How to Swim Competitive Freestyle : Distance Freestyle Swimming Tips

Endurance is key when swimming long-distance freestyle races. Get tips on distance swimming 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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[lunaluna900]

i swim for 2 hrs a day 6 days a week. swimming is a very hard sport that takes time to master. I am a backstroker; breatstroke being my weak stroke. I belive that swimming shapes a person and teaches many things such as time management, sacrifice, and dedication. I wish all swimmers great swims and a good season

[barath4545]

@zapperydoop I don't swim that short, but I got a good tip from someone that does: Swim 100m dashes such that when you stop, you need 10-15 seconds of panting before you can talk without stopping midway through a sentence. Learn to repeat that amount of effort by repeating the 100m sprints enough times. Then when hitting 200m for real, do 100m like you've training and go for broke the last 100, max effort and if you feel dead 15m before hitting the wall, then perfect :)

[celticsmania1]

Thx i just swam the 200 free in my swimming league im 11 so its distance and this vid helpe.d

[TasteForDisaster]

@lunaluna900 i live where there are tons of lakes, i don't feel safe swimming there, well going deep anyways, so i only have 10 meters length to work with which kinda sucks. there aren't any pools in my region for that reason. that really sucks for me, i wanna start swimming like this :P it looks like so much fun.

[kooldaug]

I did 100 lengths today at my local swimming pool in 1hour 35mins which is like a length a minute. one length is 25m so I did 2500m which is equivalent to like 1.6 miles if you round it up on a calculator, so pretty cool seeing as I only started going about a week ago. Now I just gotta resist fatty foods, Im not fat at all but kind of defeats the purpose if I have fish and chips tonight haha.

[iSwimalways]

@barath4545 Well, I do if I do say so myself:D

I don't swim with anything, unless you count fins, bouy, kickboard, and paddles:D

[EurekaWrestler]

@barath4545 yds. if it was meters id be a state champ lol

[zapperydoop]

@barath4545 Thanks! This will come in handy for next year haha

[barath4545]

@EurekaWrestler Thats freaking fast for a 100! Well done!  Is that 50m/100m or yards btw? Either way still fast.

[barath4545]

@LordMoxas You can do with just 2, I do during anything but the longest distance passes and warmdowns. Just alternate the side you breathe at every 50m. If you can stand it breathwise, try with 3, that way it doesn't matter to alternate sides when swimming laps and it transfers well to openwater swims. Imho, more than 3 strokes before breath is stupid unless its specifically to train oxygen starvation.