Freestyle Breathing Technique: How to Breathe While Swimming

Effortless Swimming · Freestyle By Brenton Ford · Updated August 2026 TL;DR: Almost every freestyle breathing problem comes back to five things: exhale in the water (never hold your breath), keep one goggle in the water when you breathe, rotate your body instead of lifting your head, keep your lead arm extended through the breath, […]

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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