New Way to Swim Freestyle

Thank you for this!! I'm in my 40s and getting back into swimming laps after 20 years. It's amazing how much has changed!

Fabulous video! As an older swimmer, I learned many of the outdated methods. As a new WSI and Masters co-coach I really appreciate the clarity! For new swimmers it is far better to learn it the right way from the start. For seasoned swimmers open to technical coaching these refinements will make a huge difference. (I can't wait to get in the pool later today to try them out myself.) I'll be watching this a number of times to fully integrate each detail and I'll be sure to send others here too. Thanks again Susan!

I'm 75, swim 10,000 yards a week, and still learning how to swim. All the best.

Long live Terry and Total Immersion!

Been swimming for 65 yrs. Still hoping to complete a fully satisfactory 25 meter. Maybe tomorrow 😊

Good video as a swimming instructor and Masters coach I strongly recommend that if you want to improve find a qualified coach. It is impossible to see yourself and understand what you are doing now and what you need to do to change to a more optimal technique. I swam at National level and still have a coach who can watch and motivate me. Enjoy your swimming

Great condensed show, Took me multiple years and lessons to grasp what she taught in minutes.

I really liked the part where they actually explained what a six beat kick actually is. "In short, your swimmer should complete six kicks per stroke cycle or three kicks per single arm stroke."

Which part of this was new? I would argue the kick tempo may depend on the swim. Is it a short sprint or 800m plus swim? I will decide either 2,4 or 6 beat kick based on my swim.

Excellent video. I have tried to "kick from the hips" many times and it never worked for me. I eventually learned to kick by swinging the calves and the ankles down against the water. I'll go back and try kicking with the quads and hamstrings and gluts. This will be interesting.

Angle of the elbow is different for speed vs endurance. Just saw that earlier today. Me, I can't swim like that to save my life. Love the video.

Sorry... which part of this is new?

Great advices 👏👏

Really clear video. Thanks for the upload. I have a question about the head position: looking slightly in your feet direction instead of keeping a neutral position by looking right to the bottom of the pool. The idea is to have some hydrodynamic downward push to help keeping the body more aligned (sinking a bit the torso and lifting the hips). I think that there’s a Chinese Olympian swimming this way 🤔

Great video. Always something new to learn. By the way, is the best technique to breathe on both sides on a three count or on one side on a two or four count?

I think Ralph was ahead of his time when is came to stroke analysis right? Nice job Susie.

The 'snap' kick as I called it is so common in freestyle. By snap kick, I mean a mini scissor kick. I have seen this with Olympic level swimmers. With my over arm side stroke, the forgotten stroke, I was trying to eliminate the slow down/high drag part of the kick which is very similar to the breast stroke kick where most swimmers come to an almost complete stop before the stroke resumes. That is one thing I never liked about the breast stroke, as well as my feet will not turn out like that for that kick to be efficient for me. Anyway, I ended up going to a flutter kick for my OASS. I took 3 seconds off of my 50 yard sprint time in about 3 days. It eliminates that slow down part of the stroke when using the standard scissor kick. In most cases when swimmers use the 'snap kick' it is with the leg doing more of a back stroke style kick where there is less flex at the hip and more at the knee. The lower leg is more stream lined than the thigh, so I figure this is a less drag type position. Not sure, but just a thought. This snap kick is very common in the pool. For those who can do a good whip kick, if they stop during a lap, they always use the whip kick to get going again. For those of us who can't do the whip kick, we use a scissor kick. Lots of thrust, but also lots of drag, but since we are at a stand still, not much loss....

What happened to early vertical forearm? That's all I hear about on other youtube swimming channels for freestyle. And i remember reading how Cokie Lepinski said to pull as though we were swimming over a barrel. If EVF is now outdated, why don't you mention it as outdated? You mention the S-pull (which is really outdated), which Doc Counsilman not only created, but also discovered in elite swimmers, I believe, your point that the hand enters and exits the water in the same location. I am a U.S Masters swimmer.

Cool, I doggy paddle so arms never come out of the water and face never goes in the water.

The "S" pull is inefficient .....now they try to enter the water more from the top, so create momentum with a hand and arm moving more back to straigh line and avoid the "S" turbulence. You can see that in the olimpic: relentless move of the arm, as moving in slow motion to enter with the hand digging Of course, swimers need to have strenght to do a stright line arm recover, but hey!...that why they do gym exercices specifically for that. Tip for the master's coaches: they must include specific gym resistant exercises and they should relax the water trainning session following that