Breathing in Freestyle: How To Stop Choking On Water

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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Freestyle Catch: Start slow so you can flow

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 ...

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Freestyle Technique – What They Didn’t Teach You In Swim School

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 ...

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