How to Swim Freestyle for Beginner Adults

What's going on, swim fans? In this video, I'm gonna share with you how to swim perfect freestyle. We're gonna break it down step-by-step. So whether you're learning freestyle for the first time or you're a more advanced swimmer and you're trying to take your freestyle to the next level, we're gonna talk about your head position, how you breathe, how you pull and catch the water, what your feet should be doing. So make sure you watch the video until the very end because we're gonna break it down step-by-step. If you guys are new here, make sure you subscribe to the channel, like this video, and let me know what questions you have down below in the comments. Without further ado, let's begin. Freestyle is a stroke that we spend time doing the most. Of all the other strokes, you'll probably be doing the front crawl or freestyle most of the time. So for that reason, it's really important to master the fundamentals of this technique. Remember, water is really dense. When you swim through this medium that is 800 times more dense than air, it's really important that you really optimize your efficiency and reduce drag. You know, when you swim freestyle or any stroke, there's only two ways you can actually get faster. The first one is by reducing drag. The second is by increasing propulsion. So when we talk about the freestyle stroke and what you do with your head and your hands and your feet, we're either doing one of those two things. We're trying to reduce our drag or we're trying to increase propulsion. Now let's talk about our head position to start because at the end of the day, our body position is what determines how fast we move through the water. If we lift our head up when we swim, our hips are gonna sink and we're gonna create more drag. So like I mentioned, we're trying to reduce our drag so we can swim faster. That starts with our head position. Focus on swimming with your eyes on the bottom of the pool and really the waterline should be at the middle of your head. So half your head is underwater, half your head is above the water. And if you can do that, then your hips are gonna ride high in the water and you're not gonna have a lot of drag. You wanna feel like you're swimming downhill. Similarly, when you take a breath, you wanna rotate your head to the side and try and keep one eye and one ear underneath the surface of the water. If you lift your head up to take a breath, your hips are gonna sink and you're gonna go slower. When you swim with your arms, you wanna make sure that your arm enters the water at 11 o'clock and one o'clock in front of your shoulder, just outside your shoulders. And this will allow you to have the most optimal hand entry. You wanna enter the water with your middle finger first and then you wanna reach and extend on that same line with your shoulder. Then when you start to pull, you wanna make sure you have what's called an early vertical forearm, EVF. And that basically means that from your middle finger all the way through to your elbow, it's a nice big paddle. You wanna be pulling the water with more than just your hands. You wanna pull the water with your hand, your forearm and your entire arm. So the early vertical forearm is really important to master. Now let's talk about your legs. What do your legs do when you do freestyle? You're gonna do the flutter kick. So your feet are gonna be pointed, point your toes. Your legs are gonna be relatively straight, minimal knee bend. You're gonna be kicking short and fast using your hip flexors, your glutes and your hamstrings. Keep your legs pretty straight and the amplitude of your kick should be no more than half a meter in total size. Now the final thing I wanna talk about with the freestyle stroke is make sure you have what's called rotational momentum. This means that your hips are rotating and your body's rotating side to side to maximize your distance per stroke. So after your hand hits the water and your fingertips extend in through that water, you're gonna really try and stretch as far as you can to maximize your distance per stroke. So when we put that all together, we have a stroke that we call freestyle or front crawl that is the most efficient of all four competitive strokes. Let's give it a shot. Swimming is all about going with the flow and there could be no better sponsor for today's video than Underwater Audio. Their waterproof music players allow you to listen to your favorite music, podcasts or audio books while you swim. I got the chance to try out two of their music players, the Siren and the Delphin and I've gotta say, it's pretty cool. You can load music files onto the Siren and shuffle through them while you swim. It's super easy to use and you can swim all four strokes without worrying about them falling out. The Delphin is touchscreen and it's also compatible with Spotify, Pandora, Audible and lots of other apps. You can load custom playlists without an internet connection. All you need to do is clip them to your goggle straps and the waterproof swim bud headphones stay in place even through sprints and turns. You'll barely even feel them when you swim, you'll jam out to the music and it'll be awesome. Underwater Audio is offering the MySwimPro community a 15% discount. All the details are linked down below in the description. Thanks again to Underwater Audio for sponsoring this video. When you're in the water, it's amazing how every muscle in our body is sending information to our brain at the same time. Our nervous system processes a massive amount of sensory data without any conscious work on our part. Just think about what it takes when you push off the wall in streamline and start your first stroke. All the muscles from your fingertips to your toes need to relay the right information at the right time so you can keep all your bones of your spine in alignment. Next, in order to start kicking in that position, you'll need to engage muscles in your core and legs at just the right timing to keep your forward momentum. When you break your streamline for the first stroke, your hand becomes connected with the water in order to create forward propulsion for the rest of your body. It's amazing what the brain is capable of and when you swim freestyle or any stroke, it's important to incorporate all five senses including touch, smell, sight, hearing, and taste. All of these are important in swimming. Obviously with touch, the way you feel the water and sight, what you see while you swim. Then there's smell, the aroma of chlorine at the pool, lake, or ocean. Then there's hearing, the sound of your breath and when your hands gently enter the water. And of course, taste, don't drink the water but have the awareness that you're in the water and by engaging all of your senses, you'll be able to better connect with the water and move through it more efficiently. Woo, freestyle, I hope you guys enjoyed this video on how to swim perfect freestyle. If you haven't checked out our other videos, how to swim butterfly, backstroke, or breaststroke, those will all be linked down below in the description. Also, if you haven't checked out the MySwimPro app, it's available for iOS and Android for free. We've got training videos, drills, workouts for both in the pool and out of the water to help you swim faster and smarter than ever before. Make sure you check it out. Also, link down below in the description. While you're down there, make sure you like the video, subscribe to the channel, and finally, if you're not in the MySwimPro global community Facebook group, make sure you join it. It's free to join. 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