Freestyle Swimming Techniques : How to Use the Arms in Freestyle Swimming

[LocalStrongMan]

how did this get 180,000 views?

[hellom925]

Soooo dang cute!!

[PlanetT1000]

This is crap...

[dcenterprise12]

sorry man but your advices looks really wrong .. guys that watch this consider this comment pls for your own good ..

Mr swimmer can you present any degree or won competition by this (bad from my point of view) technique ? ..

better don't teach others bad techniques man ..

[preciouscargo2011]

Some people are so negative. Im an older woman trying to learn how to swim. I've come a long way. Been working on freestyle. Different people are showing how to do the arms differently and people in the pool are laughing at you and critical, because they already know how and been swimming for years. I understand what you mean about the slapping the water, I am a beginner but try not to do that....doesn't look correct.

[waterski179]

GET AWAY!!!! i hate this guy!!!

[stan1756]

He's not right, and you can damage your shoulder by putting your thumbs in first/palms out.

[TheVITB]

wow he is cute

[PinaColada4645]

Wow you're hot. But you can't teach sorry lol.

[yuehaiyan]

u r so hot! although u working more on your abs won't hurt.

[MrNokiax201]

can i know how to take breathe in deep

[TheDylan1234]

cool

[ThaBrizzle1]

turning your hands like that is bad for your shoulders.

[tomasemilio]

70 girls must find him very hot cuz his advice ain't at all.

[holidays224]

his hands enter wrong its more efficent pinkys first and you dont form an s when you pull it should be at about 45 degrees and you get far more reach by rotating your shoulders...good try though

[Messi1998Ronaldo]

YU SUCK!!

[sam74]

Yummy...I want to drown and get mouth to mouth from him

[walkeasy007]

These are great videos, however it is difficult to work out which video goes where. Is there a possiblity to number them.

[chuddyluv]

OK CAN WE PLEASE AGREE ON WAT IS THE RIGHT WAY ND WAT IS THE WRONG WAY?!?! CUZ IM STARTING COMPETITIVE SWIM FOR THE FIRST TIME TOMORROW ND I REEEAALY DONT WANNA DROWN JUST CUZ I DIDNT KNO WHETHER TO ROTATE MY DAMN SHOULDERS OR NOT!!! kay thanx:)

[tomasemilio]

@chuddyluv Do everything but what he says, you should rotate your shoulders, that's how you get in a streamline position. This guy seems very nice but his advice isn't good at all. I'm sorry.

[chuddyluv]

@tomasemilio yea maybe he IS tht bad...btw i quit swim cuz i couldnt do the freestyle and i almost drowned and killed myself...can i sue?

[Anaben11]

lol what hes saying is just wrong

[bazuca912]

Uh actually you go faster if ur torso turns from side to side on every stroke.. This guy is really unprofessional

[tofitino]

nice but ! loved it .... :P

[jessesgirl0618]

I feel confident enough to try free style swimming now. I feel like I have all the tools I need.

[nameofusered]

Excellent instruction depicted in the video

for teaching mindless women how to drown!

[TheWTFers]

Dude before you talk about slapping the water, why not teach how to stay on your edge, and rotate on your axis rather than keeping your shoulders straight "something you should never do swimming freestyle.

[chinesep1mp]

I've never understood the "S" motion, neither in the backstroke nor this freestyle. Anyone explain and have a nice video.

[TheWTFers]

@chinesep1mp Look up Phelps swimming freestyle video it actually does a stop motion video and shows the S motion. Just make sure you pull with your hand following your center line, that should get you started in the right direction. Pulling with your hand down the center line, will insure you do not clinch or drop your elbow when you pull. Also keep your eyes looking down, number one mistake people make is look forward, your legs will sink and you will swim very slow.

[phatpleasure]

gangsta tatts

[itsAndrogyn]

@phatpleasure what those tatts mean?

[sidvash26]

thnxx dude... your trick worked.. thanx a lot!!

[dareemann]

You don't want to come in with an angle. u want to keep your hand flat. Haha this is bullshit:D

[TheBluBelle]

Your gorgeous. A one on one session with you would make my day.

[em381309]

hello cutie

[DaddyWasADolphin]

This is old school freestyle and not technically any good. See Total Immersion for the correct technique.

[justinperry1]

Keep the teaching going and I would suggest to keep abreast on the swimming and triathlon forums.

[Miaolin1]

you are so cool, from laura milano

[whisky432]

idiot they are filming your face and not your hands you have to show us outside the water, cant see which side your hands are curving towards....inside or outside. dumb fuck camera man

[nbnc69]

i watch your lesson, so nice, but you are so smart, i want to see again and again as you look very smart and like your talks and every thing, cool....

[Andythefunkman]

don´t believe everything you see YOUTUBERS!!

[Andythefunkman]

I agree with you

[almohajer012]

your video so helpful thank you very much

keep teach in us and don't worry about some stupide people

[n2malik]

Good tips my man for a beginner like me. You got a nice way of making it look simple which is skill of a good teacher :)

Gud work !

[kuleilani]

thanks!

[sorbetedechocolate]

you guys with your bad comments are so jealous because he's cute and seems to be nice

[Andythefunkman]

try to separate things...this is not to see if this guy is cute or it is nice. We are talking about freestyle stroke swimming technnique! and this guy don´t know what´s the actual technnique.

Don´t believe everything you see and try to investigate before.

this is for your knowledge!

[Meowws]

he knows how to purr me.. purrrrrrrrr...meow baby boy.

[gmc1975gmc]

where's the swimming pool????

[ilikeneurons]

Wow -- his advice is either totally unorthodox or really out-of-date.

Two main mistakes on this video:

1. The hands should be loosely cupped, not held together firmly like that.

2. The shoulders SHOULD rotate. NEVER keep them straight.

I'd guess this guy had some high school swimming experience, if that, but never had real coaches who red the studies and knew what they were talking about. It's unfortunate and I hope it doesn't set new swimmers back too much.

[Andythefunkman]

I agree with you ilikeneurons.

the back have to rotate or the shoulders have to move side to side. NOT STRAIGHT!

[TheWTFers]

@ilikeneurons Like 80% of coaches in U.S teach this way, pisses me off. Your right this is something they teach in High School, cause I had to teach my High School coach the right technique. Had had no clue about the science of swimming, I was the only club swimmer on the team. Sad I tell you.

[holopaste]

I think this is bad - a common way to get swimmer's shoulder is to put your hand into the water at an angle with the thumb going in first, as he does. Look up "swimmer's shoulder."

[bigd5559]

this is terrible... Please do not listen to this guy, he has no clue what hes taking about... you might get hurt if you listen to him

[willy240]

mmm i wouldnt count on this dude.. im a neewbie but.. that doesnt seems ok

[imalwaysme2004]

HE IS SO SEXY ,IT  HOT IN HERE !

[th3rac3r]

that's a bullshit look for hagiwara tocomo uploaded from yhsng for real helping video for swimming not this shit ....

[zelimdabudem]

the guy is ok

[Damianakos]

This is a big shit....He doesn't know nothing about swimming and especially about freestyle

[kotorfan8039]

@Damianakos

Shit talker.

[giorgiobello1]

he is crap... he is stiff and shoulders should roll....he also is chubby, not a swimmer's body at all

[LJSJIUJITSU]

Yes, and I'm sure only guys who want to become the next Michael Phelps are going to need this instruction. Come on man don't be jealous because all the ladies are leaving great comments.

[dustypunk14]

you'll waste ur energy not rolling with ur shoulders... its faster if you use ur shoulders while rolling to achieve ur maximum reach

[dmdml]

This is not "how to use the arms" as the title says. This is how the hand enters the water, a much simpler thing, not worth an entire video. I'd like to see a video really about how to use the arms in freestyle.

[mufuliramark]

bad videoing of his examples. Go get a job at McDonalds cos your teaching sucks

[christianblaney]

straight shoulders?!? this guy is such a water polo player, not a competitive swimmer

[TriMontana]

Yes, he's wrong about shoulders

[kobac]

he's funny

[maximuscrates]

Dropped elbow. This would be a good guide for people who cannot swim well but not for those looking to compete in racing.

[00samarkand00]

he's wrong about shoulders.

[Iamincubus]

motherzorro is right. your body should rotate like 45° on each site.

and you bring all 4 fingers at the same time in the water. theres nothing with a slight angle...

[lacecraze]

anyways i appreciate his's effort. thank you.

[motherzorro]

I think his guide is a little misleading.. shouldnt we rotate our body but keep the head still instead of keep the whole shoulder still as he said.. hmmm..

[Sevoness]

I agree with you

[mattguy35]

Yeah, you can really mess up your shoulder like that.