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How to Swim Competitive Freestyle : How to Kick in Freestyle Swimming

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Uploaded by on Feb 20, 2008

To do the kick for the freestyle swimming stroke, use straight legs and pointed toes. Learn more about how to kick in freestyle in this free swimming lesson video from an expert on health and fitness.

Expert: Phillip Toriello
Contact: www.PhillTheFlyingFish.com
Bio: Phillip Toriello has been a competitive swimmer, a surfer, a lifeguard, a swim instructor and a junior lifeguard instructor.
Filmmaker: Patrick Eaves

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  • They should bend, swimming with board straight legs is not possible slightly bending your legs at the knee will give a whipping motion giving more propulsion through the water.

  • dont kick with dead straight legs. hes right you should kick from the hips, but if you hold your leg rigid your missing out on half the motion. bend your knees a little, and make sure your kicking motion is a least a foot from top to bottom

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  • thats soo hard

  • I couldn't see it because 1. Over water 2. 3G sucks.

  • Do not listen to this guy.

  • In swimming, the water doesn't support me. In running, the air doesn't push me and in flying, the air doesn't lift me. (sigh) I need wings.

  • @kruegda

    One of the swim instructors told me to relax my shoulders one day and since I've been able to kick. Sadly swimming without a noodle is impossible because I cant move my arms or doggie paddle :(.

    More lessons are in store 4 me

    Thanks

  • @hipsterpad sometimes i have my swimmers use cut-off fins (half length of normal fins). This forces you to kick correctly, while increasing muscle strength. Also cut-off fins are great because they keep your kick small. Long fins force you to kick larger which is a bad habit.

    Lastly, you will flex your knee on the kick...slightly...just remember to relax when you are swimming. If you are forcing it, then you are probably doing it wrong.

  • I tend to kick downward and haven't been able to figure this out even with a kick board, anyone have advice on fixing that?

  • shit, i wish i could do that without a kickboard. with one, i sink when i come up for air.

  • hi all I am Brazilian and my name is ismael, I have 31 years live in João Pessoa-Paraiba nodeste of Brazil, I'm doing swimming lessons at a club, hoping that I learn to swim within plus or minus 2 months, although they only wanted float on water, the basics I know just want to learn to swim now standing on water, I find it very difficult, I wanted you to do some video of you were floating upright in the water and spend some hint. Thanks

    Bishop Ishmael

  • @OzClawhammer he was just trying to show the kick he was sculling to maintain his position so he didnt drift away from the camera

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