Freestyle - No Kick Stability

Here's an exercise you can do to any practice, that will help your athletes learn balance.

Why do it:
A great freestyle is based on a solid body line. Sometimes swimmers MASK that line by using their arms and legs for support. This exercise can help focus on the core.

How to do it:
1 - Swim freestyle with your legs together and toes points.
2 - Don't kick.

How to do it really well (the fine points):
This works on a few things;
- In order to keep the legs up, there needs to be SOME velocity to keep things in line, so they can't go too slow.
- When the legs start to fall, the swimmer will need to tighten their core to keep the line rigid.
- When they've mastered keeping the legs in line, when they start to add the kick back in, the goal is that the kick is now more propulsive than supportive.

[mustaphab.]

That's exactly what I've been working on for the last month after ditching the pullbuoy. Try to feel, learn and maintain body balance without supportive equipment

[zoolzool]

I love these videos. Simple and concise, yet detailed. They’ve helped me so much in my swimming. Thank you.

[carmendarlinseattle]

Core STrength! great reminder. thank you!

[swiminlovelyplace]

Thank you. I will try tomorrow. An underwater view would be great as well

[sundheep]

Awesome lessons, I really appreciate it. It's been a great help improving the quality of my freestyle swimming.

[stevetse]

Great idea!! Shall try it after swimming pools reopen, hope not too long. Thank you for the tip!

[tambanaja]

I'm practicing this with pull buoy and it's very worked. I love it, less tension and i can focus to my catch also breath.

[Cheese_Meister]

Honestly sometimes I forget to kick while swimming freestyle.

[shochan]

Love this video. Easier to say tighten your Core, Trying Last 6 months still sinking.

[waynebillings]

Great arms/shoulder workout.

(The one right at the end is exactly what I do with a great glide)

[akmm]

Are you meant to not take a breath during this drill?

[AR-wyqz]

my body has tendency to float with no effort, i need kicking only to maintain balance when i take breath, and kicking makes my speed slower i dont know why

[archanasfoodieshow]

I am a beginner swimmer whenever i try to use my hands to swim i lose my balance nd my lower body starts to sink

[rachelmm]

my arms are weak so this no leg drill will help me out

[chunyuenlau]

This is VERY difficult for an intermediate swimmer.

[thuanvu]

How can s he float her híp on water high in the vid

[xuarchie]

this is too hard, my legs sink if i don't kick.

[carltonbanks]

I always see these kind of videos with thin women. It is easier for a woman of any size to float than a man. I'd like to see a muscular man or one with muscular thighs try this. Seems impossible.

[phildurre]

Absolutely impossible to not kick and have your legs not sink lol.

[carolinerebillout]

She doesn't breath... Easy to stay straight without breathing...!