Super efficient combat swimmer stroke (css)
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This has improved my swim so much. I didn't realize that it's not necessarily about how fast you move but it's more about technique and being efficient. Thank you Stew awesome video
PRACTICE - plus you need to get into better shape if kicking off and pulling gets you winded. PULL / BREATHE / KICK / GLIDE = practice it.
Thank you this is very helpful. I am practicing this
by calculating the marking on the side of the pool, here the estimation:
- his height was about almost 2 meters tall
- it is 23 meters pool (~25 yards)
- one complete stroke is 4 meters.
- one scissor kick propels him about 2 meters (or his one body height)
- one arm pull propels him about 1 meter each (or his half body height)
- his push from the wall (+ double hand pull) until breaking out his first stroke is about 10 meters (or about 5 times his body height)
- he completes the pool length by 1 wall push (10 meters), 3 full stroke (12 meters), and 1 incomplete stroke (1 meter).
if the swimmer height is average (175 cm) and swim as efficiently as him, then:
- 23 meters pool will be completed in 4 complete stroke.
- 50 meters pool will be completed in 13.5 complete stroke.
- 500 meters distance will be completed in 141.8 complete stroke
Not sure why you need to do all that but yes this pool is a 25 yard pool. No calculation needed - just ask.
Stew Smith -
I think this is the kind of breakdowns very high level coaching gets to? Start figuring out how much work, turn over rates, efficiency. You know, attention to detail.
He is not 6’7 fool
Amazing analysis
@@chucknoob7041 Passing the 500m swim isn’t rocket science. When it actually matters, (In the open ocean) coaching on stuff like that is a waste of time.
Very much. There are SEALs, coaches, and midshipmen who have gone through it and will help you prepare if you seek their help.
Just started trying this yesterday, took me 8 strokes to get to the end (25m pool). Gonna keep working on this, thanks for the videos Stew!
Thanks for posting these hugely beneficial videos. I greatly appreciate the information.
KEEP SWIMMING. Endurance means you have to endure many hours of swimming each week. I would focus on getting 1500-2000m each day - 4-5 days a week if you want endurance.
2K per day is easy, do 5K, and every once in a while do 7K, also do it 6 days a week.
@@HazzyHere Sure it is, but the test is 500m and the weekly timed swims are 2 miles in the ocean with fins at SEAL training. You are talking apples and oranges. I am not building swimmers - I am building spec ops candidates.
Nice. Can't find a better teacher for this one than Stew.
wow thanks for this vid.. i'll try using this technique when going to swimming pool someday
Good job - keep it up.
Stew, I shared this with my niece Paloma who taught her daughter to swim but has trouble swimming herself. I learned how to swim from watching videos like this and from the Complete Guide to Navy SEAL Fitness; one of my favorite books since 2000.
+PS Gary Your favorite book is an instruction manual?
SchmeddyBallz many of my favorite books are instructional manuals such as the Art of War, a Book of Five Rings, the Complete Guide to Navy SEAL Fitness, among others.
+PS Gary Are your favorite movies documentaries?
Such fond memories...
sure - I am here to help
I would take Stew's advice... this stroke works great (for me at least) and seems to work for all body types.
Super smooth
Hooyah. Thank you, sir.
This is really good my gosh...
Thanks for the videos stew. I never knew these existed.
- Sir Kenneth
I don't do breath holds personally AND did not train for it prior to BUDS. You will have more of an issue with all the running vs a breath hold or 50m swim day at BUDS. Trust me. Focus on efficient underwater swims - 4-5 strokes per 25m.
Do you know of any instructors in San Antonio TX, as I want to learn, but need one on one to ensure I'm doing properly and not practicing bad habits that will hinder my performance
@@felipemontes3933 no sorry
@@StewSmith182 no problem appreciate you getting back so fast thanks, be safe and God bless 🙏
This is a side stroke. It is slightly modified and given a nick name.
Can it be used as the side stroke for the P.A.S.T test? Just started this, have a 4 stroke 25m and am liking it more than the freestyle.
Yes
Stew Smith agreed - we were taught this in school as something to use in an emergency. I use it regularly just in the pool. very energy efficient.
Are his smaller kicks during the arm pulls allowed?
Stew Smith Hi I’m trying to learn this stroke and I find your videos very helpful. I wanted to ask, is bilateral breathing recommended here or is one side better?
what i like about this style is that you stay underwater for a really long time and like they say when you swim underwater and stay streamlined, it is way faster than swimming with your head constantly out of the water.
Basically, if you guys know that stroke, then you are officially a Marine Force Recon soldier.
Thanks ima have a follow up video two weeks from now...I need to glide more b4 I start my strokes....but its like when I kick to glide, I really don't glide much
Stew, could you post a video with one of your smaller guys swimming. I'm 5'8" and I have trouble getting a good glide. Thanks
That's a 25 meter long pool?
Yes they just have a really strong kick
25 yds
Hey Stew,
I think I have the timing right for the CSS, but I am confused on how much I should flutter kick. I have seen a lot of your videos and other SEALs' videos and it seems that the amount of flutter kicking varies greatly. I find your videos to be the most informative and so I decided to ask for your opinion on it.
Thank you sir. I hope I can get in as prior service Marines. As always, you're very helpful and noble. Idk why I thought 25 was old.
People are often conditioned that you have to start young regardless of the profession/hobby. "Young" is of course relative, in one field it could be 5 years old. In another 18.
How are you doing?
He is dead 💀
25 is in your prime don't limit yourself, go out and suffer
hey stew do your teach people swimming techniques and things like that? what state?
I've trained my mind and my body will follow. when should i stop exercising in order to preserve my body?
hey Stew I plan on going to buds, only question I have is what can I do to better myself for the 50m underwater swim? I do crossfit and compete right now for staying in shape but not really anything for swimming unless they have it in a competition
Would the scissor kick be key, especially for those with shorter legs (5'9 to be exact)? Not too sure if it matters or not. Thank you in advance!
I'm right with you... I'm 6' and it felt the same way for me at first, but it just takes a lot of swimming to get it down. Here's the secret - there is no secret, besides practice.
Is 5 strokes per length a good place to start working on speed? I've been working on perfecting the stroke for several months and every now and then I manage to cross the pool with 4 strokes, but I'm only 5'10" and don't see myself being able to do what he just did here. Also I have this problem with coming to almost a complete stop when I recover from the double arm pull after pushing off the wall, even though I kick at the same time like the guy here does. Any and all help and advice you could give is tremendously appreciated.
im tall like this dude, not as skinny but he has great form and it looks so effortless I strive to swim like this dude
You exhale at the kick fully and then turn to inhale during the top arm / bottom arm pull. Exhale though mouth and nose...
awesome!
Yes - Maryland and you cannot argue with the price - it's free...
Sir,
How much will the programs at USNA prepare you for success at mini-BUD/S in the area of swimming and swim technique?
Are there classes you can take to prep yourself for military swim qual?
Stew do you mind posting some FreeStyle info for the AIRR guys? My last pst I hit 7:54 with the freestyle and i contribute it to my dad helping me with my wall turns (less time on the wall shaved off about 20 seconds), but would love some free style tips for training to get low 7min mark or high 6 min mark. Thanks.
Instead of the Smurf Crew, he'll be on the Avatar crew.
Question. Is it encouraged to scissor kick to continue the forward propulsion proceeding the recovery kick and preceding the first pull?
Stew,
I'm sure everyone's different, but I was wondering; in your experience, how long does it usually take guys with an athletic background, but without a swimming background to get proficient with the CSS at 500 meters?
Will keep it up, and get more conditioned. When he is under water does he breath out of his nose? Or does he hold his breath until he brings his he's up to breath? I feel like my body sinks a little too much. I just need a lot of practice.
Hey I'm doing a lifeguard course, I'm 100% self taught but my technique is good (or so the instructor says)
I've to do a vice grip procedure (spinal injury stabilization so my hands and arms are in use) and I was wondering could I use this method for it? I know I wont be able to do the arm movements but would the leg movements be enough?
thanks
@stewsmith How do these super effecient strokes translate in open water? Seems like a lot of effeciency is underwater recovery. Or does it not matter once you get into the open water?
By the way can this same stroke work with fins too?
Is there any good way to learn the scissor kick more effectively? You mention how big his kick is, and I'm 6'2" and my kick feels big and goofy but, more importantly, inefficient.
on the glid phase, i slow down for some reason, should i fluterkick harder?
Where can I learn this swim? It seems impossible to just teach yourself these strokes by watching videos. Is there anywhere I can go where they teach and help me learn these strokes? I need to make the PST within a year.
sure - send it
I notice that after his scissor kick he sort of rotates back around so that his belly is facing the bottom of the pool. Is it okay if instead of rotating back towards the bottom of the pool I instead stay on my side the entire time? Also, I'm having to do more of a sprinters CSS with a smaller glide period, which I think is due to my short/stocky build. Is this okay, or must I increase my glide distance in order to have good CSS?
Meanwhile in russia they put shark in the swimming pool to make you swim faster
Actually, you don't have to swim faster than the shark, just your training partner.
How did you know comrade?
deny Jadul, please, avoid eating too much of haloperidol before writing youtube comments.
Meanwhile in Russia, they never win any medals in swimming.
Or a Ukrainian
Trying this for the 1st time
I’ve been trying to learn this and I think I got the basics of the mechanics involved down. But I seem to always get some water in my nose everytime I put my head under water. Sometimes I get less water in my nose and sometimes more. How do I fix that?
I am currently trying to get my CSS better and there are many things I have to work on, but the breath hold part is not one of them. I have done a lot of breath hold training in prep for SEALs and freediving. My max so far is 5 minutes and 1 second. Really I do not think this accounts for all that much because it is a static breath hold. I think the primary thing you might want to do is to get more comfortable while lacking oxygen and more comfortable lacking oxygen underwater.
For this guy not being a swimmer, 3 stroking the pool after a glide is pretty damn impressive.
Do good seimmers use this or is this just for survival?
The storke shown on Seal/Swcc site does not have the 2 second glide like that. In fact I quote " Once you're flat Imediately pull #1." It's confusing that a guy can't find consistent advice on this stroke. Yet, still thank you Stew for ur videos
I tried this but it seems like I only go a quarter of the pool, it takes many strokes to get to the other end of the pool, what could I be doing wrong?
Sure = see link to free workouts on my site.
I up loaded it onto my profile I dont know how to send it
Sorry. I meant a constant flutter kick for propulsion, not scissor kick
It is very similar - see other videos on the channel
Hey Stew, what do you recommend doing to improve endurance with the css? Maintaining good technique (4-6 strokes across) the first two laps isn't hard for me but after that game over. Appreciate the help
Might be a bit late but, hypoxic swimming is super effective but make sure someone is always with you
How’s your endurance now?
Can you make a in-depth tutorial? Just joined the navy and am working on getting a contract, would really appreciate it.
Watch more videos: 3 Part Breakdown of CSS is good.
Hey Stew. Been trying to work on this stroke, but get little distance with my kick off the wall+ double arm pull. I get about a quarter length of the pool(if that) before beginning the strokes, and getting over 10 strokes per length. Any advice would be GREATLY appreciated
Sounds lack of power off the wall with your legs, lack of streamline during glide, and not gliding long enough per stroke cycle. Fix that.
Not even joking I grew up swimming like this
glide, sorry for the spelling error.
what is the benefits of that kind of swimming style,why not just crawl for example wouldnt be faster with crawl?
goLLY, that is crazy how he only needs to take a few breaths!
Well we do it here 5-6 days a week (Maryland). Videos are a better way to learn how to swim compared to a picture...could be worse.
Stew Smith how long would you say it takes to learn the css and get it in a descent time maybe around 10 min for the 450 M? Trying to put a package together from the fleet the swim is the only thing holding me back. Plan on spending hours in the pool everyday when I get back.
Shogun Rua it shouldn't take that long. If you can learn the stroke in as little as a single session of practicing good technique and then take about a month or six weeks to get in shape for it you should be able to get under 10 minutes
Awesome thanks brother appreciate it!
Hey Stew, for the pull on the css I see people bringing their arms like all the way down and some don't even go below the waist. Is this just personal preference? And if so which one in your opinion is better or more effective? Thanks for all the vids by the way I learned the css just based off of your videos alone
YOu mean the bottom arm right? The top arm should look exactly like a freestyle pull (different recovery obviously). Yes the bottom arm can go all the way down if you prefer OR you can do the breast stroke scull version for the bottom arm pull. Preference really.
Stew Smith alright awesome. Yep that's what I was looking for the bottom arm. Thanks Stew
Hey stew I’m a junior in high school aiming to go to buds. I’m not sure why but I keep getting shoulder impingements and rotator cuff tendinitis in my right shoulder from swimming. I think it may be a weak scissor kick or a form issue. It would be great if you could respond and provide some advice.
I do not know - I need to see you swimming as it could be your pull is wrong or you need to do more shoulder work (lift / calisthenics / physical therapy)...??
Yes - it is much quicker with athletes of any sport to be honest. If you define an athlete as a person who can see something and physically repeat it - then yes.
About the time he does the double arm pull I and dying for air, so I don't do it. I feel like it takes so many strokes to get across the pool. What gives?
hello sir im training to pass the pst so far my 500 yard swim is to high around 16 minutes i was wondering would you recommend doing longer swims or shorter swims and more rest time
+Manuel Campos hey I am pretty beginner at swimming also, but maybe some advice may help. I'm short 5'8 I swam 10:26 500m recently and am working on getting down to 9 where I'll be trying for PJ.
One thing I can tell you helps more than anything is find a swim coach! At my local pool I stayed friendly and talkative and ended up getting on board with a guy who coaches tri-athelon swimmers. Prior I had difficulty swimming 200m straight lol.
Try a Tabata method of training applied to swimming. Once you have technique pretty good, it's a lot of endurance so swim a 25m and rest only 10 seconds then kick off again. put it into sets like weight training so 5, 25m laps and rest on the wall only 10 seconds at a time. after the 5 laps take a little break then go for 10 laps, play around with a format like that. This will help force you to keep moving and push yourself. Aside from that run, and in the gym work on back and shoulder stabilizers.
Well i do move a little bit but my arms feel like they do all the work
Hey Stew, cool vid! Nice to see how a pool combat swimmer gets the job done.
How about you make a nice vid like this out in the open water, some nice 5 feet waves and raining like mad!
Cool idea - been there. That would be fun.
Not without the good old jet fins mate!!
Of course - I never swim in open water without fins - especially ocean.
It's amazing to see somebody swim one lane (25m) with just three strokes. When I was younger I had been swimming on competitions. His 'kick' (In German we call it scissoring) is really hefty and it will be pretty difficult to correct it!
He could even perform better IF HE DID NOT WEAR THOSE BOARD SHORTS! ;-)
Yes - this is a progression to swimming with fins in clothes / carrying gear in the ocean. Those strong scissor kicks / flutterkicks come in handy when in the surf. We don't call it the Combat Swimmer Stroke for nothing...
Coz I adopted that scissoring when I was a young kid. My trainer had a hard time to get me rid of that to improve my speed for competitions. It must be very difficult to separate those two techniques and not mix them.
Hey Stew, was wondering if I could upload or send you a video for critique on my css. Started about a month and a half ago. Been watching all your videos. I just maybe need some tips or pointers. I am swimming it just under 12 I really need to get down to sub 10s
Shogun Rua sure
Hey Stew here is a link to the video I just uploaded. m.th-cam.com/video/Nb2_xgxFDhA/w-d-xo.html
Would I be correct in saying your speed comes from the momentum off the wall ? Im short, 5'9.
Yes, but the most important thing is maintaining the most streamline position while propelling yourself. If you mess up the stroke, you can lose time.
Hey Stew, for the 2x25 m under waters, is this a non stop 50 m swim or do we get to come up for a breath after the first 25 m?
Air force you do 2 separate 25m with rest in btwn
@@StewSmith182 thanks for the quick reply Stew. 🙏🏻
I commented on your page...
when I do the scissor kick, I go to deep in the water and have to wait to float up before continuing
That’s a good thing.
Spend more time under the water just gliding & covering distance.
Less strokes when you come up that way.
Oh and having tight swimwhere on helps
What would help to make our kick stronger in the pool, so i can get that glide?
have your arms in the glide position before you kick
me too. I'm the same height and my glide kinda sucks.
Hello smith im 6'1" and 190lbs. And every time i do the scissor kick, i dont move!! I feel im not extending the bottom leg all the way. But may you please give me some tips on the scissor kick? And Ive been training my whole life for buds!
Try pulling your legs up into a lunge-like shape...watch the video close he pulls his extending leg's knee up to hip height then scissor kicks.
It's quite hard to keep that breath hold once you get past about 10 25m laps! Any tips on how to increase breath holds Stew?
did you make it?
Most SEALs have advanced college degrees, so they usually start after college. Your age is fine. For any special ops team they want someone who is mature and intelligent, and the maturity comes with age.
But is it truly more efficient? I can make it all the way across a 25m pool "without" coming up for air, if I am calm enough and take my time, timing underwater breast-strokes just right.
Hi Stew,
I've been practicing this stroke for a while now. However, I seem to be getting winded to easily. My time right now is 9:36. Could you please explain the breathing technique? Thanks a lot for your time.
***** Just did. I also looked up interval training to increase V02 Max :) Thanks for the tip.
Once you get a certain time - and you want to go faster - you have to practice that pace. For instance - our minimum standard here is 8:20 - which is 500 seconds / 500 yds. So when you swim 50 / 100 / 200 yd intervals each of those need to be 50 / 100 / 200 seconds respectively.
Stew Smith Thanks a lot. This gives me something to aim at instead of just the "competitive" mark on the PST.
turn and inhale when you are pulling the bottom arm. Exhale underwater at the kick
That’s a good time
Looks like Japanese ancient swim stroke!!
is this the same as the navy seal stroke? I wanna learn this. where to start?
Yes - keep viewing videos of the CSS
bigcartoonyIIV how's your training going?
join the US army
Hey Stew I was wondering if you had any advice as to how I can get through my plateau. My goal is to swim 500 in 8 minutes. I was averaging 8:30 and then plateaued. I started to swim with a baggy t-shirt and shorts in hopes the drag would help me get stronger.
Well after a month of that I swam in just my speedo jammers and got 8:50. I could use plenty of excuses as to why it was slower but in the end I feel that time is unacceptable.
My question is what are some other methods I can do to reach my 8min goal?
( thank you for your time service, time, and videos. Sorry my message was so long)
Austin Wightman You could try cross training things such as swimming,cycling and running. It should help you decrease times.
Do planks and tighten the core muscles, in addition to pushups, flutter kicks, and all those other PT. I found jump squats, bursting onto the top of a picnic table or rage fitness box, (sets of 20) to help burst power. The key to all this is delivering oxygen and removing C02 from the muscles, best trained by running and cross country skiing. The better you can do that, the better you swim for a given technique. Improving technique is another subject and probably easist to do after your tired, having no choice but to swim efficiently.
If you are doing traditional swimming, not this, then consider cross-training using a bouy. It will force you to increase your upper body strength for swimming because you can't use your legs and triathletes use them all the time.
They tie your hands and feet when they test you(
Hi! I have a question. I am not a professional swimmer, but I love swimming a lot. Isnt it more natural, easy and even better to be done a breaststroke kick when you are shooting your arms forward to a stream line positin after the double arm pull? The scissor kick then seems not very effective and even is at the edge of making splashes.
Well sure. But most Non-swimming athletes actually perform a scissor kick better than they do a breaststroke kick as those muscles are highly developed if you are a running athlete. I try to teach Breaststroke but sometimes it is futile and I go with the scissor kick. I’m not trying to build Olympian swimmers.
@@StewSmith182 I understand. I would like to know how the seals are thaught to do that part. I did not find a video demonstrating that part excatly although it is probably not the most important part:) I dont know if the seals train it in that sequence or just push off the wall and strat doing the main stroke directly. I think I saw something like that somewhere.
@@ivodimitrov1642 to get to BUDS you swim without fins. 99% of all swim at SEAL training and in the Teams are with fins
@@StewSmith182 Ok. Thank you for your answers and have a nice day!
do you need to be able to swim CSS on both sides if you want to succeed in SEAL training?
Not necessary to do both sides well without fins. BUT you need to be able to do both sides with fins - ABSOLUTELY.