How to Breathe While Swimming | Front Crawl

Here you'll learn how to breathe correctly while swimming the front crawl.

This online tutorial will teach you how to master the breathing technique required to swim front crawl

When swimming the front crawl, your face is permanently underwater so it's important to master the correct breathing action to allow you to maintain a good pace and swimming action!

The Front Crawl Swimming program was created thanks to the support of Decathlon, SIKANA's partner on the Sports topic, and with the participation of Pierrick Le Floch, professional swimming coach and trainer and the Hendaye Swimming Club.



Translation - emilywade

[johnspence]

For those of you who get that panicky feeling of getting caught out of rhythm or wanting to breathe too often, do a length of the pool front crawl without breathing. This will improve your lung capacity and improve that panic feeling. After a few lengths (with rest between), practice your breathing...you will be less panicky.

[vincepod]

Thank you for this. I see my problem now. I’ve been taking a breath every 6 strokes. Time to learn breathing from both sides!

[dinahharvey]

I've been going about twice a week trying to learn how to swim for the pass 3 weeks. I know how to kick, been praticing breathing thru my nose under water. I'm just having trouble with once in with head down first with nose breathing. when coming up to breathe that's where I get off track with taking that breath thru my mouth. then I lose balance with body which slows down my kicking. I do want to swim, love being in water. I love this demonstration will try to focus and learn by this. thank you

[MiyaSamaCo]

I have been taking swimming lessons for the past month and I'm still learning how to improve my front crawl. I have not learned how to side breath yet but I will keep your tips in mind when I get to it.

[cutbeard]

Breathing on one side is fine, bilateral isn’t necessary. You have to glide on your side as she does in the video. Practise looking down while
Pushing off the side pike position keep looking down then when want to move while floating turn onto your back. There are YouTube videos showing this drill. Practise is key.

[nalaingchannel]

Thank you for uploading this! I appreciate this! 😊😊😊 This makes me better at frontcrawl! Thank you❤❤❤❤❤

[salimziad]

Well, I still get that panicky feeling of getting caught out of rhythm or wanting to breathe too often. I've tried several techniques to learn how to breath while swimming the crawl but still cannot.

[Donari]

I still get a ton of water inside my mouth when ever i try to breathe.. Also I get super exhausted and out of breath really quickly. Changing from bilateral breathing to every 2 strokes helped me a bit but i still got alot of problems with it :/

[アンちゃん-bt]

Help i know im late but i have swimming tomorrow i need to learn this i just cant do it why can ti do it

[TwoWheelsCraft]

If i exhale almost all my air then dont u think body will sink quickly? How much minimum air should we keep in our lungs or because of speed it doesn't matter?

[kc]

I'm 64 and having lessons to learn the crawl, very difficult to get all the different components working together. Lack of flexibility effects my ability to turn to my left i think.

[jude]

Thank you I am now a professional swimmer

[bernadettedoh]

How can I inhale and breathe without drinking water. I take my head all out but still hold my breath as I'm scared to drink water

[adelkurdi]

hi...thanks for good video ...i have aproblem during breathing in i swallo water which makes me uncomfort !!! what is the solution please

[eliascontreras]

My problem is water always gets in my nose, even though i inhale through my mouth

[dm]

when i rotate to inhale water get into my nose every time? what should i do

[henriki]

Hi. Where would you recommend to look when moving the head to the side? Looking at the side of the pool, maybe slightly behind? Just want to avoid lifting my head up at all costs.

[prudent]

It is like you would still swallow water (through mouth or nose), but I don't know. - that's why I fear trying this. Also, you need a pool for this to practice first, sea is harder.

[slide]

Does it matter if you exhale underwater out of your nose or mouth?
BTW, I often find the best rhythm breathing every 6 strokes or so.

[mr.beamss]

I get tired easily while swimming in crawl, ive read this is because I dont exhale enough but I do exhale underwater, should I swim longer without breathing?