Tag Archives: Freestyle
Breathing in Freestyle: How To Stop Choking On Water
Posted on by Brenton.
Swimming can be a difficult sport to learn if you’ve never been taught the very basics. One of the biggest issues most beginners face is breathing in the freestyle stroke. Even for veterans of the sport, breathing can be a nightmare if you don’t know the correct technique and method for easy and effortless breathing [...]
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Why freestyle should NEVER be called front crawl!
Posted on by Brenton.
The best way to save energy in swimming freestyle is to rotate from side to side.
We rotate for a few reasons. It is important because it reduces the amount of drag our body creates in the water. Does it waste energy going side to side? It does and it doesn’t. Rotation does use energy (only [...]
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Freestyle Catch: Start slow so you can flow
Posted on by Brenton.
In swimming, effective propulsive movements are SLOW to FAST.
In every stroke you reach long, feel the water, catch and then accelerate through the pull to the recovery.
A powerful stroke starts with an effective feel on the entry and then a strong catch. Once you have got that strong catch, it’s the acceleration through the stroke [...]
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Freestyle Technique – What They Didn’t Teach You In Swim School
Posted on by Brenton.
As most people know, freestyle is the fastest stroke, most efficient stroke, as the body maintains a streamlined position with the arms and legs are able to apply constant propulsive forces. The arms perform an alternating action while the legs perform a continuous flutter movement.
Body Position
The body position needs to be streamlined and kept ‘long’ [...]
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William Holman: At age 80 I find it difficult if I do not breathe ...
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SUPRIYA: I am doing but still improve required because stil...
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Jennylouw: I have now been slowly improving my freestyle over...
