GET TIRED fast? Try this!

When swimming freestyle do not perform too many kicks. It makes you tired quickly. Aim to perform only 1-2 kicks per 2 arm strokes. You will be able to swim smoothly and will not get tired.

[yamagoops]

All fun and games until my coach complains about how I’m not kicking enough 💀

[thenickguy]

professional swim coach here. this may be obvious, but this technique is best used during endurance events like 400+. when going for speed, you want to aim for 5ish kicks per pull and try to pull your hand as soon as your recovering hand is about to enter the water in front of you. good luck, and make sure you keep your kicks tight

[fishypond]

This all depends on the type of swimmer you are. I am a kicker, so I kick a lot and don’t get tired and make good times. If your a puller, some people like to save their kicks. It also depends on the race. Like sprints need kicks, but like a 500 or more needs so be paced kicks.

[KookinHaole]

I felt this in the pool. The less kicks, the more oxygen I could burn with my arms, which provided most of my propulsion.

[Martin-qnsx]

Trying my hardest to stop over kicking, but as soon as I touch the water, I’m burning my thighs with all the kicking

[muhamadaiman]

My leg always get cramp early during freestyle and this is the cause. Thank you

[steple-osrs]

As an ex competitive swimmer and swimming teacher and coach of 8 years this video is one of the first in YouTube that is 100% factual and simplistic to understand. For any aspiring swimmers or coaches, this short video is an excellent bit of material I wish I had access to previously!

[trn]

For context; Kicking hard is how Phelps, Thorpe, Popov, Popovici and many more have broken many world records between them.

A two beat kick is good for some distance swimmers, and triathletes. Again this is individual. But yes, kicking hard saps your energy fast if you are not conditioned for it.

[surabhimahadevan]

Wait what?! I always kick like my life depended on it.. Thanks so much for this!

[mariaaguilar]

In training it is ok to kick 2 or 4 but in competition you always need to kick

[motemedia]

As a recreational swimmer, I just make sure that I have a good breathing rhythm.

[Marvidsen]

I did so for 10+ years and was amongst the 3 best on a 1.500 meter crawl (year 1973). It worked 🇩🇰

[tallinkunz]

my guy. it depends on what you are trying to do. 6 beat kick is standard. if you get tired fast then you just need to keep training until you can handle it. the point of practice is to get tired so you can build back up stronger.

[Sentient_Blob]

Unless you’re training for distance then you should be doing a six beat kick. It may make you more tired, but that’s what training is for, and the speed you get from it is invaluable. Even then, most fast distance swimmers do the 6 beat, or at least move to a six beat later in their race

[solomonschneider]

This helped me so much in learning to slow down and freestyle far!

[zoeywest]

i started doing this and now i am much better

[moragimenez]

My coach says I have to do lots of kicks to swim more faster

[aquinn]

Thanks for the great tip! Can’t wait to try it👍👍

[johntaylor]

Great video. I learn a lot from watching them. I'll try this one tomorrow when i get in the pool at my local leisure centre

[izzybermudez]

Coming from a Boxing background, I find it a compliment kicking more while synchronizing my arm strokes, yeah it's more exhausting but, it definitely helps my endurance in the Ring.