Freestyle Swimming Technique | Stroke

Get faster, fitter, stronger at the pool by improving your swim technique with our series of Speedo Fit videos. Produced with an elite swim coach and filmed in slow motion to help you improve your freestyle: body positioning, kick, stroke and breathing technique.

Combining multiple camera angles and animations to capture the best footage to help you see how to improve your swim technique.

Follow us on Twitter & Instagram @speedo

[nmejias]

To whomever might be reading this, do take swimming seriously, it does work out your whole body, it does tone your mucles, it does strengthens your heart, lungs, etc.

Wish I had started swimming many years ago.

[ginobretana]

literally just started swimming. quite possibly the hardest thing I've ever experienced in my life; coordination of both decent form and breathing. Other than looking like a complete idiot in the water, I almost passed out in the shower.

[owenmajor]

I've been learning to swim freestyle now for about a month and can only now swim a full length of the pool. The most challenging thing in the beginning is that you become exhausted very quickly, and need to take breaths at least every 2nd stroke, and very quickly your form collapses as you need to take breathes. Just keep in mind that it will take time to learn it

[imhakulon]

Tip for people who can’t seem to do the side turn when breathing!!:
-Try looking at your shoulder when you reach out
-try breathing on the side when your dominant arm is out of the water/pulled back
-i suggest people who have recently learned swimming to breath through their mouth and exhale underwater until you decide to get air
-relax!! If you’re confident in the water you’ll do it just fine
A tip for people who are stiff:
-literally just look down completely to the bottom of the pool, your legs automatically float up and make you flat in water

[suthobay]

Thanks I just broke the world record for 50m freestyle with this video

[soloisticorc]

I learned more about freestyle in the past 2 minutes, then in the past 2 years... Gotta love youtube ^_^

[Gigatless]

Holy fucking shit I will never learn anything like this without bringing my laptop to the pool.

[jmichael]

I recently resumed my swimming after 20 years out of the water. I can say all of these videos have been helpful. After 3 months I have improved my technique.

[oyamatoayei]

Gameplay too complicated but physic and graphic were good
7/10~ IGN

[Kaegis]

I've been trying to refine my technique more each time I swim and all these points in the video are important for fatigue. Today I achieved my PB of 1, 566m ocean swim. I'm happy with 1, 500m as my endurance and 800m as my minimal

[WyeExplorer]

I had a great swim today similar to the above. It's just the way it is...the way I was coached. When I catch water, float, propel forward, glide, extend, feel, kick marginally and recover with each stroke I touch on beauty and light grows within. It feels like an art, which can indeed be mastered. Superb video and swimmer. Peace. Mark.

[Angel_Kids]

8 years later.. this still works. Thanks! This gave me more confidence because i get embarrassed easily since i dont know how to swim properly.

[JohnSm]

I didn't realize I make so many mistakes while swimming. Very inspiring video. The swimmer is very fluid

[FlyGuy]

I wanted a breakdown of stroke fundamentals and arm positioning and this video delivered. Nice!

[welcometoziii]

"All right, let's do this!"
*proceeds to get in the water and start stroking*
*moves 1 inch per minute*

[maykomarquez]

I LOOOOVE these videos... short and very informative with great visual aid. can you please do some videos on flip turning and starts?

[perstahlberg]

Beatiful Only thing i miss here is an earlier catch with verical elbow.
Harder to do with straighter arm recovery but should be higher.

[johnpaulremo]

Thank you speedo for your technique swim, It improves my swim now from philippines

[misterka]

So much for explaining how to do proper breathing while swimming

[Zigoeight]

Very detailed video tutorial. This video would be a great help for beginners to master the techniques quickly. Keep sharing videos like this. More power!