What's your biggest takeaway from Dan's stroke? Let me know in the comments below ⬇⬇⬇

@kerambeach

4 жыл бұрын

I can see that i need to speed up my catch a little bit. Hard to compare yourself to an olympian who swim 1.48 for 200 m😬.

@kevinabalo

4 жыл бұрын

No necessity to bi-lateral breathe … . Suits me !!

@DonostiGros

4 жыл бұрын

Definitely the pull action, it's so powerful. It's something my coach always insists on. We tend to try to pull hard too early on… Perfect form, very impressive.

@alexfinn7989

4 жыл бұрын

Swimming can be easy (at least easier than the way I am swimming now).

@artem1969

4 жыл бұрын

This is an amazing technique, thx for sharing and your analysis. Everything from his extremely streamlined body position, to the early vertical catch, the powerful stroke, the synchronization of the gentle kicks and hand entries... the list just goes on. And I still just can't imagine how Dan manages to swim 1:10 with such seemingly relaxed technique. Obviously, takes years to perfect it.

I'm in awe of how smooth your strokes are. I look like I'm possessed by demons when I swim.

@FrekeOne

2 жыл бұрын

it´s the only way when all the little girls with skinny arms are overtaking us, so annoying I think.

I am a 26-year-old guy that never learned how to swim while younger. I've been learning how to on my own now at my local gym pool, I am about 1 month into my journey. So far I can stay afloat (I was scared of letting go at the beginning lol) learned the breaststroke and I am ok at that, the one style however that I want to learn and perfect it so badly is the freestyle but I cannot get the hang of the breathing! Today though I finally managed to swim an entire 50M lap without stopping doing the freestyle while taking breaths by pulling my head up, I am proud of myself of how far I've come into my swimming journey and I love it I cant wait every morning to go swim when I have the time.

@muhammadbinmohamedamin2179

4 жыл бұрын

Daniel G. Kudos to you!! I have a similar journey. Can’t seem to not stop in the middle of the 50m. After watching this video i just realized how bad my technique is haha Do you have any tips on how to make me achieve a non stop 50m? I would really appreciate it mate.

@DannyOvox3

4 жыл бұрын

@@muhammadbinmohamedamin2179 Yeah so the biggest problem is how you inhale and exhale, what I mean by that is the rhythm. While under water, only exhale with your nose in a relax but steady manner. Make sure all of the air is emptied before you turn your head for the breath. Also work on your leg kicking if you are not decent at it because they determine if you will be able to stay afloat and straight while turning your head to breath

@erickmendes3329

4 жыл бұрын

hey, advice from a former pro distance swimmer... try to stay more relaxed, you probably wont drown anymore, so be cool, as for the breathing, try to learn it correctly from the start, because it will be much harder to improve technique later, always breathe with half of your face in the water, and try to turn your mouth to the side so you dont breathe water... another tip is to relax your core, you dont need to be tigh at all times

@erickmendes3329

4 жыл бұрын

always do quick breaths and never fill all your lungs... with patience you'll master it

@Psg0000

4 жыл бұрын

Aqua Distribuidora i think this “quick small breathes” idea may be the thing I was missing and couldn’t find after weeks of watching every swimming KZread video. My head hurts from breathing from my mouth even when lying on my bed. Can’t wait to try it out in the water

One of the best swimming videos I’ve seen on KZread

@nancyprier416

3 жыл бұрын

totally agree!

How do we thank you for such a deep explanation? Details, pauses, and explanations for each part?! A great video that makes us independent of a hundred other videos. Thank you very much for your time, effort and expertise.🙏🙏🙏

@sivexokashe6423

2 жыл бұрын

The stuff we wanna see that other people arent doing. Great Channel indeed😭

@AGeeez

Жыл бұрын

@@sivexokashe6423 why are you crying?

@sivexokashe6423

Жыл бұрын

@@AGeeez some emojies aren't easy to explain😭, you just have to know how to use it 😂

as a beginner who wants to have a good speed not on a competitive level this video helped me alot thank you

Thank you for the thorough analysis and stroke break down. I'm focusing on my breathing and rotation this week.

I was watching his hand entry, one thing I have been working on lately. I tried it today and man, improvement in speed and efficiency was mighty. Will be watching this over and over till I get it perfect.

Love the explanation of the shoulder, elbow, wrist all in a line - I use this to explain the optimal propulsive position

Excellent video. Really like that you slow down and reverse sections whilst explaining a point. Recently put my GoPro in an outdoor pool while I was on holiday and found it so useful to see where I was going wrong and now compare it with this. Thanks.

Brilliant! I may never get to 1:10/100 - but fantastic to see the breakdown - ALL of your Effortless Swimming tips can be seen here - Dan's stroke is simply TEXTBOOK beautiful form and it's great to see it in action and broken down into detailed components... I'll keep working! Thanks!

I know this isn't race pace but this is one of the best front crawl strokes I've ever seen. Never mind competition, though I have done a bit, I'd just be really happy to be able to swim something like this

he swimms so fast that 50 m that it seems like a 25 m pool

@rabieelmouden7625

3 жыл бұрын

Very good video. Thanks

@easterneuropeaninmexico3554

3 жыл бұрын

I barely swim 25m without feeling death at the end

@moulbatata

3 жыл бұрын

It is 25 m, you have to watch the original video. He gave all explanations for how to achieve.

@jnartist3411

3 жыл бұрын

@@moulbatata I think it is 50m as well. In the beginning he states that he gains 1.7m per stroke * 22 stroke =37.4m The rest is the dolphin kick

@jackjude

2 жыл бұрын

@@moulbatata He gets to 14m with the dolphin kicks alone, its clearly a 50m pool.

Great video, thanks for making it! I will be watching this once or twice a week now onwards.

Tremendous analysis. So many points to practice and improve. Thank you so much!

This is an outstanding video showing the foundations for a smooth and energy-efficient freestyle from an elite Olympic "Ozzie" swimmer (Dan Smith). The narration is superb and this course will provide many young career, mid career and older swimmers with new tools to help improve their freestyle, especially in moderate and long distance trainings. Thank you very much for posting this series!

Wow! I watched this video yesterday. Today I applied the best I could its teachings to my 1 km practice. The improvement was amazing! I think that rotating the hip made a big difference, but all details added up to increase speed for the same amount of effort. Still a long learning track ahead, but I'm eager to swim it. Thank you very much!

This video is a masterpiece that all swimmers should see.

So helpful to have you explain these techniques. Thank you

Brenton - Such a thorough analysis, well done!!

There s no turbulence around his hands - amazing

Awesome analysis. I've been doing laps for 40 years and didn't know any of this.

This is super helpful! Please do more of these but with multiple angles so that we can see e.g., the power triangle from the front, and get more info on the catch!

This is brilliant analysis. It’s been transformative for my freestyle. Thanks Effortless Swimming

Loved the way you broke that down. thanks for making me faster without actually having to swim!

Excellent commentary. Thanks for doing this.

Thanks for taking the time to explain all that. This video is very beneficial for all of us!

Awesome analysis & breakdown 💪🏼. Always quality content. Tnx

Awesome. This is such a useful channel. I have ‘taught myself’ with Brenton’s expert help and had my first compliment on my stroke from a young guy at my pool about two weeks ago. I was so made up - I’m 54!! It has taken about 3-4 years to get here :-) Thanks to Brenton

Really good analysis!! I coach new/youth swimmers to always have one hand pointing where they’re going. And also, keep your head down....look where you are...not where you’re going!!

Thanks! Your way of explaining is very clear. There are so many areas where I could improve:-)

This really demonstrates to me as a beginner swimmer how much technique is everything, hes not moving his arms and legs fast but is moving theough the water fast

The best explanation on the whole Freestyle knowhow so far, thank you very much.❤

The glide movement is well described thanks.

Thanks for this generous video! Amazingly helpful for a terra firma athlete trying to learn to swim. It's hard! Who knew drag coefficients matter so much!

Great video. I need to look at your membership for sure. Thanks

Outstanding analysis and explanation of every part of an ideal freestyle technique. I have watched this many times, and I'm sure I'll come back to it again and again as I work on different parts of my form. It's also very cool how much the instruction matches with one of my other favorite videos on freestyle technique here on KZread, called "Freestyle Swimming: Arm Movement. Complete."

Smooth doesn’t mean easy. Even for a professional swimmer it is pretty tough to swim at that pace. There is a lot of work being done in the water. It just looks easy.

@briandarga5443

2 жыл бұрын

Yes but practice makes perfect

@dr.mussabalrasheed-.6296

Жыл бұрын

I don't agree...some swimmers can swim 16 hours straight...

@nickjelonkiewicz9944

Жыл бұрын

@@dr.mussabalrasheed-.6296I’ll give you 100$ If you find me a swimmer who can swim at that pace for 16 hrs straight

@dr.mussabalrasheed-.6296

Жыл бұрын

@@nickjelonkiewicz9944 Ocean walker is the one😊

@isaac_urra

Жыл бұрын

This pace is easy, that combination of pace and form isn't

This is a great video. Thank you for uploading.

A really great video! So many thinks to remember/improve.

Superb explanation and tutorial. Great help. Thank you

Great video mate! Keep up the good work.

Aprendo muito com vcs, nas academias não passam exercícios como vcs!!

glad to see you point out the key factor for power generation at about the 14:45 minute mark and that is the down kick on the pulling side to allow body rotation to augment the power of the pull; that is, down kick with left leg as the left arm moves from catch to pull; a must movement for sprinters

thank you very much from Barcelona. I appreciate a lot!

The kicks seems so relaxed and effortless

congratulations on your understanding of how humans can best propel themselves through water especially the little understood timing of the down kick with the catch on the same side, the essential element for power generation

Thank you so much for this breakdown! All swimmers, no matter the skill level, can learn from this.

My most watched video for the last several years. By a LONG way! So much to take from this, and so very glad Brenton got this on tape. Inside the Effortless Membership, there's the expended filming of this same session, where Dan swims at race paces as well, for those who wish to see how all of this comes together. It's amazing, that he can swim 45spm and do 70s/100m, but his *all-out* effort's at, say, the Olympics, will get him "only" 54s/100m (200m pacing) relative to this demonstration. Just goes to show that pure technique and efficiency gets you a LONG way and then fitness, strength, elite training and aerobic capacity take you the rest.

Thank you so much, the most beautiful freestyle swimming. I watch this video again and again. I try to practice from this video,

Very very nice analysis!!! Thank you 🙏

Excellent tuitional video. Many thanks for sharing for all like me who wish to improve their swimming strokes. If only I could glide like that !

the tennis ball from thighs to feet and ankle flexibility on the dolphin kick - just started working on them, also 'slow to fast', and shoulder position. all great tips i will try to remember on my next swim! thanks!

Muchas gracias muy buen trabajo sigue así.

watching that video got my 100m time down to 1:25 and I still feel space to improve. Thanks a lot!

@EffortlessSwimming

4 жыл бұрын

Yewwww! Bring on 1:20

@Man-dm8wf

4 жыл бұрын

Effortless Swimming this video also helped me as my most recent Pb is finally under one minute now! Thank you

Perfect video ! Thx

Brilliant thanks Brenton!

this is a masterclass. thanks mate

Thank you! I can't wait for next swim so I can try to improve my arm movement.

Super analysis thanks good tips 👍🏻

Thank you, great video! Helpful! 😊

Thank you so much for such a detailed explanation of part of the technique.

@EffortlessSwimming

Жыл бұрын

thank you!

this video is legendary!

Very good. Learnt a lot!

6:14 dropped elbow in background :D

@EffortlessSwimming

4 жыл бұрын

Good comparison ay’!

@rettaswim4560

4 жыл бұрын

Saw that, too!

@123nlusky

4 жыл бұрын

Just about to post this as well. It’s a good comparison for high elbow catch technique

@TheSblackwater

4 жыл бұрын

At around 13:50 Dan does a flip turn and easily catches up and passes the dropped elbow person at 16:04! It's big contrast as you can see the difference in stroke technique while they are going in the same direction.

An excellent video particularly the slow motion and annotation part

Most beautiful swimming iv ever seen. Piece of art

Just so beautiful. Like a perfect golf swing or a really clean run of giant slalom.

Perfect explanation. Thank

Excellent explanation

Would be fantastic to see this as a split screen against your “average” slower swimmer (a 1:30 or 2:00 swimmer)

Thx for this video :)

Great video!

I picked so many gems from this vid. Thanks so much

This is a work of art.

Thank you for the video analysis! I hope you can also show the front and rear view of the his strokes...

best swimming channel ever

The worked definition of Effortless Swimming!

good to see Dan back in the pool kicking butt

Love that kicking. Very light, very efficient 6 beat kick.

Excelent video and analysis. Thanks for your time for do this. Also i want to ask you, add in description about music that you use in background video :)

Awesome! Thank you Brenton.

Amazing!

GOLD! Thank you!

Great video

감사합니다!!!! 느낌이 팍팍 오네요 thank u bro:)

Thanks!

Regarding timing of kick/arm. I used to think, and perhaps it's a different view, the timing was kick and pull same side: right kick right pull etc… Got this from Total Immersion initially but observed it in Sun Yang's swimming too. Great video and it's such an impressive example of perfect swimming, something to aspire to!

@gianniskarousis5600

4 жыл бұрын

What i've seen is right kick right catch and i think you can see it here as well

So smooth!

What's even more impressive is the cameraman holding the camera while swimming a 100m freestyle in 1:10

@adithyams6410

3 жыл бұрын

He prolly had fins on

@Empridon

3 жыл бұрын

@@adithyams6410 r/whoooosh

@tomschwantje1931

3 жыл бұрын

@@Empridon r/whooosh

@lokeshrathore9805

2 ай бұрын

He's prolly walking outside the pool.

Great tutorial ✓

Thanks coach. Thanks to you I can maintain a 1:35-1:40 pace for a triathlon when before I couldn't get across the pool.

@EffortlessSwimming

4 жыл бұрын

Legend!

@trevrockgw

2 жыл бұрын

Wow great work!

Crazy efficiency

Impressive technique

Fantastic analysis, very impressive technique. His ankle flexibility is amazing, any flex/stretch exercises recommendation? And the observation about keeping the shoulder close to the face is excellent. Thanks Brenton, as usual this is pure gold! Please keep up with the great work!

@eduaraujosilva

4 жыл бұрын

The perfect “hydro-dynamics” of Dan’s movement can be noticed observing the “jet stream” on his back, very little disruption and smooth relationship with the water! Amazing...

It looks like the Total Immersion style. I think mastering multiple styles is useful, just like Mixed Martial Arts. Many swim coaches are hyper-traditional and mechanistic. There's room for innovation and synthesis in swimming.

The best video 👍

Hi! Great analysis from you again! Top Tips! I don't if you saw the other swimmer in the back of the video... he's making some of the error that you talked about :-)

Would be better to add a video of the front of the swimmer to see how the catch develops in 3D

thanks