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Fares - I'm 68 years old. One month ago I couldn't swim 1 lap (a 25 meter length of the pool). I started watching your videos: how to swim, how to breathe. Today, I just did 10 laps; well, with a 10 second catch my breath every 2 laps. Of all the exercise routines I have ever done, swimming is the exercise that makes me feel great when I get done. I never knew there was so much to learn about proper swimming. Thank you so much for creating these videos. It's a lot of work, but it is changing lives!
Well done Paul. I'm struggling to get the breathing right... I've only been able to get one 50m in so far, but feel like I'm improving while implementing these tips.
In just one month you build that stamina and endurance? Wow. Kudos to you sir. I’m 35 and 10mos in since I started swimming and the most I can do is 4x25 w/o rest then I’m out of breath.
I've been teaching swimming for over 20 years, one of the biggest mistakes I see with adults learning to swim is fighting the water. It comes from a misconception that they need to use their stroke to keep themselves at the surface, rather than using their own buoyancy and forward momentum. It is a hard habit to break, but once they get it, it's a game changer.
My usual target is to swim mindlessly up and down the pool😂. Inverse in the water, concentrate on the tecnique, get into the flow and so on. Your great videos I am watching upfront for getting even more motivated. 👍🏻
Wow I’ve been doing Early Vertical Forearm without knowing it was a thing! Neat! I’m glad that swimming freestyle with little T-rex arms is a thing that feels unnatural to me.
I have no clue as to how the concept of 'hip driven freestyle' came into being. It is mechanically/physically impossible for the hips to drive anything. At best, they serve as a universal joint that transfers energy from one end of the body to the other. No one seems to think it odd that the dolphin kick used in butterfly goes from the upper body to the feet, but don't understand how this stays the same with freestyle or back stroke. Without exception, those who believe in the 'hip driven' concept focus on the recover arm, and ignore the pulling arm. The shoulders do not rotate at the same time, but are independent of each other. The hips are fused bone all the way across so they have to rotate as one unit. Any slow motion video of freestyle, especially the 2 beat kick pattern, you will note that the low side arm, which is the pulling arm, starts the body rotation, the hips follow, then the recover arm finishes the rotation. With land based sports that use rotational energy, like throwing a ball or throwing a punch, the rotation starts at the feet, goes through the hips, and then through the shoulders and out the finger tips. This is a forward arm movement. In swimming, we are pulling. Without exception, you will note with the 2, 4, or 6 beat kick pattern, the pulling arm just starts to engage and then the front side kick happens. Makes no difference if you are doing the 50 meter spring or a 15000 meter swim, it is the same action. This rotation from shoulders/arms to feet also explains why the #1 kick is the power kick, and the 2, 3 are weaker. Energy transfers as a rotational crack the whip mechanism. Breathing patterns are unique to different to all swimmers. For the Olympic men, they all swim gallop style, where you kind of porpoise, and an off beat arm pull, so kind of a quick 1, 2, then a slight pause and then repeat. The Women tend to swim on a 2, 2, 4 pattern, as in 2 strokes breath, 2 strokes breath, then 4 strokes breath. Some women breath and swim the gallop style. Ariarne Titmus swims the 2, 2, 4 pattern, Katie Ledecky swims the gallop style. Personally, I kind of think this is why Ariarne can beat Katie in the 200 and 400, but Katie wins anything 800 and above. More energy/oxygen burning efficiency. Haven't seen any one compare the 2 different styles, yet. Only exception to these breathing patterns are the men's 50 meter spring where they only take one breath for the distance. This also happens at the last 10 or so meters of any race, just for that tiny bit of extra speed to finish. If you want to be persnickety about water density, it is 832 times more dense than air at sea level. 800 is close enough.....
Hi Mr Tsebati, in which of your video that you mention about momentum is equal to mass x velocity I have watch again all you video but I cannot find it Thankyou
Where should my legs be, when I swim? Should they be under water? Or just at the surface? Because when at the surface, I just end up splashing around a lot
Just under the surface is a good spot! You want to keep your kick relatively narrow so you're not kicking the air or creating too much drag with a deep kick :)
It doesn't matter how fast you are swimming, it doesn't matter what technic do you have. What matter is if you swim for decades at least one time per week and you will be rewarded with a longer, healthier, and happier life.
How fast you are doesn't matter! But correct technique does matter - it prevents injuries and provides ways to improve so that you can swim for decades :)
Hi. I'd love if you could do this exercise with backstroke as well and breaststroke, please. Thanks for your videos. I consider them very a knowledgeable way to improve our swim!!!
Hey, I’m an age group swimmer (13) coming off my best season, and I’ve really struggled getting back into things this season. I’ve been putting more work in out of the water, but it just seems like I’m regressing in the water. It’s really frustrating and demotivating seeing everyone else around me dropping these insane times and improving like crazy, while I’m adding a lot of time and not improving. Anyone got any advice?
Just keep on trucking, you’ll get there. I had that happen too, I just kept on practicing and keeping at it. Eventually I broke out of my funk and really got it. You will get there!!
Hi Jarred! In your teen years, your body will grow and change, so your stroke and your times will be adjusting to these changes. Keep focusing on your technique first and foremost, and make sure you talk to your coach about your concerns!
Everyone on the team will hit their strides at different times. But coaches are there to keep you disciplined, so remember to enjoy it, put in the work in an honest manner and the rest should fall into place! Enjoy your journey! :D
I like breathing every 2 or 3. When doing 2s I like breathing to my left which I’m finding is less common. I’ll include some 4s but that usually is after a good warm up when my lungs are prime.
@@ged-4138 I like breathing to my left so that the right side of my body is down. I’m more stable. I find that when I breath to my right, my left side is down and it’s just not optimal. I can do it. I do both for hours. But yea.
You still have NOT ANSWERED MY QUESTION. I'm AUTISTIC WITH A SEVERE WATER PHOBIA TERRIFIED OF CHOKING ON WATER.. Is there any advice you can give? Hypnotherapy? I just have no idea. Please help. Andrew S Cullum.
Hi Andrew! I'm sorry to hear that you're experiencing this. While I'm not a doctor, it sounds like speaking to a medical professional may be your best bet if this is extremely debilitating for you and working with a swim instructor one on one isn't a helpful solution.
🙋♀️hello, can I share how I helped a work friend with water confidence, our school had a shallow pool and we needed to be able to go right under the water in order to life-guard..She could swim heads-up style but had always had some panic when her face had any water over it... ➡️1) So we went to my local leisure pool, where the water starts off at ankle level, and she first of all got used to just being in the push up position in the shallow water, dipping her face a little bit at a time,, 2) next we used the chest deep water to bend down and blow out bubbles. .3) We practiced being under the water for as long as comfortable, and by then she was actually staying under longer than I was !!👍 I think the "trick" is to be in control in the water, make each movement and breath very planned and deliberate (((Ok I know this might sound silly, BUT you can't go wrong if you remember to be blowing out all the time your nose is in the water. I've never been tempted to use a nose clip, because I might be tempted to stay under too long,, Your lungs will tell you when they WANT to breath, but "free-divers" can train themselves to keep under water for a fair bit longer))) Also yes, you will get water in your mouth when swimming and a little will go up the nose, but THAT'S OK, you can squirt it out again and keep going 😊🏊🏻♂️ ..▫️▫️▫️I used to only do backstroke and breast stroke, but now at the age of 50ish I am learning from UA-cam and lots of practice to do front crawl, handstands & forward rolls in the water and even starting to practice the drills for butterfly ▫️▫️▫️So anybody can learn something new at any age 😊😊
@@AngelaH2222 I don't think you quite understand my PHOBIA, it's not being underwater that freaks me, it's THE FEAR OF CHOKING AND DROWNING...that's the whole debilitating factor for me...any suggestions??
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Waiting for you to say water is 800x denser than air is always the highlight of watching your videos ;)
Can't sop, won't sop! Happy swimming!
oh btw, water is 800x more dense than air :)
This is great and all but I just wish I knew how many times more resistant water is than air
I'm quizzing you next week 😜
800
800. its 800 times.
Yes, 800. 😊😊😊
Fares - I'm 68 years old. One month ago I couldn't swim 1 lap (a 25 meter length of the pool). I started watching your videos: how to swim, how to breathe. Today, I just did 10 laps; well, with a 10 second catch my breath every 2 laps. Of all the exercise routines I have ever done, swimming is the exercise that makes me feel great when I get done. I never knew there was so much to learn about proper swimming. Thank you so much for creating these videos. It's a lot of work, but it is changing lives!
Well done Paul.
I'm struggling to get the breathing right... I've only been able to get one 50m in so far, but feel like I'm improving while implementing these tips.
In just one month you build that stamina and endurance? Wow. Kudos to you sir. I’m 35 and 10mos in since I started swimming and the most I can do is 4x25 w/o rest then I’m out of breath.
I've been teaching swimming for over 20 years, one of the biggest mistakes I see with adults learning to swim is fighting the water. It comes from a misconception that they need to use their stroke to keep themselves at the surface, rather than using their own buoyancy and forward momentum. It is a hard habit to break, but once they get it, it's a game changer.
Spot on!
please tranceleat sinhala
Don't fight the water, be one with the H2O and happy swimming :)
This was an excellent video for me!!
Thank you 🙏
My usual target is to swim mindlessly up and down the pool😂. Inverse in the water, concentrate on the tecnique, get into the flow and so on. Your great videos I am watching upfront for getting even more motivated. 👍🏻
"Like little T-Rex arms" 😀. Made my day.
Happy swimming, Georg :)
tks for advices Ksebati, It's great , I have improved a lot , greeeting from Brazil
Wow I’ve been doing Early Vertical Forearm without knowing it was a thing!
Neat! I’m glad that swimming freestyle with little T-rex arms is a thing that feels unnatural to me.
little t-rex arms hahaha so true
I have no clue as to how the concept of 'hip driven freestyle' came into being. It is mechanically/physically impossible for the hips to drive anything. At best, they serve as a universal joint that transfers energy from one end of the body to the other. No one seems to think it odd that the dolphin kick used in butterfly goes from the upper body to the feet, but don't understand how this stays the same with freestyle or back stroke. Without exception, those who believe in the 'hip driven' concept focus on the recover arm, and ignore the pulling arm. The shoulders do not rotate at the same time, but are independent of each other. The hips are fused bone all the way across so they have to rotate as one unit. Any slow motion video of freestyle, especially the 2 beat kick pattern, you will note that the low side arm, which is the pulling arm, starts the body rotation, the hips follow, then the recover arm finishes the rotation. With land based sports that use rotational energy, like throwing a ball or throwing a punch, the rotation starts at the feet, goes through the hips, and then through the shoulders and out the finger tips. This is a forward arm movement. In swimming, we are pulling. Without exception, you will note with the 2, 4, or 6 beat kick pattern, the pulling arm just starts to engage and then the front side kick happens. Makes no difference if you are doing the 50 meter spring or a 15000 meter swim, it is the same action. This rotation from shoulders/arms to feet also explains why the #1 kick is the power kick, and the 2, 3 are weaker. Energy transfers as a rotational crack the whip mechanism.
Breathing patterns are unique to different to all swimmers. For the Olympic men, they all swim gallop style, where you kind of porpoise, and an off beat arm pull, so kind of a quick 1, 2, then a slight pause and then repeat. The Women tend to swim on a 2, 2, 4 pattern, as in 2 strokes breath, 2 strokes breath, then 4 strokes breath. Some women breath and swim the gallop style. Ariarne Titmus swims the 2, 2, 4 pattern, Katie Ledecky swims the gallop style. Personally, I kind of think this is why Ariarne can beat Katie in the 200 and 400, but Katie wins anything 800 and above. More energy/oxygen burning efficiency. Haven't seen any one compare the 2 different styles, yet. Only exception to these breathing patterns are the men's 50 meter spring where they only take one breath for the distance. This also happens at the last 10 or so meters of any race, just for that tiny bit of extra speed to finish.
If you want to be persnickety about water density, it is 832 times more dense than air at sea level. 800 is close enough.....
Hi Mr Tsebati, in which of your video that you mention about momentum is equal to mass x velocity
I have watch again all you video but I cannot find it
Thankyou
Flip turns and splashing. A lot of swimmers create a loud, large splash with their flip turn. Is that better than a quiet flip turn?
Where should my legs be, when I swim? Should they be under water? Or just at the surface? Because when at the surface, I just end up splashing around a lot
Just under the surface is a good spot! You want to keep your kick relatively narrow so you're not kicking the air or creating too much drag with a deep kick :)
It doesn't matter how fast you are swimming, it doesn't matter what technic do you have. What matter is if you swim for decades at least one time per week and you will be rewarded with a longer, healthier, and happier life.
Facts
How fast you are doesn't matter! But correct technique does matter - it prevents injuries and provides ways to improve so that you can swim for decades :)
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So, my lower back has been killing me for the past month. It happens after training. Why does it hurt and how can I prevent it?
how to improve kicking technique?
Good stuff. Which he would offer some drills
Hi there! Check out this video for some great freestyle drills: ua-cam.com/video/JeluJHvClaE/v-deo.html
Hi. I'd love if you could do this exercise with backstroke as well and breaststroke, please. Thanks for your videos. I consider them very a knowledgeable way to improve our swim!!!
Great suggestion! Keep up the good work, Karla, and happy swimming :)
Hey, I’m an age group swimmer (13) coming off my best season, and I’ve really struggled getting back into things this season. I’ve been putting more work in out of the water, but it just seems like I’m regressing in the water. It’s really frustrating and demotivating seeing everyone else around me dropping these insane times and improving like crazy, while I’m adding a lot of time and not improving. Anyone got any advice?
Just keep on trucking, you’ll get there. I had that happen too, I just kept on practicing and keeping at it. Eventually I broke out of my funk and really got it. You will get there!!
Hi Jarred! In your teen years, your body will grow and change, so your stroke and your times will be adjusting to these changes. Keep focusing on your technique first and foremost, and make sure you talk to your coach about your concerns!
Everyone on the team will hit their strides at different times. But coaches are there to keep you disciplined, so remember to enjoy it, put in the work in an honest manner and the rest should fall into place! Enjoy your journey! :D
The one thing that I’ve taken from this video is that water is 800 times heavier than air.
What does my swimming taste like? I'm thinking with all my senses haha :D
My favorite, the taste of chlorine!
@@FaresKsebati Perhaps the best quality comes from a Master Spas swim spa! ;)
I like breathing every 2 or 3. When doing 2s I like breathing to my left which I’m finding is less common.
I’ll include some 4s but that usually is after a good warm up when my lungs are prime.
My coach also made these freestyle drills where you vary up left and right, and breath every second stroke. Skyrocketed my breathing on front crawl
@@ged-4138 I like breathing to my left so that the right side of my body is down. I’m more stable.
I find that when I breath to my right, my left side is down and it’s just not optimal. I can do it. I do both for hours.
But yea.
You still have NOT ANSWERED MY QUESTION. I'm AUTISTIC WITH A SEVERE WATER PHOBIA TERRIFIED OF CHOKING ON WATER..
Is there any advice you can give?
Hypnotherapy?
I just have no idea.
Please help.
Andrew S Cullum.
Hi Andrew! I'm sorry to hear that you're experiencing this. While I'm not a doctor, it sounds like speaking to a medical professional may be your best bet if this is extremely debilitating for you and working with a swim instructor one on one isn't a helpful solution.
@@FaresKsebati thanks for your reply finally Fares, I will have a chat with my GP and see if he can come up with a solution.
Best regards
Andrew.
🙋♀️hello, can I share how I helped a work friend with water confidence, our school had a shallow pool and we needed to be able to go right under the water in order to life-guard..She could swim heads-up style but had always had some panic when her face had any water over it...
➡️1) So we went to my local leisure pool, where the water starts off at ankle level, and she first of all got used to just being in the push up position in the shallow water, dipping her face a little bit at a time,, 2) next we used the chest deep water to bend down and blow out bubbles.
.3) We practiced being under the water for as long as comfortable, and by then she was actually staying under longer than I was !!👍
I think the "trick" is to be in control in the water, make each movement and breath very planned and deliberate
(((Ok I know this might sound silly, BUT you can't go wrong if you remember to be blowing out all the time your nose is in the water. I've never been tempted to use a nose clip, because I might be tempted to stay under too long,, Your lungs will tell you when they WANT to breath, but "free-divers" can train themselves to keep under water for a fair bit longer)))
Also yes, you will get water in your mouth when swimming and a little will go up the nose, but THAT'S OK, you can squirt it out again and keep going 😊🏊🏻♂️
..▫️▫️▫️I used to only do backstroke and breast stroke, but now at the age of 50ish I am learning from UA-cam and lots of practice to do front crawl, handstands & forward rolls in the water and even starting to practice the drills for butterfly ▫️▫️▫️So anybody can learn something new at any age 😊😊
@@AngelaH2222 I don't think you quite understand my PHOBIA, it's not being underwater that freaks me, it's THE FEAR OF CHOKING AND DROWNING...that's the whole debilitating factor for me...any suggestions??
@@andrewcullum8437 can I ask how it translates into how you live ? Swimming, or in the bathroom, or even the rain, or going over bridges etc