Speedo's Ultimate Guide to a Perfect Freestyle Swim Stroke! (Tutorial) - Presented by ProTriathlon

Created by Speedo - Presented by ProTriathlon

[phoeNYkx]

Good tutorial. Here are my 2 cents on the right technique:

- Avoid looking 90 degrees straight down the bottom of the pool. This will make the head submerge totally and increase the drag. A good rule of thumb is that the viewing angle should be 30 to 40 degrees. This ensures three things: A) About 40% of your head is above water and creates that constant bow wave in front of your head. B) Head rotation and breathing in become a breeze because your mouth is closer to the surface C) Because of that bow wave and its trough near your mouth, you need not have to look at the roof of the pool to breathe in. Just orientating your mouth above surface will let you inhale/exhale quite comfortably.
- The palm should be fully relaxed and should be like a dead fish. It's essential to leave the fingers relaxed and OPEN. This is counter intuitive for the beginners but the maximum of rowing power doesn't come from your beautiful palm and webbed fingers. It's your forearm. To generate maximum power, your wrists should be bent slightly because this will engage your lats and not shoulders.
- Bent elbow catch and pull is important but too much emphasis on high elbow can cause rotator cuff shoulder injury.
- You should rotate slightly with every stretch in the front. If your body doesn't rotate slightly and if your body is dead flat on water, this will cause shoulder injuries too.

Other than that, this video is top notch.

[mfilanc]

I found this very helpful. I love the water but am not a strong swimmer, I hope to employ these techniques to improve my ability, sooner rather than later. hopefully haha *drags self to gym*

[goldenboik]

I loved the production of this video, the breakdowns are perfect.

[urbanfryk]

I do a great deal of swimming and this video gives me some fine tips. Cheers from Sweden!

[SnappytowelsCom]

Excellent video. So many people waste a lot of energy swimming up, rather than pushing forward. Or they are looking forward at the wall, which pulls the body out of position and forces the legs to drag down.

[ajiadsubzwari]

That's snorkel idea is just amazing

[sashabrixham]

really liking this. really vibing to it! cant wait to hear more

[dweller]

Missing was advice on kick timing relative to arm movement. I am not surprised by this omission. Most novices are in the dark about this, yet it is simple to teach and is crucial for efficient delivery of power.

[jrocseventyone]

Excellent tutorial for the pool but not for the ocean

[gilean]

I am somehow able to swim this way the freestyle (with no breathing problems) except that portion which my arm exits the water to recover. At all times I was taught that the elbow should always be higher than the wrist during this entire phase until the fingers enter the water again up front. In the video, he seems to be making an arc and his elbow is at some portion lower than his wrist. Am I wrong here? thank you.

[robohippy]

More on the right technique.... I do swim with my head in like with my spine/straight posture/at 90 degrees. Having the head inclined at all produces more drag, not less. The bow wave is actually more drag, as with the head down, that bow wave, and the resulting dip behind the shoulders and wave over your bum is much more drag than if the water flows more straight over your body. In aviation, they call this induced drag. A lot of swimmers do have their heads at 30 to 45 degrees. Looking at a swimmer like Phelps, his head is much lower, at almost 90 degrees. As for the high elbow catch and pull, this makes for a bigger paddle to pull through the water for more propulsion. If you pull with a straight arm, then that can cause all sorts of shoulder problems. Pulling with the bent arm, in the 120 to 90 degree angle range, this generated more power with less work. I swim a little freestyle, but prefer the over arm side stroke. Much easier to breath, and far more efficient in terms of energy used, oxygen consumed, and distance per stroke than any other stroke. Much faster than breast stroke, but not as fast as freestyle...

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[mistadreadman]

Good stuff. But it looks like he's doing a wind mill action. He really has no elbow bend. Mostly wind mill action.

[carlosrobleto]

Does anyone know what type of swimming trunk is the one the guy is wearing on this video ?

[Arihim]

Ion Girloanta ~ Other videos I've been watching asks for the palm to be facing downward so as to avoid rotating the shoulder too much (when you go in thumb first), but I agree with the elbow bent & up and not putting so much force during the recovery phase.

[dromeus]

How is possible to keep my feet relaxed when at the same time I have to bend my ankles?

[enrico.zamuner]

Alexander Popov was the best freestyiler

[diorynovis]

Its year 2019 and why am i here I'm so far away from any ocean or swimming pool wew

[javi]

Sale de un salto de la piscina!!!. Yo salgo como un anciano de 100 años