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It’s been a while since I’ve found a swim tip and trick that has massively improved my swimming technique, so thought I’d share!
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Amazing video. Put this to test a few weeks back, massive AHA moment, shared with my wife, got her on it. This also makes me glide better, not rush the catch, the word 'timing' is spot on. I always focused on the front end, never putting much emphasis on the kick being a long distance triathlete. Game changer Josh. When you did this video I could tell from your genuine passion that you had hit on a great breakthrough.
Im now 58 and been trying to improve my crawl for 10+ yrs now, first via TI then effortless swimming but just cant budge from 2.00 p/100 over a mile, would love to get down from 31/32 mins to 27/28, help.
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Love your dog in the background looking out the window.
Josh, in video it appears you are doing more than a 2-beat kick. It's a bit hard to tell as your video was close-up so could not see the timing of start of catch and kick so well. Do you encourage a 2-beat kick using this timing to the same-side catch?
I do not understand it 🙁 The problem is English, too many specific swimming words.
Same arm, same leg. I'll try that. I have big problems with my left leg kick. I hope this will help.
IMO you are under-rotating on your right/non breathing side. Also ideally the kick needs to be timed with rotation that starts from the core/hips. Lots of us use more of our arm drive forward to initiate rotation and that's less efficient than rotating from the hips
Kick downbeat just before the same side catch. Good new advice. I will do it next practice. Thank you!
That's what I'll definitively include this way in my next training and comment results a few weeks later.
A great way to practice the timing and connection for the catch and kick is to do sets of 100s as a drill with a paddle on the right hand and a fin on the right foot, and then swop to left left. Exaggerate the kick and catch on each cycle to the side with the equipment.
After 3 months of trying to figure the timing out, I finally got it. Used fins, pull buoys, snorkels, lol, but it has a lot to do with a proper Catch to get the kick timed right. Crazy how much it puts me on top of the water now.
I didnt understand
Thanks for the post. This is one of the secrets that the elite swimmers don't tell you about😀😀
why don't you time yourself, to see the improvements?
The timing of the stroke is so vital!
Another thing I would recommend as well to look at is the bend of your wrists. Especially on the right hand, I think. You want to use your entire "paddle." Your stroke is so beautiful.
Good luck this your season! 🏊♂️🚲🏃♂️
As a beginner you nailed it. I was wondering why some days feel easy, but other days feel hard despite speed being similar. Then one day it clicked and was because my kick/catch/pull timing was not in sync
Bro rocking from side to side relived my triceps and unleashed my lats resulting in increased speed and efficiency , happy to watch your video to see i was already employing this kick catch timing .
The kick initiates the body roll which then gives your arm more power due to the more natural angle through the shoulder and elbow. It's similar to why golfers rotate as part of their swing.
I'll play devil's advocate here…
In a 1900 meter swim, "syncing" all that crap doesn't matter for 99% of triathlon athletes.
Here's how I trained for my first Olympic this past summer: Swim 2/3 the distance, comfortably, once a week for 6 weeks. I did all open water swimming, and didn't do any additional swimming. I didn't swim at all in the off-season because I don't like swimming in <40° water. In my event, I came out of the water 17th out of 236.
Stress less, keep it fun, and it 's easy. I'm nearing 40 years, if that matters.
Hi sorry for the confusion. You kick with the same leg when your hand gets into the water or when your hand pulls back the water??? Thanks
People of the comment section, long time swimmer and swim coach here. Freestyle flutter kick is similar to the penalty kick in European Football (see, guys, I refuse to call it that ridiculous americanized name). Penalty kicks start with a hip movement (this is where core strength is important too!) and the knee uses that momentum to swing straight and kick the football. Most of us Europeans know football so I hope this helps!
Yes I used the same technique it's efficient….at start use snorkel….it helps to focus on body position…..and then work on breathing pattern without it…one side breathing is more effective with this style
Josh, took a look at your vids, if anything your kick is late. If you are actually swimming as you describe, you videos don’t show it. Further, to much talking. Ugh, you guys that think you know how to teach swimming, but don’t, get my ire.
I found the more I think about my form the slower, worse, and more tired I become.
So Josh, should you feel the propulsion first from the kick and then from the upper extremity? i've tried to kick and pull at the same time but i might have then slight lag on the kick if i now re think of the sequence…. hmm… might have to make videos and buy analyzis services for it…
same with 2 beat kicks?
Would have been nice to see what you mean by the 3/4 catch up thing with keeping the arm in front of you and when you do the kick etc because slowing that down and showing what it should be would be helpful to understand how to do that.
I blow my bowls to create thrust in the pool.
There’s a few terminology errors here. The catch refers to the front quadrant of the underwater pull (where you “catch” the water), you’re losing a significant amount of water in this position.
Improving your shoulder strength under internal rotation will help fix this deficiency.
The portion of the stroke you’re referring to in the video is the “pull” phase.
Additionally, you’re having trouble articulating the timing between the leg and the hands because you’re focused on the wrong hand.
The downkick should be drilled with the opposite hand entering the water, whilst the pull should be drilled against the entry. This will allow you better connection through all your timing skills.
Also learn butterfly, it’s just freestyle with good timing.
Can you post a video of a drill or 2 that will emphasize and allow us to internalize this timing/rhythm of leg kick-arm catch? I've been trying it out in the pool and it's not coming intuitively … sort of like when I first started trying to learn how to play a drum kit…
Great to have a video explain it, i have been applying this as well. I am a teacher in scything and there a lot of the energy in the stroke comes from a distinct hiprotation using the core – just before cathing the grass. I use to teach that the hiprotation is so essential as a start of many things we are doing, throwing a ball or hitting a ball with a basebolltree is the most easy to understand while doing it. And all the power in a karatestroke comes from an ignite in the core and a hiprotation. But also paddle canoe, how you strengthen the core and start rotate a bit just before cathing the water. Kicking a football is also the same. In all the mentioned things we are grounded and have someting firm under us to start this rotation with. But not in frontcrawl. Thats why we need to start the hiprotation with that kick. Its istead of use the ground we stand on (or sit on) in all other cases.
This theory have helped me to understand what swimming is and made it more fun to improve!