How To Swim 100m In 1:10 (Without Trying)

We tracked down retired Olympic swimmer Dan Smith to spill the beans on how he was able to swim a 1:10 100M freestyle, and look like he wasn’t trying.

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00:00 Introduction
00:28 Dan’s background
01:22 Swimming is different because…
02:42 Body position
04:23 Using underwater video
05:04 Kicking
06:42 Breathing pattern
07:50 Rotation
08:51 Recovery and entry
10:43 Front Quadrant
11:52 Catch and pull

Dan Smith currently runs swim clinics for juniors in Australia. For more details visit www.myswimtutor.com

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Brenton and Mitch were great to work with at the clinic, Good to get video analysis to work on straight away, practice some new drills and go home knowing what you need to work on.

Alex McFadyen

Sydney