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Underwater footage of Grant Hackett’s front crawl technique. Edited together from a 1500m race.

I used to swim competitively but have not swam, really swam in about 8 years. I am taking it up again recreationally but cannot for the life of me remember how to breathe correctly. I know you are supposed to breathe every 1.5 seconds in the triangle of your right arm as it comes up. My problem is that I cannot get enough air in that time or I can’t get my head up enough out of the water and I end up turning my head forward and breathing. This is pretty much just a waste of energy since it slows me down and I look foolish as well.

Anyone have any tips on how to correctly and efficiently breathe during Freestyle?

I know that you have to take regular breaths and not just take them whenever you like.
I also know the form of how to swim.
All I’d like to know is, is there a good pattern to have?
At the moment I take a breath every other time my left arm goes over.
Thanks in advance

i love to swim,and i am 14 years old, a year ago it took me 20 second to do 25 meters and then recently i timed myself and i am now 13 second, but what i want to know is if this is fast? thanks

I was taught to do the straight hand stroke when I was a beginner in the swimming lesson. Now,after 3 months, my trainer decided to teach the ‘s’ shape stroke for my hand stroke. I tried it a lot but still get confused. I don’t know whether I have to push towards my chest or lower plus how low my hand should be etc. Advices? so I can do the s shape stroke better?

thanks

I’m 19 years old, and i’m learning how to swim and im sorrounded by kids at the age of 6 who can swim better than me, i know, i know, its embarassing but better late than never. Well i’m trying to do a front crawl and I cant get the breathing right, I keep swallowing water when i try to breath in….any tips?

How to stop water going up nose when swimming?Whenever I try and put my head under water when swimming, it gets up my nose and hurts really badly. I’ve noticed this doesn’t seem to a problem for the majority of people, so I guess it’s something I’m doing wrong. Any ideas what and how I should prevent it? does one blow out under water with their nose and breath through their mouth when they come back up?I tried today and looked like a fool, I inhaled lots of water and could not breath correctly. Eventually I had to just swim with my head above the water. It is stopping me from swimming properly and efficiently!

I swim freestyle (or what some call front crawl) 35 rounds (2 laps = 1 round) in a 25 meter pool every morning. At the same pool, there is a coach who trains swimmers to enter competition. He told me to breath both sides which I adopted and have been doing for many years now.
There are other people at the same pool who see me breath both sides and think it’s cool. But when they ask what is the benefit of breathing both sides as opposed to just breathing on one side, I have no idea how to answer as I myself do not know.

So, what is the benefit of breathing both sides when you do freestyle?

Hey guys, whenever I am swimming I always seem to have problems doing laps with front crawl. I cannot do more than 35meters of front crawl without having to take a 20 seconds rest.

But when I am doing breast stroke I can managed up to 150meters without taking a rest.

Can someone please explain to me a way of improving my front crawl
without getting tired so fast?
And If I get my heart rate up, will I burn fat faster?

At the moment i can only do 20 metres at a time front crawl and i have to take a breathe every two strokes. I know this isnt the recommended way to breathing and should be aiming for breathing every 3 strokes alternating the side I breathe. Anyhows i want to know if this will get easier and in terms of the distance I can swim? also will the breathing come easier so i can take air every 3 strokes? regards