Freestyle swimming

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Improve your technique with these tips on breathing exercises, gaining distance, and reducing drag. Whether you want to master the backstroke or need to reduce your time, this guide will help you become a better swimmer.

The term “high elbow” has been used over and over again by coaches, but they’ve sometimes focused on the wrong time swimmers should have high elbows. I’ve been guilty of this. It’s time to move beyond this concept. Let’s start with what’s right about the term high elbows. It’s true that during the freestyle recovery (while the arm is above the water) your elbow should be the highest point of your arm and your wrist and shoulder should make up the two base anchor points along the surface of…

Are you interested in improving freestyle stroke? Are you a beginner? See my easy guide on the eight ways to improve your freestyle stroke

1. Practise breathingIneffective breathing patterns hamper many novice swimmers, says Nuala Muir-Cochrane, head of swimming for David Lloyd Clubs. “The key thi

-By Ayesha Rollinson Breathing technique is the key to swimming fast, swimming relaxed and your buoyancy. It is the single most important technical skill