Common Freestyle Breathing Mistakes

Рет қаралды 2,582,219

11 жыл бұрын

Common mistakes that can trouble freestylers during the breathing portion of the stroke. Whether you're just learning to swim, or are already a seasoned pro, these tips will have you breathing easier in no time.
For additional swimming technique articles, swimming tips, where to find adult swimming lessons, and more on the benefits of swimming visit: www.usms.org/
While you might be looking for general local swimming pools, we have a better option for you, find a local swim club in your area at: www.usms.org/clubs
Think about taking part in one or all three of our annual SmartyPants Vitamins USMS Fitness Series: www.usms.org/events/fitness-e.... It is a fun swim challenges that support a great cause which helps teach adults how to swim and feel safer around water.
We also hold a wide variety of other swimming events: www.usms.org/events
Connect with us! We love our online community, so come have fun and chat with us on:
/ usmastersswimmingfanpage
/ mastersswimming
/ u-s--masters-swimming
/ mastersswimming
/ mastersswimming
/ usmastersswimming
Be sure to watch these other videos:
• How to Put on a Swim C...
• Common Freestyle Breat...
About U.S. Masters Swimming:
U.S. Masters Swimming encourages adults to enjoy the health, fitness, and social benefits of swimming by providing more than 2,000 adult swimming programs and events across the country, including open water and pool competitions. USMS’s nearly 65,000 members range from age 18 to 100+ and include swimmers of all ability levels. The nonprofit also trains and certifies coaches and provides online workouts, a bimonthly member magazine, monthly eNewsletters, and technique articles and videos at www.usms.org

Пікірлер: 307

@batlin 5 жыл бұрын

Not even 3 minutes long yet this is packed with extremely important information. I wish more videos were done like this. Looking forward to hitting the pool tomorrow now!

@richarddury1 5 жыл бұрын

THIS WORKS FOR ME: I found regulating breath-intake difficult; then I thought that perhaps I could learn from how I breathe when SINGING. This too also involves taking a quick breath of as much air as you plan to use and then controlling the exhaling. So I started to sing "to myself" as I swim-easier because I breathe every four strokes, and there are a lot of songs in 4/4 so one line of the song will work out as one cycle of strokes (I started with "Up a Lazy River"). It works really well-helps you relax, coordinate movement and, if you think of singing to yourself around the house at a low volume (not reaching the back of an opera house), it helps you take small breaths too. And it's fun.

@4daveb 7 жыл бұрын

2.46 minutes of simple but sound advice. The exhalation advice is a gamechanger for me and everything else has just clicked into place. Top man

@vincam4674 10 жыл бұрын

Love it! the best short and sweet explanation I've seen so far on how to breath correctly when freestyling.

@parkyounghoun 9 жыл бұрын

This is the best teaching for good freestyle swimming. When i was beginner, i had watched it but just had thought that it was just a drill. But now I can understand this is the best and all of swimming.

@VoxEOD 8 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the excellent tips! You answered the exact questions I had going into my search as I try to learn how to swim laps efficiently.

@MegaBigboost 10 жыл бұрын

Thank you sir, just what I needed to know

@ldgnotebook Жыл бұрын

I saw this one 7 years ago and forget to say thank you, my boy at 5th grade can swim half a mile in ymca, 25 yards length for 32 laps, contest. Totally worked. Very grateful.

@johnswimcat 9 жыл бұрын

Great video. After years of British masters swimming I am trying to correct the many faults in my freestyle (front crawl) stroke and this is really helpful

@aapc 7 жыл бұрын

Excellent video. I will watch several times and try to follow the instructions. Thanks.

@tharadon1 10 жыл бұрын

Excellent video. My time was well-spent. Thank you.

@soundcanal 10 жыл бұрын

great stuff! Thanks.

@raginityagi7695 10 жыл бұрын

these techniques are amazing i could do 20 laps instead of my usual 13......IN JUST ONE DAY ...thankx man

@swiminlovelyplace5203 5 жыл бұрын

Very well explained ! Thanks

@rocastro9810 10 жыл бұрын

I'm not new in swimming but had not done it in many years. Lately I decided to swim again and realized I'd forgot how to breathe right when doing freestyle. Great info! Thanks for the video!

@linwanritu 8 жыл бұрын

Great tips and easy to apply!

@vassi5725 7 жыл бұрын

thanks again for the tip for the freestyle in swimming

@stephenross7663 9 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the advice!

@ryanw903 5 жыл бұрын

this video is exactly what i need thanks!!

@ldgnotebook Жыл бұрын

Great lesson . Very helpful for me, my kids, my niece to use this technique to practice and it works. Thanks a lot.

@YibYibYibYib 8 жыл бұрын

Great advice! Thanks.

@siddhu0866 2 жыл бұрын

Excellent tips. Thank you!

@chame26 10 жыл бұрын

Thank you finally someone that explain how to properly breath

@daphne8228 3 жыл бұрын

I find this video very helpful. I didn't know that I've been doing some things wrong lol. Thank you for this!

@AaAa-ct5pe 8 жыл бұрын

Thank you for this information .

@joejayno 5 жыл бұрын

Awesome I think I got it now. I will try it tomorrow

@MrTuireland 10 жыл бұрын

Very good advice Thanks for posting

@Jeremy-yb5yo Жыл бұрын

No.3 is a game changing point for me!

@adambahriz7764 8 жыл бұрын

thanks man, I overroll a LOT, this will help

@user-gm3iy3pw1m 5 жыл бұрын

Thanks much!

@kbain10 11 жыл бұрын

Great lesson. Thank you.

@sumontomasud2093 10 жыл бұрын

many thanks sir, it's really working ...

@msriri96 8 жыл бұрын

thanks for the video! really helpful :)

@indyd1534 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you, This video was just what I needed. Gotta thank Coach lilonga😊 I over rotate, gotta try this drill.

@mjallen343 10 жыл бұрын

Great tips, I have been holding my breath until end of second stroke. I will try continuous exhale now and hope to improve!

@ArpanDasRockstar 6 жыл бұрын

Thank you for your nice massage.

@sambou6286 7 жыл бұрын

Thanks ! very informative

@edwardhaughney9665 5 жыл бұрын

Impressive presentation.

@peteroakes9007 5 жыл бұрын

Thank you for this helpful video.

@rambostalin7162 5 жыл бұрын

Peter Oakes vbgnbn

@RicardoCorralArmas 10 жыл бұрын

Great!...Thank you!

@ananthan786 8 жыл бұрын

need to perfect this,was a helpful video,will comment after next drill

@wangchairman1450 5 жыл бұрын

This was a really helpful video.............

@wongj1025 9 жыл бұрын

Good practice!

@DanNoz 8 жыл бұрын

great video thanks for sharing.

@eyepinto 9 жыл бұрын

Good! very useful. thank you!

@samuelzatko 8 жыл бұрын

This was a really helpful video thanks l!

@OZYZO1 10 жыл бұрын

Very helpfull. Thanks..

@wstallion100 6 жыл бұрын

awesome video

@frafranildo 10 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

@urdmusic 7 жыл бұрын

Very helpful thank you

@islambek2712 2 жыл бұрын

Super video. Every aspect is to the point. Thanks!

@USMastersSwimming 2 жыл бұрын

You are very welcome. Make sure to subscribe! We produce a new video each month.

@islambek2712 2 жыл бұрын

@@USMastersSwimming Done! My bad hadn't done it before!

@rockstarstephy1 10 жыл бұрын

Thanks! Beginning swimmer, but I've been in water polo.

@VishalLandge 5 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the video. Very useful tips

@USMastersSwimming 5 жыл бұрын

We will see you in the pool soon!

@peppepinz2886 10 жыл бұрын

thank you for such an interesting video;)

@chelleum 10 жыл бұрын

Great advice! I'm having a hard time get a breathe, but now I see what I'm doing wrong.

@stephanm.tjaden3887 7 жыл бұрын

A good video, I always struggle with proper breathing form while swimming.

@NicoleBeckfordfitness 5 жыл бұрын

best explanation

@AnujSharma-nc4sl 10 жыл бұрын

This was really helpful to me :)

@naugxp6 4 жыл бұрын

Great instructions！

@CitizenOvTheWorld 10 жыл бұрын

Thanks, don't know what happened, but simply lost all ability to remember how I'd always been breathing. So helpfull, thank-you ever so much for the reminders.

@saravanan335 Жыл бұрын

Helpful video

@REDFANGDALLRED 4 жыл бұрын

Nice video.

@RickMartinYouTube 9 жыл бұрын

very helpful

@SophiaLenore 7 жыл бұрын

Awesome - we like it ☺

@derekmusic5753 Жыл бұрын

That just turning your chin part 💯 Thank you

@12themilkman 8 жыл бұрын

Very helpful! I find that sometimes while I'm trying to improve other areas of my front crawl technique, that I'm holding my breath! :/ It has decreased the distance by which I can swim by about half at times. When you start to get winded this way...recovering from it creates all sorts of bad technique, further draining your energy needlessly. I find that I'm constantly thinking about my legwork...I'm probably kicking too often and draining my energy there as well.

@user-wn4wr5lq6k 7 жыл бұрын

Wow. I think you use gliding. Your pose is good. When you conduct water, your power is really good. Thank you for post good video. I think I learn something useful.

@Slenderman. 9 жыл бұрын

THIS HELPED SO MUCH WITH EXHALING I WAS EXHALING THROUGH MY MOUTH TY

@debverine 7 жыл бұрын

thanks a ton sir :)

@BakuBostonBikeway 10 жыл бұрын

Super!

@INTERNA9 10 жыл бұрын

Great !

@kvinay 10 жыл бұрын

Great tips. I'll see how I can use this tips today in the pool.Need some tips on how to get that chin low which is so tough especially for beginners.

@YTS_Boom 8 жыл бұрын

Thanks

@DSKim-ej5uf 9 жыл бұрын

very good!

@shujaabbasnaqvi2001 10 жыл бұрын

thank you

@julittok 9 жыл бұрын

I keep swallowing water if a keep one goggle under the whater, I don't know what to do

@AbhijeetNagre 9 жыл бұрын

julittok Same here.

@AristarchFootler 9 жыл бұрын

It might have something to do with your stroke. If you slow down to take a breathe water will mostly likely rush in, but if you keep a steady pace it'll smoothly create an air pocket. I had the same problem a week ago.

@rhynoelee5633 6 жыл бұрын

Just think about it!

@JianZhouVA 6 жыл бұрын

julittok keep kicking while turning to the side and breathing.

@TELEVISIBLE 6 жыл бұрын

I hate it , I am drinking lots of pool water doing free style :(

@Vova3iLvova 8 жыл бұрын

kinda perfected my right side . can breath in and see everything underwater with left eye while inhaling now i have do it all over again for left side)) which means gonna drink half of the pool again )) freaking hate it , my stomach will bloat and hurt after each practice again

@gil658 5 жыл бұрын

HAha I don't know if I drink that much, but it does suck when I take a gulp of water

@debbieowen7403 8 жыл бұрын

Good!!!

@Goucvdidah 9 жыл бұрын

Exhale, Exhale, Exhale. Thank you. Im 37 years old and still trying to swim and breath at the same time.

@freerhymin4life 10 жыл бұрын

Wow, now I know why I never can do freestyle for too long. My breathing sucks, which tires me out so quickly. Good tips.

@pakoozala6012 6 жыл бұрын

I love swimming

@makeupbysophiecutler7503 8 жыл бұрын

Really helpful :) I Love swimming and am getting back into it after a few lazy years off (woops). One of my main issues is breathing, unfortunately i seem to struggle to time breathing alongside my strokes (front crawl normally) and this means i'm almost always having to stop after only one length to catch my breath :/ Also does anyone else find that when they try not to lift their head too far out of the water they end up with a mouthful of the water? :( xx

@Gaurav.P0 2 жыл бұрын

Are you still learning swimming?

@Kyle_Butterfield81 7 жыл бұрын

I'm excited to try this. My goal this year is to become a stronger swimmer, and I can only do about 10 laps with rest time in between. I always feel like I'm getting fatigued, and I figured it was because of my lack of continuous oxygen, so this confirmed that. I didn't realize the pocket of air was there. I feel like I'm always gasping for air, even right after taking a breath. So it could be a combination of me holding my breath too long, and also the fact that I'm out of shame, haha. Thanks for the instruction! I'll give it a go.

@JihadAlAnsari 6 жыл бұрын

Are you a better swimmer than before now?

@rodgerstobiko4862 5 жыл бұрын

am a put this to the test,sounds legit

@kcrofoo 10 жыл бұрын

Thanks. Two good tips I picked up: look behind, and exhale through nose.

@proudlyindian001 5 жыл бұрын

Rangilara

@oustedaccount5612 7 жыл бұрын

i dont usually open my mouth when i breath then i stop at 25 meters in 50meterpool ill try this thanks great help

@andreigamaletz 10 жыл бұрын

Hi!I have found out that if you turn your head with the mouth just 1 cm above the water surface and you don't raise your forehead out of the water,there is much lower drag that taking the head completely out of the water.I also foud out that moving your head as little as possible,keeps the drag to a minimum and thus a constant speed thru water.

@amitvutukuri872 6 жыл бұрын

Summing up- 1.Constantly Leg beating should be there. 2. Look Down 90° preferably always. Or a little diagonal. 3. One gogle in and one out while taking breathe.

@carynalulic2784 9 жыл бұрын

nice

@gmseo 7 жыл бұрын

I swim competitiely and if u have a freestyle breathing problems u should do this drill put ur hand in front of u and keep ur mouth right above the water do this for a few 50s right hand down and left hand back also breath to ur left the first 25 and right coming back

@any2xml 10 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the tips. After many many years, I finally leaned to breathe through my mouth. In our 75' pool, I need to pause and take a few breaths before completing the lap. I am not breathing through my nose. It seems, I need to exhale through the nose AS WELL so when I come up for air, I can take in through mouth as well as nose. Is this right?

@infinitotourismo 6 жыл бұрын

I learned something.

@srijanagrawal4591 10 жыл бұрын

does the 4th point of yours(exhaling through nose) also apply to 50m freestyle events?do reply.thanks in anticipation!

@athenasawsumtv 10 жыл бұрын

Thanks! I'm always over rolling. That's why my arms keep crossing thank you

@salimanwar7607 10 жыл бұрын

Inspire......!

@rahmamohammed9794 7 жыл бұрын

thanks!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

@vassi5725 7 жыл бұрын

mistakes is so awesome to learn we want a mistake that you can learn from it then you can do better

@daniellejunejomoc9254 2 жыл бұрын

Wow I've been corrected many times through this vid, firstly, with the breathing that turning almost my whole head back to the surface because I thought if my face would still be with the waters some water will rush to my mouth while inhaling.

@USMastersSwimming 2 жыл бұрын

So glad the video helped! Check out more technique videos on our dedicated Freestyle Playlist. Or, subscribe to our channel and you will get alerts when we post new content!