1. Point feet toes back, not down. 2. Point fingers down after reaching out. 3. Bring hips up. 4. Reach fingers forward while getting hands-arms in, not above, the water, then point fingers down. 5. Pull arms all the way through the back. 6. Bonus : Accelerate through stroke.
This video is one of the most comprehensive, ponctuel compilation I have ever seen. Very clearly presented (in practice with video as well) in points the typical mistakes and how do it well. Really good job 👍🏼! Thanks a lot, I think it will help me.
Thanks to these videos I've gone from swimming 50m and feeling exhausted, to swimming 400m and feeling quite relaxed. It's not fast but it's getting faster. At 46 years old, I'm actually enjoying swimming for the first time in my life, and not stuck doing breaststroke all the time.
@@kuladeeluxe I’ve seen a few people using a snorkel in the pool. But the thing is that swimming isn’t a struggle any longer now that I finally have my breathing sorted and position improved. I’ll be back in the pool tomorrow, want to focus on arm position during the pull and a fuller stretch. Already looking forward to it.
I only learnt to swim 4 years ago and I’m 46 now. I did it for health reasons. Autoimmune arthritis. The best thing I did was join a triathlon club. We have coached session’s each week. I started in the bottom lane but have worked my way up to the fast lane. Wish I did it years ago but I’ve done it now and it’s improved my life a great deal. Happy swimming and best wishes
These videos are extremely helpful. At 64 and only started swimming (breaststroke only) last Aug, I never thought I could ever swim front crawl. Today, I managed 30 lengths of front crawl, albeit only 2 lengths at a time - baby steps - but enjoyed it immensely. Thanks for posting these great tips.
Thank you for the tips!! I actually was petting the cat the whole time AND pointing the feet down since I started swimming, for many years and without noticing it even if I was actively striving to improve. Until my girlfriend filmed me once in the pool and I actually saw what I was doing. Letting someone make a video of yourself can help soooo much.
Thank you for this! I swim a mile every morning and the simple change in pointing my fingers down at the end of each stroke shaved 2-3 seconds off my lap time. Awesome.
I like ballet classes, doing a lot of toe pointing flexing extension and ankle rotation. I find that ballet helps my feet in swimming. I also visualize fish in water how it uses tail to propel. Half of my body from waist down the energy and movement should be fluid like ribbon moving in air. It is bones joints muscle all work as one to move in water with momentum balance and propulsion.
So impressed, even though you are just doing "talking head" videos. I've gone from not-a-swimmer to confident freestyler in just a few weeks. THANK YOU!
Love your content. The biggest aha moment for me was when someone told me to *really* keep my head down and look at the bottom of the pool, because of the extended effect on my entire body posture. When I got that mastered, my whole experience in the water changed. What I mean is, it can often be one little element of your personal style that's holding you back and having a ripple effect on your whole experience. And your videos are super valuable in this way 👍🏻
Wonderful if you could continue the videos of swimmer whilst slowing down the video to explain the strokes and correct style as you have done in recent videos. Perfect!
The relaxed ankle in the flutter and dolphin kicks works IF you have very flexible ankles. If you have stiff ankles and try to keep your ankles relaxed as you kick, generally you will have about a 30 degree or so bend in your ankle while kicking which creates more drag. I am one of those people. Going pigeon toed gives you another 10 or so degrees of toe point. I have to focus on my toe point. You can get used to that calf cramp, well get rid of it by practicing that way. While swimming my over arm side stroke, I see everything in the pool. Not getting full extension is a major flaw in most peoples arm stroke. As is entry too soon, most of the time, and too late seldom. Hand and arm position is all over the place. It is always nice to see some one who really knows how to swim, and it stands out.
👍When I realized that I always tried to *minimise the effort* of the pull of the arm through the water, and when I started *PULLING* with my hand and forearm, then I really started to swim. Before I was just *floating* 😅 And ‘stroking the cat’ Thank you *very* *very* much, my swimming, but furthermore my health improved a lot by videos like Yours. Bless You !!! ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
I think this is my first ever youtube comment. I just came back from my swimming session and your tips really helped! It’s the best i feel after swimming!
Having small feet is a curse. Sometimes I do minor dolphin kicks during freestyle. I know Phelps has done that in races. I just find using both feet and the entire length of the leg surface area helps propulsion when integrated into the freestyle flutter.
Interested in me getting coached. I am almost 63, started open water races going on 7 years ago. Never competed before that. Moved my mile time from 51 minutes down to 30:24, in optimal no-current lake conditions. Want to get it down to 24 minutes. I was a foot dragger. Incrementally improving every aspect of my stroke so this is great info. Side benefits - back feels better, core is strong, lost fat weight, Blood Pressure is at the bottom of ideal range, heart rate has dropped from 80 to the 50’s resting rate. Cholesterol in ideal range with an over the top good cholesterol. Tremendous gain in energy level, and great stamina. Ready for bed at night and sleep better.
My toes point to the bottom of the pool, because running and cycling has made my ankles less flexible. I have to actively keep my feet in a better position, which makes the legs stiffen. Currently using flippers to help improve flexibility.
I'm 5'9" and my stroke length/rate is similar to guys 6" taller because I have spent time learning & practicing - persevere! (they are faster because they kick 6bt which I'm not currently fit enough for, so 2bt for me, but with pull buoys it's even!) 🔱
Hey I’m 13 and I’ve been swimming for a few years to now but have just recently taken it super seriously. I go a 1:15 100 free but when I put a pull boy on it seems like I float so much better I know I’m probably just doing something rlly simple wrong but does anyone have any tips?
Are you holding breath, making chest more buoyant? Try breathing out continuously under water except when breathing in (as a drill to see if adapting your breathing slightly will help). Is it better when you breathe every 2 vs 3/4/5 strokes? 🔱
Surely, it requires conscious thought processes to NOT point your toes? Unless your ankle is _fused_ I can't really understand how anyone would try swim front crawl with their toes pointing downwards. A technique that would obviously create drag and slow you down.
@@NeilMalthus not true. I have seen majority of bad swimmers with not pointed toes and hips sinking to the floor while swimming. they are basically not engaging any of their core or lower body muscles, using all arms. many untrained people are not used to squeezing their core or glutes while exerting force.
@@swee78 I bet you've seen the 'majority' of bad drivers driving with their handbrakes on too, eh? Glutes, core, lower body muscles, what the hell do they have to with the pointing of the foot! Zero.
Hey Brenton, great channel and content. Especially the water feel and body position. I was an East Gippsland swimmer around your age back in the day. Awesome to see you take the family tradition to the next level and beyond. Cheers Matt
Those "lap swimmers, doing laps" like you said sarcastly they probablly are long distances swimmers. So they ONLY are being inteligent doing the shorter lenght arm in order to go slower, not being tired and NOT DAMAGE THE SHOULDERS. So maybe you wanna... correct some stuff about what you said in this vid.
@@bboba123 Errr - You can do long distances real slow or you can do them less slow ie. FASTER. The OP is wrong all the same in that in that you should maximise your reach whether racing short distances or going for a nice long relaxed swim (where you're not that bothered about how long it takes). Or any length in between. Swimming slowly (relatively) over longer distances @RicardGomes76 simply involves you slowing your stroke pattern down. NOT changing the length of your reach. The only time you should be changing your technique is when you're FATIGUED - and that's understandable / unavoidable, you'll get a little sloppy as you tire.
Number 6, swim in a shorter pool. I've had to swim in a 20m pool this winter and I'm smashing all my records on my Garmin 🤣🤣 - I'll get a shock in spring when it's back to the 50m pool 😮
I read in the past that the legs only given you 20% of your total speed. Which means, if you use your legs you increase in 20% ur speed. So, its weird to hear that pointing down will decrease your speed to 22%
Thanks Effortlet's! echoes what your previous advice: strive to Swim above the surface, as much as your best, at least for breath ( 'O2' free weapon)! It all works. (To amend: those Glides, underneath the surface, of course)! Plus: some necessary weight loss + grow muscles.
I just wonder what I can do to get this flexibility in my feet. I am already checking out ballett videos. So far without success. Any idea, what I can do as I am comming from running
Kneel on a mat with your toes pointing back and gradually let your weight press on your heels You may not get down at first but don't force it. Practice squatting like that for longer periods.
I do standing heel/ toe lifts, working up to 2 minutes and then more heel/toe lifts on a foam balance mat. Standing: up on toes, back on heels.. works muscles you weren't aware of😊Calf extensions (pumps) on the gym equipment, (ankle pumps/windshield wipers while sitting -- while watching TV or just sitting waiting for the doctor. I had my right hip replacement surgery October 10 and these moves help with balance, flexibility and strengthening.
Awesome video! Your explanations are truly the best … thank you! And looks like you got your house painted while you filmed this one … was that a brush roller outside your window?!
Hi there! Thank you for your videos. They are really helpful but would have been great if you start to implement some breaststroke technique tips. And please, tell us how to make swimming fun for children. I think that swimming is one of the most difficult sports to make it fun. You are just going through two walls but children need FUNdamentals! Thank you!
Love your videos, as a beginner swimmer your videos has given my a lot to work on each couple of sessions and makes swimming really exciting. I can't swim far yet but I find myself able to swim breaststroke for longer than freestyle. When I swim freestyle, originally my legs would get tired first and thanks to your videos that's no longer the case, instead now after swimming 100m of freestyle my shoulders seem to get tired before being tired from a fitness perspective (e.g. I could keep going but in breaststroke). What I would like to know is, with my shoulders being tired so quickly, in general do you reckon that's more to do with technique (no doubt my technique can be improved) or is it just a matter of having to keep swimming more in freestyle and build up my shoulder muscles?
I would say ‘point toes like a baller/pointe dancer. Practice arching your foot and pointing your toes. That mindset creates the seamless foot shape. For lifting the hips I would say to connect all your muscles and ligaments together with your brain; from collarbone to hip - so you form one strong intertwined shape- similar to if you stuck your tongue out and made it straight and hard. After that step is done, and the shape is solid, then hollow out the overall Shape so that it ‘feels’ concave; lifting your spine up toward the ceiling in the centre region of your back just below or inline with your bottom rib, but bringing the rest of the entire shape with it. Like a parachute stuck in mud and pulling everything up. It pulls all of you but the point of centre is that centre spine. The result is a nice horizontal body in the water. It feels concave but it’s not. You have to lock this shape in. It’s a structural Skeleton and all of your movements must stem from You holding this shape. Because this is how to skim surface. That is the terminology I would use so that people understand 🤷🏻♀️
Or even simpler, when inhaling be sure to bring the breath down, and use a second or so to lock it, which creates the shape. Exhale like golden mist rising infusing up inside so the body glides, and the shape not lost
@@michaelkhalsa using the description of breath intake to visualize body position…. Interesting. But I don’t think dummies would understand. They’d be like being the breath ‘down’? Huh what?
Good tips... I have seen your stroke which is quite there... Only your left hand elbow drops a tiny bit after reaching out and then you adjust and get that really nice EVF... Is it natural to do that as I sometimes have a tendency to do that as well?
Mate, Love all your advice!! Just wondering if you haven't already, can you do a Profile/Breakdown of your FAVORITEST FREESTYLER of all time please. I'm a New Zealander and I still rate Ian Thorpe as the Greatest!! But I also have a soft spot for our very own DANYON LOADER. If Danyon Loader was an Australian or from the good old USA he would still be talked about. Thanks Mate
Wait, if putting your feet to the bottom of the pool does increase drag by 40% and mimics a parachute wouldn't be helpful to intentionally do some sets like this to build up the strength the parachute would normally give you and then revert back to the described footing here?
Any tips, suggestions or advice for shoulders rotations and motion. My right shoulder doesn’t rotate properly when I recover. My right hand will not pass by my hip-chest-shoulder when I recover!
Hi Brenton, thank you for your video. I have a question, why you did not mention rotation? I think rotation is also a main point for improving speed. Do you agree?
World Aquatics Championships - Doha 2024: men’s 4x100m freestyle relay: with the opening world-record lead, (in '3:11.08') all the first three (of team China) seemed to swim as much as if on the surface; the fourth (of team China) is 'all muscles'. We may, if appropriate, need to ask Popovici: how could they learn from him, exceedingly-skinny but super-speedy.
Short of breaking my ankles, I can’t make them bend as easily as the swimmer in your video. I have tried endless stretching over the years, endless attempts at toe pointing - but that leads to cramp or is just plain uncomfortable. Simply put, in skeletal terms, my feet and ankles cannot attain that amount of looseness or horizontality. There needs to be some recognition that this idea of toe pointing may not be physically possible in some cases.
Where to begin? I get really annoyed with most 'swimming tips' youtube videos. Why? Because the initial premise of all swim coaching is that everyone wants to increase their speed. I am 73 years old. I swim to maintain my health and to achieve this I have developed a front crawl style that is relaxed and not very fast. OK mr coach you think 'ah yes but you are an exception'. NOT IN MY EXPERIENCE. My local pool is populated by mostly retired people. Most of these swim longer distances but not fast. I aim to swim 2.5 km per day and am faster than most of my compatriots. But that's a product of aiming for efficiency so that I can swim for longer to improve my cardio vascular efficiency. Your first three tips (flatten feet, stop patting the cat and engaging core muscles) made total sense with me. And I have made improvements in my stroke by engaging core muscles. I will pay more attention to 'pointing my feet' and pointing my fingers to the bottom of the pool having watched this video. I feel I must mention something that has made a big difference to my speed without impacting on how much energy I use. That is an engineering term known as 'resonance' I have found that there is an ideal speed at which to swim to provide speed with saving energy. This means finding a rhythm that acts as a sort of pendulum effect. The net result is that the effort imparted in each arm stroke is reduced at the ideal 'resonant' speed and that is because you start each arm stroke earlier in the 'speed graph'. What do i mean by the 'speed graph'? Imagine you get prone in the water and take a single arm stroke. You will accelerate but only until the arm reaches the end of the stroke. If you then glide, you will gradually slow to a stop. However, If you start another arm stroke either at the end of the the first stroke or part way through the first stroke, you will maintain your speed (depending of the timing of the 2nd stroke). More importantly and perhaps most importantly, you give the 2nd stroke less effort because you are already moving through the water. it's rather like a child on a swing. Their father only needs a very small effort to maintain the swing once a certain frequency has been achieved. Anyway, thank you for the tips. I will try ti incorporate them. However, perhaps you are missing an audience concentrating on 'elite' swimmers when the majority of swimmers are over the age of majority. I often see 'elite swimmers' with their pool floats, pool fins, hand paddles and energy drinks zoom past me during my regular morning swim. Very, very few of them are still swimming at the end of my 2.5 kilometers .
This routine is nothing hard, and by no any means will make you rich. I have a similar routine for years now, doing really good in my life but nothing extraordinary money wise. In fact, I know broke people with the same routine. Working hard from 3 am, being jacked, reading books being broke.
Hi. I’m 66 yrs old and can swim front crawl over good distances, 4kms plus. But from years of trail running my ankles are tight, thus toes point down. I swim around 2mins 15secs per 100m. I would like to improve my pace, but is it worth for me to try and stretch my ankles at this point? Thanks for your videos.
I have a friend with ankles so inflexible that he can go backwards if he kicks hard & pulls gently 😂 search up some ankle flexibility drills/stretches - it'll work wonders! 👍🏻🔱
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1. Point feet toes back, not down.
2. Point fingers down after reaching out.
3. Bring hips up.
4. Reach fingers forward while getting hands-arms in, not above, the water, then point fingers down.
5. Pull arms all the way through the back.
6. Bonus : Accelerate through stroke.
For anyone that might forgo the actual video you're missing the way he broke down point 3 which is huge.
Tqsm😊
This video is one of the most comprehensive, ponctuel compilation I have ever seen.
Very clearly presented (in practice with video as well) in points the typical mistakes and how do it well.
Really good job 👍🏼!
Thanks a lot, I think it will help me.
Thanks to these videos I've gone from swimming 50m and feeling exhausted, to swimming 400m and feeling quite relaxed. It's not fast but it's getting faster. At 46 years old, I'm actually enjoying swimming for the first time in my life, and not stuck doing breaststroke all the time.
Try swimming with a snorkel. I really enjoy this. Seems to me it makes things a lot less of a struggle.
@@kuladeeluxe I’ve seen a few people using a snorkel in the pool. But the thing is that swimming isn’t a struggle any longer now that I finally have my breathing sorted and position improved. I’ll be back in the pool tomorrow, want to focus on arm position during the pull and a fuller stretch. Already looking forward to it.
I only learnt to swim 4 years ago and I’m 46 now. I did it for health reasons. Autoimmune arthritis. The best thing I did was join a triathlon club. We have coached session’s each week. I started in the bottom lane but have worked my way up to the fast lane. Wish I did it years ago but I’ve done it now and it’s improved my life a great deal. Happy swimming and best wishes
@@kuladeeluxe when i use a snorkel somehow i feel very discomforted, lot of water get in to my nose.ı do ot know how i can coreect it, any advise?
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Sir i have ankylosing spondylitis does swiming helps me
The person painting the outside of your windowsill is a nice touch. 😂
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effortlessswimming miyagi edition!
Was the person painting wall using high elbow catch.?😂
These videos are extremely helpful. At 64 and only started swimming (breaststroke only) last Aug, I never thought I could ever swim front crawl. Today, I managed 30 lengths of front crawl, albeit only 2 lengths at a time - baby steps - but enjoyed it immensely. Thanks for posting these great tips.
I was the contrary! I only learned freestyle... last week I started with breastroke!
Thank you for the tips!! I actually was petting the cat the whole time AND pointing the feet down since I started swimming, for many years and without noticing it even if I was actively striving to improve. Until my girlfriend filmed me once in the pool and I actually saw what I was doing. Letting someone make a video of yourself can help soooo much.
I swim 42% faster wearing fins.
Lol
But if you point them down and if you manage to be as fast as normal, you'll become a whole lot stronger! 😂
142%*
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Bwahahaha!
Thank you for this! I swim a mile every morning and the simple change in pointing my fingers down at the end of each stroke shaved 2-3 seconds off my lap time. Awesome.
I like ballet classes, doing a lot of toe pointing flexing extension and ankle rotation. I find that ballet helps my feet in swimming. I also visualize fish in water how it uses tail to propel. Half of my body from waist down the energy and movement should be fluid like ribbon moving in air. It is bones joints muscle all work as one to move in water with momentum balance and propulsion.
The way you broke down point 3 is so helpful. Thank you!
So impressed, even though you are just doing "talking head" videos. I've gone from not-a-swimmer to confident freestyler in just a few weeks. THANK YOU!
@@bastogne315 1600m in 40 min. Not Mark Spitz, but not bad for an old guy!
Thank you.i swimm open sea water in Greece..and is help me a lot.
Thank you!! 🥰Great tips!!
Will put all that into practice this afternoon!
Love your content. The biggest aha moment for me was when someone told me to *really* keep my head down and look at the bottom of the pool, because of the extended effect on my entire body posture. When I got that mastered, my whole experience in the water changed.
What I mean is, it can often be one little element of your personal style that's holding you back and having a ripple effect on your whole experience. And your videos are super valuable in this way 👍🏻
Until I went on holiday and they kept asking me why I don't swim with my head above water😢
Your videos, teaching are so explanatory. So good showing the swimmer while explaining. Good work. 😊
Wonderful if you could continue the videos of swimmer whilst slowing down the video to explain the strokes and correct style as you have done in recent videos. Perfect!
5:10, the window cleaner goes home 😁 properly distracted me. Great tips here, thanks!
I was wondering if I was the only person that went all ADD on that? I thought he was painting though haha
I think he’s painting the wall behind.
Came here to comment “who dat stalker out there?!”
@@peterward2845 they prefer the term 'non-paying subscriber'
Came here to comment the same 😂 who’s painting outside?
The relaxed ankle in the flutter and dolphin kicks works IF you have very flexible ankles. If you have stiff ankles and try to keep your ankles relaxed as you kick, generally you will have about a 30 degree or so bend in your ankle while kicking which creates more drag. I am one of those people. Going pigeon toed gives you another 10 or so degrees of toe point. I have to focus on my toe point. You can get used to that calf cramp, well get rid of it by practicing that way.
While swimming my over arm side stroke, I see everything in the pool. Not getting full extension is a major flaw in most peoples arm stroke. As is entry too soon, most of the time, and too late seldom. Hand and arm position is all over the place. It is always nice to see some one who really knows how to swim, and it stands out.
Awesome video. Pointing the toes is a good reminder!
👍When I realized that I always tried to *minimise the effort* of the pull of the arm through the water, and when I started *PULLING* with my hand and forearm, then I really started to swim. Before I was just *floating* 😅
And ‘stroking the cat’
Thank you *very* *very* much, my swimming, but furthermore my health improved a lot by videos like Yours.
Bless You !!! ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
Btw, just want to give the camera man massive props for being able to swim and record at the same time
Great tips and well explained too
I think this is my first ever youtube comment. I just came back from my swimming session and your tips really helped! It’s the best i feel after swimming!
gem of a video. will be working on these "tips" for the rest of my swim life.
Having small feet is a curse. Sometimes I do minor dolphin kicks during freestyle. I know Phelps has done that in races. I just find
using both feet and the entire length of the leg surface area helps propulsion when integrated into the freestyle flutter.
Interested in me getting coached. I am almost 63, started open water races going on 7 years ago. Never competed before that. Moved my mile time from 51 minutes down to 30:24, in optimal no-current lake conditions. Want to get it down to 24 minutes. I was a foot dragger. Incrementally improving every aspect of my stroke so this is great info. Side benefits - back feels better, core is strong, lost fat weight, Blood Pressure is at the bottom of ideal range, heart rate has dropped from 80 to the 50’s resting rate. Cholesterol in ideal range with an over the top good cholesterol. Tremendous gain in energy level, and great stamina. Ready for bed at night and sleep better.
That’s amazing! I started swimming at 40 earlier this year and I’ve already seen some of these benefits. Swimming is a great sport!
1. Someone is outside your window
2. The painting on the wall needs straightening
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As always your advice is excellent ! ! !
A nice manatee grey color to go with improve one's stroke!
Thank you lad ❤
Swimming 🏊♀️ seems like it mimics digging through the ground horizontally
My toes point to the bottom of the pool, because running and cycling has made my ankles less flexible. I have to actively keep my feet in a better position, which makes the legs stiffen. Currently using flippers to help improve flexibility.
Amazing tips. I learned to swim as an adult in just a few months from your videos and drills. Amazing work!
I swim faster when there are sharks in the water
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And then Rest In Peace bro 😂
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What about arm position in relationship to other arm ? Stretch arm vs power arm ? Seems to varíe with different swim channels!
I'm 5ft 7 so it's hard to be long for me lol 😅 But your advice helped me so much already! Thanks for the awesome videos 💪
I'm 5'9" and my stroke length/rate is similar to guys 6" taller because I have spent time learning & practicing - persevere! (they are faster because they kick 6bt which I'm not currently fit enough for, so 2bt for me, but with pull buoys it's even!) 🔱
Wow! I cannot believe how awakened and renewed I felt after this short practice
Great tips! I've had both calf and foot cramps when trying to point my toes.
yeah, I'm still struggling with how to keep my feet relaxed while pointing the toes. It's one or the other for me
Same here mate with cramps
This is superb. Thank you!
Very Good!
Excellent tips, Thanks
Love from india i am having breating difficulty while swimming i often inhale water
Check out this video: 5 Ways To Improve Your Breathing In Freestyle
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all makes sense to me except point 3... not sure what pressing on the chest means. I also see that the reach out helps me with the rotation.
Hey I’m 13 and I’ve been swimming for a few years to now but have just recently taken it super seriously. I go a 1:15 100 free but when I put a pull boy on it seems like I float so much better I know I’m probably just doing something rlly simple wrong but does anyone have any tips?
Are you holding breath, making chest more buoyant? Try breathing out continuously under water except when breathing in (as a drill to see if adapting your breathing slightly will help). Is it better when you breathe every 2 vs 3/4/5 strokes? 🔱
いつも有効なボディポジションの説明を有り難うございます。
頭、腰、足が骨盤後傾によりまっすぐ水面下で泳ぐことができますね。
私は、ストレートアームで泳ぐとき、手先が遠くに入水しようとして、肘を高く保つことができないので、少し手前に入水させることが必要ではないかと考えています。
アドバイスよろしくお願いいたします。🎉🎉🎉
My hip and legs sink as i raise my hand for the catch. How to fix it?
Sometimes I get cramp in the calf muscles. When I point my toes down to stretch the calf, I virtually stop in the water.
Gymnast n ballet are pretty good kickers since they are trained to point their toes and maintain a tight core
Surely, it requires conscious thought processes to NOT point your toes? Unless your ankle is _fused_ I can't really understand how anyone would try swim front crawl with their toes pointing downwards. A technique that would obviously create drag and slow you down.
@@NeilMalthus not true. I have seen majority of bad swimmers with not pointed toes and hips sinking to the floor while swimming. they are basically not engaging any of their core or lower body muscles, using all arms. many untrained people are not used to squeezing their core or glutes while exerting force.
@@swee78 I bet you've seen the 'majority' of bad drivers driving with their handbrakes on too, eh? Glutes, core, lower body muscles, what the hell do they have to with the pointing of the foot! Zero.
@@NeilMalthus what muscle do you need to point your foot? what muscle connects to that muscle? and so on.
How important is it to keep the fingers closed and to look to the bottom of the pool?
Hey Brenton, great channel and content. Especially the water feel and body position. I was an East Gippsland swimmer around your age back in the day. Awesome to see you take the family tradition to the next level and beyond. Cheers Matt
Watching your clips with so much attention... to the degree that the painter /outside of the window/ distract me /1:45/ :)
Tell the person in the back that their form with the paint brush and roller is perfect
Excellent, thank you very much!
Finding #3 - proper balance - challenging to achieve. What are the best drills to improve balance ?
Those "lap swimmers, doing laps" like you said sarcastly they probablly are long distances swimmers. So they ONLY are being inteligent doing the shorter lenght arm in order to go slower, not being tired and NOT DAMAGE THE SHOULDERS. So maybe you wanna... correct some stuff about what you said in this vid.
The title of the video is how to improve your time. ie speed. So this comment doesn’t apply.
@@bboba123 Errr - You can do long distances real slow or you can do them less slow ie. FASTER.
The OP is wrong all the same in that in that you should maximise your reach whether racing short distances or going for a nice long relaxed swim (where you're not that bothered about how long it takes). Or any length in between.
Swimming slowly (relatively) over longer distances @RicardGomes76 simply involves you slowing your stroke pattern down. NOT changing the length of your reach. The only time you should be changing your technique is when you're FATIGUED - and that's understandable / unavoidable, you'll get a little sloppy as you tire.
Overly video ❤❤❤❤❤❤
#2 is hardest ever...!
Wear fins. Guarantee you cut significant time off your laps
Awesome vid B . Great checklist 😎😎😎🏊🏊♀️
I’m here for the guy painting outside
what is a good distance per stroke?
Cheers 🎉 from Mexico you are the best coach
Great tips. Thanks mate from 🇬🇧
Number 6, swim in a shorter pool. I've had to swim in a 20m pool this winter and I'm smashing all my records on my Garmin 🤣🤣 - I'll get a shock in spring when it's back to the 50m pool 😮
I read in the past that the legs only given you 20% of your total speed. Which means, if you use your legs you increase in 20% ur speed. So, its weird to hear that pointing down will decrease your speed to 22%
No, your math is wrong. If you're at 80% and go to 100%, it's a 25% increase!!
Thanks Effortlet's! echoes what your previous advice: strive to Swim above the surface, as much as your best, at least for breath ( 'O2' free weapon)! It all works. (To amend: those Glides, underneath the surface, of course)! Plus: some necessary weight loss + grow muscles.
What's the right hander behind you ?
Bells beach
I just wonder what I can do to get this flexibility in my feet. I am already checking out ballett videos. So far without success. Any idea, what I can do as I am comming from running
It's Dan, no worries, that's extreme. But I envy him too! 🙂He's absolutely excellent with the technique!
Kneel on a mat with your toes pointing back and gradually let your weight press on your heels You may not get down at first but don't force it. Practice squatting like that for longer periods.
I do standing heel/ toe lifts, working up to 2 minutes and then more heel/toe lifts on a foam balance mat. Standing: up on toes, back on heels.. works muscles you weren't aware of😊Calf extensions (pumps) on the gym equipment, (ankle pumps/windshield wipers while sitting -- while watching TV or just sitting waiting for the doctor. I had my right hip replacement surgery October 10 and these moves help with balance, flexibility and strengthening.
Awesome video! Your explanations are truly the best … thank you! And looks like you got your house painted while you filmed this one … was that a brush roller outside your window?!
Is it common for your armpit to make a loud pop right next to your ear? How do you stop it?
Probably your elbow. Watch the 5 day catch challenge videos.
As a swiming sdutednt, this is very helpful
Drooping hips are my biggest problem.
HHH ocean motion
You say slow ...or slower to fast....on the pull through. Does that apply to the 50 free as well?
Yes but less obvious with the change in speed and you do not slow down much at all during the reach phase
Super helpful
Hi there!
Thank you for your videos. They are really helpful but would have been great if you start to implement some breaststroke technique tips.
And please, tell us how to make swimming fun for children. I think that swimming is one of the most difficult sports to make it fun. You are just going through two walls but children need FUNdamentals!
Thank you!
Hallo ! Könntest du Videos mit deutschen Untertitel machen ? Mit freundlichen Grüßen
Love your videos, as a beginner swimmer your videos has given my a lot to work on each couple of sessions and makes swimming really exciting.
I can't swim far yet but I find myself able to swim breaststroke for longer than freestyle. When I swim freestyle, originally my legs would get tired first and thanks to your videos that's no longer the case, instead now after swimming 100m of freestyle my shoulders seem to get tired before being tired from a fitness perspective (e.g. I could keep going but in breaststroke).
What I would like to know is, with my shoulders being tired so quickly, in general do you reckon that's more to do with technique (no doubt my technique can be improved) or is it just a matter of having to keep swimming more in freestyle and build up my shoulder muscles?
I would say ‘point toes like a baller/pointe dancer. Practice arching your foot and pointing your toes. That mindset creates the seamless foot shape. For lifting the hips I would say to connect all your muscles and ligaments together with your brain; from collarbone to hip - so you form one strong intertwined shape- similar to if you stuck your tongue out and made it straight and hard. After that step is done, and the shape is solid, then hollow out the overall
Shape so that it ‘feels’ concave; lifting your spine up toward the ceiling in the centre region of your back just below or inline with your bottom rib, but bringing the rest of the entire shape with it. Like a parachute stuck in mud and pulling everything up. It pulls all of you but the point of centre is that centre spine. The result is a nice horizontal body in the water. It feels concave but it’s not. You have to lock this shape in. It’s a structural Skeleton and all of your movements must stem from
You holding this shape. Because this is how to skim surface.
That is the terminology I would use so that people understand 🤷🏻♀️
Or even simpler, when inhaling be sure to bring the breath down, and use a second or so to lock it, which creates the shape. Exhale like golden mist rising infusing up inside so the body glides, and the shape not lost
@@michaelkhalsa using the description of breath intake to visualize body position…. Interesting. But I don’t think dummies would understand. They’d be like being the breath ‘down’? Huh what?
Good tips... I have seen your stroke which is quite there... Only your left hand elbow drops a tiny bit after reaching out and then you adjust and get that really nice EVF... Is it natural to do that as I sometimes have a tendency to do that as well?
I listen to this video
Think i do every single tip
Still i am slow as an injured snail
Mate, Love all your advice!!
Just wondering if you haven't already, can you do a Profile/Breakdown of your FAVORITEST FREESTYLER of all time please. I'm a New Zealander and I still rate Ian Thorpe as the Greatest!! But I also have a soft spot for our very own DANYON LOADER. If Danyon Loader was an Australian or from the good old USA he would still be talked about. Thanks Mate
This is such a great video. I worked on my feet position and I e dropped 5 sec per 100m.
Wait, if putting your feet to the bottom of the pool does increase drag by 40% and mimics a parachute wouldn't be helpful to intentionally do some sets like this to build up the strength the parachute would normally give you and then revert back to the described footing here?
Any tips, suggestions or advice for shoulders rotations and motion. My right shoulder doesn’t rotate properly when I recover. My right hand will not pass by my hip-chest-shoulder when I recover!
Hi Brenton, thank you for your video.
I have a question, why you did not mention rotation? I think rotation is also a main point for improving speed. Do you agree?
hi My height is 160cm And I am swimming for last 8months can I win nationals And my Age is 20Years Old
42% faster compared to people who cannot swim.
On the video where the man is showing how to freestyle - he doesnt have his back straight. Isnt this also a important thing?
To reduce your resistance
World Aquatics Championships - Doha 2024: men’s 4x100m freestyle relay: with the opening world-record lead, (in '3:11.08') all the first three (of team China) seemed to swim as much as if on the surface; the fourth (of team China) is 'all muscles'. We may, if appropriate, need to ask Popovici: how could they learn from him, exceedingly-skinny but super-speedy.
I make all these mistakes !
Short of breaking my ankles, I can’t make them bend as easily as the swimmer in your video. I have tried endless stretching over the years, endless attempts at toe pointing - but that leads to cramp or is just plain uncomfortable. Simply put, in skeletal terms, my feet and ankles cannot attain that amount of looseness or horizontality. There needs to be some recognition that this idea of toe pointing may not be physically possible in some cases.
"Surprising"?
Where to begin? I get really annoyed with most 'swimming tips' youtube videos. Why? Because the initial premise of all swim coaching is that everyone wants to increase their speed. I am 73 years old. I swim to maintain my health and to achieve this I have developed a front crawl style that is relaxed and not very fast. OK mr coach you think 'ah yes but you are an exception'. NOT IN MY EXPERIENCE. My local pool is populated by mostly retired people. Most of these swim longer distances but not fast. I aim to swim 2.5 km per day and am faster than most of my compatriots. But that's a product of aiming for efficiency so that I can swim for longer to improve my cardio vascular efficiency.
Your first three tips (flatten feet, stop patting the cat and engaging core muscles) made total sense with me. And I have made improvements in my stroke by engaging core muscles. I will pay more attention to 'pointing my feet' and pointing my fingers to the bottom of the pool having watched this video. I feel I must mention something that has made a big difference to my speed without impacting on how much energy I use. That is an engineering term known as 'resonance' I have found that there is an ideal speed at which to swim to provide speed with saving energy. This means finding a rhythm that acts as a sort of pendulum effect. The net result is that the effort imparted in each arm stroke is reduced at the ideal 'resonant' speed and that is because you start each arm stroke earlier in the 'speed graph'. What do i mean by the 'speed graph'? Imagine you get prone in the water and take a single arm stroke. You will accelerate but only until the arm reaches the end of the stroke. If you then glide, you will gradually slow to a stop. However, If you start another arm stroke either at the end of the the first stroke or part way through the first stroke, you will maintain your speed (depending of the timing of the 2nd stroke). More importantly and perhaps most importantly, you give the 2nd stroke less effort because you are already moving through the water. it's rather like a child on a swing. Their father only needs a very small effort to maintain the swing once a certain frequency has been achieved.
Anyway, thank you for the tips. I will try ti incorporate them. However, perhaps you are missing an audience concentrating on 'elite' swimmers when the majority of swimmers are over the age of majority. I often see 'elite swimmers' with their pool floats, pool fins, hand paddles and energy drinks zoom past me during my regular morning swim. Very, very few of them are still swimming at the end of my 2.5 kilometers .
First.
I second this
This routine is nothing hard, and by no any means will make you rich. I have a similar routine for years now, doing really good in my life but nothing extraordinary money wise. In fact, I know broke people with the same routine. Working hard from 3 am, being jacked, reading books being broke.
I think it’s actually 41.87678% faster
How come you aren't coaching your son? Lol.
Tell me you don’t have kids without telling me you don’t have kids 😂
@@frozen_jug_band Haha - IFYKYK. Good luck getting your own 7-year-old to listen to you
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That's the first video I see on RUclips about swimming that's really informative and professional
Hi. I’m 66 yrs old and can swim front crawl over good distances, 4kms plus. But from years of trail running my ankles are tight, thus toes point down. I swim around 2mins 15secs per 100m. I would like to improve my pace, but is it worth for me to try and stretch my ankles at this point? Thanks for your videos.
I have a friend with ankles so inflexible that he can go backwards if he kicks hard & pulls gently 😂 search up some ankle flexibility drills/stretches - it'll work wonders! 👍🏻🔱
How's your 100m pace with a pull-buoy? 🔱