3 Key Focal Points in Swimming Graceful Freestyle

for people who start swimming after they become an adult graceful freestyle is often one of their major goals here are three important points to help you swim graceful freestyle you will find each point extremely effective in improving your swimming let's begin the first focal point in swimming graceful freestyle is to hang your head in the water and to look down when people lie down in the water their lower body sinks if you hang your head in the water and look down it helps to improve your balance let's do some experiments float in a prone position with kicking and extend your arms forward lift your head and look ahead feel your lower back and feet sink then hang your head and look down you can feel your body is now balanced when your body sinks you experience more drag in the water if you swim looking ahead or lift your head when breathing your lower body sinks and you have more drag keeping your body aligned not only makes it easier to swim with less drag but also helps you swim graceful freestyle the next focal point in swimming graceful freestyle is to extend your arms with hand 12 inches below the surface you can balance your body by doing so and swing with much less drag in the water let's experiment again extend one arm forward keeping your other hand against your front thigh and gently flutter kick with your body angled if you extend your arm just below the surface your lower body sinks if you put your hand 12 inches down below the surface you feel your lower body goes up this is the basic posture of freestyle switching your extended arm from side to side is the essence of freestyle if you swim with good balance and minimal drag you don't need to kick to maintain balance you will only need kicks to help you switch for a quiet and graceful freestyle the last focal point in swimming graceful freestyle is to insert your hands softly and lean your body forward by shifting your weight forward you can swim with greater ease here is the last experiment push off the floor with one arm extended then bring your other hand forward and insert it softly into the water and extend it when your lower body starts sinking stand up and repeat the same motion don't kick just to use the momentum from pushing off the floor insert your hand close to your head so that you can extend their arm more under the water each time when you extend your arm lean your body forward after practicing on each side tried while swimming freestyle you should be able to swim smooth freestyle without paying attention to your strokes you let's review the points for a graceful freestyle hang your head in the water and look down extend your arm with hand 12 inches below the surface insert your hands softly and lean your body forward focusing on each part of your body is a basic approach improving your skills choose what you will focus on before you swim and evaluate how you performed afterwards we teach step by step drills to help imprint swimming skills in each drill you will practice a specific motion to master one skill you will definitely improve your swimming in a short period of time you can feel your freestyle improving after learning these three points you let's have fun practicing graceful freestyle you

Channel: Shinji Takeuchi

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Length: 5min 35sec (335 seconds)

Published: Sat Aug 12 2017