The World's Best Freestyle Drills Pt. 1

[JohnnyBravos]

hahaha just imagine yourself doing this in a public pool. Everyone would think there's something wrong with you!

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[riurijjir]

swimming is nearly perfect for reshaping oneself. No doubt.

[glazier7]

Either Sam has gills or you've edited out his breathing. When I do this drill, I find myself getting pretty tired and needing to breathe after every arm entry. Not to compare myself to a world class swimmer, but should I be trying to breathe less frequently and slow this drill down or what?

[EffortlessSwimming]

@glazier7 Haha, a bit of both. Most swimmers will need to breath after every entry or two. That's fine, as longs as you do the drill right.

[Meowws]

wow, next time i should do a effortless doggy paddle drill and post it online too!

[EffortlessSwimming]

@Meowws Long dog paddle is good drill to do. It reduces your resistance under the water

[kixigvak]

@roxsasthesecond....that's up to the athlete to decide. But I'm 63 and I swim a workout every day. I still compete. The guys I grew up with who played football have been on the couch for 40 years.

[XsloanneyX]

when the arms are entering the water to pull,shoudn't they be at an angle,and not fully extended?

[EffortlessSwimming]

@XsloanneyX Usually, depends on your technique

[roxsasthesecond]

Is swimming better than football?

[Rexshine]

@roxsasthesecond ofc,

swimming is the most complete sport :) you work all parts of the body, overcoat shoulders, back and arms swimming is healtier than footbal cuz you dont damage any articulations into the water

[EffortlessSwimming]

@roxsasthesecond Depends on what you like. In terms of fitness I believe swimming is better as it uses your entire body. The biggest things is injuries in football. I know guys who can hardly move because of what they have put their body through. On the hand, I know swimmers who are in their 70's and still really fit.

[Powdaburn]

@roxsasthesecond yep

[adamyo24]

@roxsasthesecond swimming burns the most calories out of any sport and if you do this sport year round your body will be perfect

[psyhar]

@adamyo24 that's bull. I've seen plenty of regular, strong swimmers with terrible bodies (fat & overweight). Also, both running and cycling burn way more calories than swimming. Unlike them though, swimming works pretty much the entire body.

[hagarelebiari]

great

[lexsoft]

I have read the article in effortless-swimming web site. I have questions concerning several things mentioned in the article :

1. It is said that swimmers who did the drills given had improved their SPL from 44 to 32. What is the length of the Lap ? I have counted the average SPL of Grant Hackett in the race of 1500m at 2008 Olympic, i.e 30 or 31 with continuous 4-6 beat kicks.

2. What is the drill you suggest to help swimmer in order to be able to do this 4-6 beat kick continuosly ?

[EffortlessSwimming]

@lexsoft The swimmers that had those results did it in a 50m pool swimming at a medium pace. When you are racing your stroke count will be higher. Hackett can swim a 50m in less than 25 strokes comfortably.

Vertical kick is good drill to practice kicking

[dodomuro2]

it helps holding ur breath for longer

[lexsoft]

@dodomuro2 I don't think so. I helps swimmer getting good catch and body rotation. But, in order to do this drill, it requires a lot of kicking and holding breathing longer. Huh.. I know the use of the drill, but when it turns into practice, It could be exhaustive for me.

[ambcw]

Thanks for the video. You mentioned to use fin if kick is weak, would it not be bad to became a habit and you became relying on fin? I really struggle without fin..Cheers

[imopwt]

25.5s in 50yards. <3

[hkhalids]

30.57 in 50 m free under 12. This really helped

[alex125cabststr]

nice drill for starters! thanks a lot!

[hkhalids]

Thanks a lot!

[hkhalids]

How does this help? this is nice but what part of your free style does this help?

[EffortlessSwimming]

Great question, it helps swimmers practice the correct entry position with a high elbow recovery. Too often swimmers enter with their arm extended too much or too little, and this drill encourages you focus on the correct position. -Brent

[uuuummm9]

@EffortlessSwimming this is interesting because i've just seen a video with Natalie Coughlin and i noticed that she extends her arm too much and beats water too strong. But anyway she is a champion.

i suspect that this is because she is a sprinter and some rules are not applicable to her. if this is the case may be you should some description about this. something like 'for stayers only'. no?

[EffortlessSwimming]

@uuuummm9 There's more than one way to swim freestyle. As long as your kick and pull is strong and your body position is correct you can swim reasonably fast.

[devin5980]

the entry of your arms and your body rotation

[devin5980]

nvrmind about the rotation i watched a vid on rotation be4 this.sorry

[cammza21]

This has very helped my Freestyle thanks alot!