Swim Smooth: Clean-up Your Stroke!: July 2016

Tuesday, July 26, 2016

Learn To Swim Freestyle With Swim Smooth This Summer!

Have you always wanted to swim freestyle (commonly known as front-crawl in the UK) but never managed to crack it? Struggled with breathing face down in the water or always felt like you're struggling and completely out of breath?

Don't worry you are not alone - most adults struggle with freestyle at first! There's lots of things to think about and coordinate which can make it very challenging. We need to break things down into different elements such as your breathing technique and your leg kick, so you can practise one thing at a time before bringing them together and building up the stroke bit by bit.

To take you through Swim Smooth's unique method for teaching you to swim we created the inspirational Swim Smooth Learn To Swim Freestyle Program, comprising 12 easy to follow steps to developing your freestyle:

Watch Paul teaching Sam to swim freestyle - she's a complete beginner
learning from scratch.

Learning to keep your head low to breathe is a critical skill to stop your legs sinking.

Working on a good leg kick technique - a great energy saver.

See how the very best do it with brilliant footage of elite swimmers
such as Jono Van Hazel

Constructing the stroke slowly bit by bit.

Paul uses a little Swim Smooth magic to get the timing of your stroke right.

Using sculling - a key Swim Smooth drill for all levels of swimmer
- to work on that all important "feel for the water".

Reach your goal like Sam - smooth relaxed freestyle!

The Learn To Swim Program is housed within the Guru coaching system
- available for you to watch and study any time, any place.

Start Today!

The Swim Smooth Guru is our on-line coaching system which you can access from your computer, tablet or smart phone. You can follow the Learn To Swim Program with a Standard Guru license for just GB£1.99 / US$2.99 / AU$3.99 per month:

www.swimsmooth.guru/subsection/cMH/learn-to-swim/

Take on the challenge and learn to swim freestyle this summer with Swim Smooth - YOU CAN DO IT!

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Thursday, July 21, 2016

We've just released a video onto Youtube describing a new Swim Smooth visualisation to help improve your arm recovery over the surface of the water. If you have quite poor posture and feel your arms are coming more around the side than over the top when you swim then this for you!

The Press Stud Visualisation

The next time you swim, think about how your shoulder blade might be lifting away from your back as your shoulder rolls forwards. Imagine you have Press-Stud (also known as a clothes popper or snap fastener) attached on one side to your shoulder blade and on the other side to your back:

As your arm recovers over the surface of the water, visualise retracting your shoulder blade down towards your back by clipping the stud together. This will improve your posture and help the arm recover higher over the water.

Paul explains more:

A higher arm recovery means less chance of the hand catching on the surface and makes it less likely to cross the centre line in front of your head as you enter into the water. Your roll should also be improved as the improved posture helps drives your rotation through the water along the long axis of your spine.

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More elite swimmers to study in the Swim Smooth Guru:

Swim Smooth: Clean-up Your Stroke!

Tuesday, July 26, 2016

Learn To Swim Freestyle With Swim Smooth This Summer!

Thursday, July 21, 2016

The "Press-Stud" Visualisation

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