FREESTYLE SWIMMING TECHNIQUES

The fastest swim stroke is the

• Breaststroke

• Freestyle

• Butterfly

• Backstroke

A streamlined swimmers body has the following...

• Head slightly looking up

• Arms out like a goal post

• Head tucked into arms tight

• Body straight

• Legs straight and toes pointed

The head should be neutral with you spine and your eyes should looking up or down?

When you go to breathe in, how much of your face is out of the water?

• Both eyes turned up

• Most of your face looking to the sky

• One eye out of the water with a pirate mouth

• You should not take a breath... just hold it as long as you can

Arms should be going together or alternating when swimming the freestyle?

When you kick the flutter kick, you should kick from the...

• Knees

• Ankles

• Core

• Hips

The Flutter kick should have the following...

• Kick from the hips

• Knees bent

• Knees mostly straight

• Ankles tight and flexed

• Pointed toes and floppy ankles

Most of your rotation should come from your...

• Shoulder

• Head

• Core/hips

• Arms

What happens when you lift your head when you swim...

• Body becomes more streamlined

• Body creates drag

• It doesn't matter that much

• You get faster

The elbow catch has the following...

• Arms are straight

• Wrist is firm with fingers apart

• Flat hand and forearm pull the water all the way through

• Arms reaches across the body