting to enjoy it. Total immersion has some drills (eg. "superman glide")that will get you used to being in the water. If you wish, try using fins (at first) - or a kickboard. Don't worry about trying to do"laps" just yet. The fun part is that if you stick at it you will notice progress every time you visit the pool. Just set small goals at first - this will keep you going !
Good instruction, summarize most of the mistakes I've made before.
Thanks a whole lot I'm 12 and I have been swimming for 8 yrs now this will really help
young swimmers like me.😎😎😀😀😀
This was actually really helpful.
Thanks for the useful info!
fantastic video..finally a summary of proper freestyle. thanks
Thank you! That was very useful.
Good tutorial on common mistakes. Was very helpful and useful.
Thank you!!! Getting back into swimming and really need to tighten up my form. I think if I work on what you have here it'll help a lot.
Thank you for your advice and help Bruno. It is very good.
Very informative video. Had no idea your face is supposed to go down and that you should rotate your body during each stroke. Thank you! I'm self taught and I just go to the pool and try and mimic others.
Thanks a lot. This tip is exactly what i looking for.
Great video!
Thank you so much!!! I just started a couple weeks ago and felt like I was doing everything wrong!
Good tips. Some of these are exactly what I needed. Thanks for posting.
Thanks i was looking forward and swimming with flat stamoch this was adding resistance...after watching this my swimming improved....
that was a gem of a video instruction and exactly what i was looking for. this would certainly help me refining my now-pathetic freestyle. Thanks for the nice and clear instructions too. keep it up
this is an excellent video with great tips
i have my swimming training today .. i will try to apply some of the tips i watched .. thanks for the clear demonstration of the tips
These simple tips helped me enormously. I was a terrible swimmer. Now I'm less terrible!!
This really helped. Thanks!
this is no doubt he best video ever on swimming so far i have encountered, thanks a lot.
Great video - thank you. I've just started having adult swimming lessons & these tips will really help !
Loved your tips.
1. Simple
2. It's easy to understand
I need to fix every thing coz I dont know how to swim in the first place... 😂
But thanks for these tips.. I will definitely try them out this summer 😊😊
Great vid!
great video, thanks!
This video is awesome, thanks!😊💖
Thank u so much for this awesome video. I have learned a lot.
Helped me a lot!
I'm 37 when I started learning freestyle (usually only breaststroke). It took me 1-2 months to master breathing on one side, and another month to master bilateral breathing. I usually learn by myself and swim alone. Never give up!
Awesome video, thanks from Colombia-South America
Very clear and easy to understand to the point, I am so THANKFUL!
Oh my God this was so helpful, I literally do all of these things
Most helpful vid on here by a mile. 👍
Simple yet great video.easy to understand
Good. Clear, simple & effective. Well done
Thank you for your effort with this video!
This is actually quite informative!
Nice technique I can watch this all day :)
thanks fir the help i really need this vid bec on mon i will go to a swim comp
At last I found one video making some sense to struggler like me. Good job.
Great video! Love the pleasing voice and gentle narration, I will use these corrections today. Subscribed! More videos please 😊
excellent tips. Thanks for doing this.
this video was so helpful to me
This video has been so helpful. All the way from Kenya i have learn t so much especially about not swimming straight,i am still to master my breathing techniques but i am getting there. Loving Swimming....
This video is very helpful!
this is so useful. Thanks so much
I have been suffering from shoulder pain for 1month. Trainer can't rectify the problem, so they start ignoring it. Too much pain... i can't swim more than 40 mtr.
Now I got this... Will keep in mind each n every mistake.
thanx for saving my shoulder.. thanx a lot guys
Very helpful! Just what I was looking for!
Thank you for sharing the technique of coorect freestyle swimming. I believe and confidently apply the joy of swimming. What beautiful and graceful swimming demonstration.
I love you. Thanks for this tip
One of the best swimming lessons..!! thanks..
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Wow. Amazing video. Thank you. I know how to swim already. But not with so much detail. This will improve my life a lot. Will watch many times to adjust as time goes on. Thank you! This one is the best video on the subject I've seen so far.
Excelente las tomas debajo del agua.muchas gracias
Thanks, I will use this video with my lap swimming class.
Great video. Thanks. I'll use this. Hi from 🇬🇧
thanks, it really helped
Awesome video. Thanks 👍🏻
it really helped , thank you .