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Swim smoother and breathe easier in freestyle with shoulder rotation - Skills N' Talents

Swim smoother and breathe easier in freestyle with shoulder rotation - Skills N' Talents

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When swimming freestyle one of the main problems beginners have is the lack of rotation in the stroke. in this video We will analyze why it is important to rotate and we will post a video of drills to help you rotate correctly later on. The main benefit of rotating is to prevent shoulder injury. When you rotate, your shoulder is in a better position to recover. If you dont rotate then you will be overextending this part of your shoulder. If you do rotate, the whole arm will be more relaxed and you will have more power to use where it matters most, the pull. While your head is steady, your whole body is rotating. Except when you are breathing. When you breathe your head rotates with your body, allowing your mouth to stick out of the surface to take a breath. It is a lot easier to breathe when your body rotates. So if you are having trouble breathing in freestyle, the lack of rotation might be one reason why. Another benefit is that when you rotate, you are in a better position to pull water using bigger muscles. When you position your body like this your back and chest muscles will be ready to pull, as opposed to just using your shoulder muscles. The bigger the muscles the more powerful your pull will be and the faster you will swim. The last benefit is that youll be able to swim smoother. By rotating you will be able to glide more. The more you glide effectively the less strokes you will need to do per lap. With your core muscles you will be applying a torque force to move forward. All of this to say, I strongly suggest that you rotate when you swim freestyle. And I will show you how to practice your rotation in a future video, so make sure to subscribe
Date: 2022-07-18

Comments and reviews: 15


I would've gladly paid a hundred bucks to listen to those instructions. I am a swimmer and I am recovering from my shoulder injury lately, in order to achieve a higher reach I always tried my best to extend my shoulders to the best possible extent but I ultimately injured my self. I got it, the problem with me was that I was not rotating my self and I wasn't giving my shoulders enough time to recover. kindly, anyone seeing this video should properly focus on the rotation of the body while keeping the drag minimum.
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thanks for the video guys! do you have any tips for effectively breathing? i find myself resting on my side too much when i rotate to breathe and my arm hangs out in front for way too long, i feel, and i feel like this affects my speed and flow. is this just an endurance thing, or do you think it's technique? thanks for your videos anyway, they're very informative!
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I had difficulty with breathing when I swim until I watched your videos yesterday, tried the. breathing technique, IT WORKED! the other day I cant even finish halfway due to breathing issue however today I was able to swim back and forth! thanks very much it helped me a lot, just learned swimming self taught copying other swimmers hehehe
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Excellent video, looking forward to the continuation of this topic.
Btw, do you have any videos with tips/drills on how to keep a good and straight body position? I noticed that being a bit rotated and stretched out in both front and back really seems to improve my swimming quite a bit.

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Cool. Now, in this video I see that you have you hand/fingers above the wrist and that is putting some brakes I think. i try to have elbow above wrist, which is above fingers. I feel less drag that way. What is your take on this?
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Have not been swimming freestyle for long. Did not rotate enough for ages then one session it really came together and felt so natural cannot believe how much quicker I can go now and that feeling of gliding is awesome!
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I am learning to swim. But I am unable to bring my head out for breathing. Hence I have to take short distance practice only for as long as I can hold my breath. What am I doing wrong
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Thank you for your guidance. I can swim more easily and efficially after watching this video. This skill is very useful and very helpful to swimming beginners. Thank
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Thanks for the video! You are entering thumbs down, isn't that something to avoid, as a cause of shoulder injury? At least that's what I've learned elsewhere.
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Do you think it's normal to rotate more for the dominant side (the breathing side? I always feel the distinct difference when breathing on the opposite side.
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I have difficulty breathing from my left side. I have a feeling it has something to do with my rotation. However breathing from the right feels absolute natural
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Thanks for these great videos, can you make videos on the hand accelleration in freestyle? Few videos show this aspect in the swimming.
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Thank you so much for this video. I knew the issue was me not rotating. I was told to keep my body straight, but I couldn't breath that way
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Heyy buddy what you have there that wrapped around your waist could give me a name of it I like to put weight on my waist and swimm
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Thank You for your videos. I'd like to ask you, why don't You put your fingers together? Your hands are open! Is it corret?
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