Freestyle Swimming: How To Swim A Smooth 1:10 100m Freestyle

A few months ago we posted a video of Olympian Dan Smith swimming a very comfortable 1:10/100m freestyle. In this video, I'll break down Dan's technique and show you how he's able to swim so fast while looking like he's not trying!

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What's your biggest takeaway from Dan's stroke? Let me know in the comments below ⬇⬇⬇

[avarmauk]

I'm in awe of how smooth your strokes are.

I look like I'm possessed by demons when I swim.

[valentinyassinskiy]

One of the best swimming videos I’ve seen on YouTube

[al-juryjamlal-lyl]

How do we thank you for such a deep explanation? Details, pauses, and explanations for each part?! A great video that makes us independent of a hundred other videos. Thank you very much for your time, effort and expertise.🙏🙏🙏

[DannyOvox]

I am a 26-year-old guy that never learned how to swim while younger. I've been learning how to on my own now at my local gym pool, I am about 1 month into my journey.
So far I can stay afloat (I was scared of letting go at the beginning lol) learned the breaststroke and I am ok at that, the one style however that I want to learn and perfect it so badly is the freestyle but I cannot get the hang of the breathing! Today though I finally managed to swim an entire 50M lap without stopping doing the freestyle while taking breaths by pulling my head up, I am proud of myself of how far I've come into my swimming journey and I love it I cant wait every morning to go swim when I have the time.

[khattabisaid]

as a beginner who wants to have a good speed not on a competitive level this video helped me alot thank you

[OscarSerrano-oserra]

Thank you so much for such a detailed explanation of part of the technique.

[TamaEnergy]

This really demonstrates to me as a beginner swimmer how much technique is everything, hes not moving his arms and legs fast but is moving theough the water fast

[ofosusam]

I was watching his hand entry, one thing I have been working on lately. I tried it today and man, improvement in speed and efficiency was mighty. Will be watching this over and over till I get it perfect.

[THX-wcjo]

Brilliant! I may never get to 1:10/100 - but fantastic to see the breakdown - ALL of your Effortless Swimming tips can be seen here - Dan's stroke is simply TEXTBOOK beautiful form and it's great to see it in action and broken down into detailed components... I'll keep working! Thanks!

[johnswimcat]

I know this isn't race pace but this is one of the best front crawl strokes I've ever seen. Never mind competition, though I have done a bit, I'd just be really happy to be able to swim something like this

[lizpotter]

Awesome. This is such a useful channel. I have ‘taught myself’ with Brenton’s expert help and had my first compliment on my stroke from a young guy at my pool about two weeks ago. I was so made up - I’m 54!! It has taken about 3-4 years to get here :-) Thanks to Brenton

[mtmontgo]

This is an outstanding video showing the foundations for a smooth and energy-efficient freestyle from an elite Olympic "Ozzie" swimmer (Dan Smith). The narration is superb and this course will provide many young career, mid career and older swimmers with new tools to help improve their freestyle, especially in moderate and long distance trainings. Thank you very much for posting this series!

[lorenzoesteban]

This video is a masterpiece that all swimmers should see.

[martinlevine]

Love the explanation of the shoulder, elbow, wrist all in a line - I use this to explain the optimal propulsive position

[hl]

watching that video got my 100m time down to 1:25 and I still feel space to improve. Thanks a lot!

[brad]

Awesome analysis. I've been doing laps for 40 years and didn't know any of this.

[leslietennant]

Excellent video. Really like that you slow down and reverse sections whilst explaining a point. Recently put my GoPro in an outdoor pool while I was on holiday and found it so useful to see where I was going wrong and now compare it with this. Thanks.

[billyleung]

The best explanation on the whole Freestyle knowhow so far, thank you very much.❤

[imd]

Most beautiful freestyle swim i've ever seen, now that's something to work for.