5 Freestyle drills to help you swim smooth

Wether you are a beginner or an elite swimmer, you can always benefit from doing drills, that is because your stroke will never be perfect. Having said that, there are some common mistakes that most of us do during our freestyle technique. So we will go over some drills to fix them.

1- Finger tip drag

2- 3 strokes and glide

3- Glide rotate glide

4- Underwater recovery

5- Sculling high elbow

Finger tip drag

This drill will help you keep a high elbow when you recover the arm. This will also help you feel the water and give you immediate feedback as to where your hand is entering the water. You should also keep a relaxed wrist and fingers to save up energy. This high elbow recovery is the most effective way to carry your arm back in front.

3 strokes and glide

Gliding is an important part of the stroke, specially in distances over a 100. Doing 3 strokes and gliding for about 6 kicks will help you improve your gliding position. Notice the position of your hands and head and adjust if they causing frontal drag.

Glide rotate glide

Some of us don’t rotate enough. This goes hand in hand with the gliding. You need a good rotation in order to glide and to grab more water with each stroke. So practice gliding and rotating your shoulders, then come back and rotate again before taking your next stroke.

Underwater recovery

This will help you feel the frontal drag. It will help your body understand the importance of the pull. Try to optimize your pull by grabbing all the water you can while reducing the frontal drag of your other arm by positioning your hand to be always pointing to the front.

Sculling High elbow

To pull water backwards from the beginning of your stroke, you must have a high elbow on the first part of the stroke. So try sculling three times and not moving your elbow. Just use your forearm and hands. Then do a normal stroke to change arms.

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[the-mxji]

Great to have you back. It was over 7 days and I was worried

[clauview]

I love your videos, thery are so well produced. I just watch them while sitting in my desk to feel relaxed

[pekow]

Tried the finger tip drill this morning and it seems to be helping. Thanks for the tips!

[jitkabursikova]

The best way to teach, thank you❤️❤️❤️

[vdxedqf]

Best video that since I've ever seen

[marinatziara]

guys... thanks so much. The finger drag is a fantastic drill. I always had a shoulder pain after swimming and this morning was the first time I really enjoyed 1000 freestyle. You are the best.

[bonclay]

Thank you guys for your always nice and very helpful videos !

[alcirsantos]

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[leesanghwa]

부드럽게 헤엄치는 데 좋은 다섯 가지 자유형 부분 훈련

초보자이든 정예 수영 선수이든 사람의 영법이 완벽할 수는 없기 때문 부분 훈련을 함으로써 언제나 득을 볼 수 있습니다. 그건 그렇고, 자유형 기술에서 우리 대부분이 저지르는 몇 가지 흔한 잘못이 있습니다. 그래서 그 잘못들을 교정하기 위한 몇 가지 부분 훈련들을 살펴보겠습니다.

1- 손끝 끌기(Finger tip drag, 핑거 팁 드래그)
2- 세 번 젓고 활강(glide, 글라이드)
3- 활강, 회전, 활강
4- 물속으로 팔 되돌리기
5- 들린 팔꿈치로 손 젓기(sculling, 스컬링)


첫 번째. 손끝 끌기(Finger tip drag, 핑거 팁 드래그)

이 부분 훈련은 팔을 되돌리는 동안 팔꿈치를 높게 유지하는 데 도움이 됩니다. 이것은 또한 물을 느끼는 데 도움이 되고 여러분은 손이 어느 지점에서 물에 들어가는지 바로 알 수 있게 됩니다. 에너지를 아끼려면 또한 손목과 손가락에 과도한 힘을 주지 않아야 합니다. 이렇게 팔꿈치를 들어 되돌리는 것은 팔을 다시 앞으로 보내는 데 가장 효율적인 방식입니다.

두 번째. 세 번 젓고 활강(glide, 글라이드)

활강(gliding, 글라이딩)은 영법에서 중요한 부분입니다, 특히 100을 넘어가는 거리에서는. 세 번 젓고 대략 여섯 번 차기는 활강 자세를 개선하는 데 좋습니다. 머리와 양손의 자세를 알아채면서, 만약 앞 방향 저항이 크다면 자세를 조정하세요.

세 번째. 활강, 회전, 활강

일부 사람들은 충분히 회전하지 않습니다. 이 것은 활강(gliding, 글라이딩)과 관련됩니다. 활강하고 당길 때마다 더 많은 물에 걸려면(catch, 캐치) 회전이 좋아야 합니다. 그러므로 활강과 어깨 축 회전을 연습하십시오. 그런 후, 다음 팔 젓기를 하기 전에, 다시 반대로 회전해 오십시오.

네 번째. 물속으로 팔 되돌리기

이것은 앞 방향 저항을 느끼는 데 좋습니다. 당신의 몸이 팔 당기기의 중요성을 깨닫게 하는 데 좋습니다. 반대쪽 팔은 손이 항상 앞쪽을 향한 자세를 취하여 앞 방향 저항을 줄이는 동시에, 최대한 많은 물을 걸어(catch, 캐치) 당기기를 최적화하려고 노력하십시오.

다섯 번째. 들린 팔꿈치로 손 젓기(sculling, 스컬링)

당기기의 시작 부분부터 물을 뒤로 당기려면, 당기기의 첫 부분에 팔꿈치가 들려져야(high elbow, 하이 엘보우) 합니다. 그러므로 팔꿈치를 움직이지 않으면서 스컬링(sculling, 손 젓기)을 세 번 해보세요. 팔뚝과 손 만을 이용하십시오. 그런 다음 보통 젓기를 하여 팔을 바꾸십시오.

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[nikitaw]

This is great thank you. I'm thinking of getting back into it after a very long break although I'm fit strong (although maybe not for swimming) not overweight. . I want a fast 50m freestyle time and I'm curious about how working on buttery would develop the muscle power for fast freestyle. Any ideas would be great thank you. I love how much effort u put into ur videos.

[vv-krop]

Good. Practice. Glide rotation glide. Pratice gliding and swim gracefull

[noemianogueiratessari]

Parabéns pelos vídeos, ajuda bastante, por favor tradução p português 😒

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[heekomogwin]

My speed through the water hasn’t improved in months lol. I train pretty rigorously so it must be my technique. I am much smoother through the water I got my stroke count down to 13 strokes per 25 yards, But it’s not any faster. I’ll have to try these drills

[davidd]

Glad to know I'm not the only one who struggles with proper technique. I probably look like a fool but thats ok

[Bombelus]

Should I try to do all these drills together or focus only on a particular one during the session?

[valdemirsilva]

Thank you for teaching us great swimming techniques. Could you please provide subtitles in Portuguese? I'm from Brazil, thanks a lot. "Swim

[AaronCCorbin]

Thanks! I have a question about the finger tip drag. I've heard of another drill where instead of dragging in the water, you drag against the side of your body. Then another one where you tap your shoulder before your hand enters the water. Is there anyone better than the other?

[haniyukumi]

When you're scare of your teacher and you watch this video