FREESTYLE

WHAT IS FREESTYLE?
ALSO KNOWN AS FRONT CRAWL.

•ITS MEANS THAT IN AY EVENT SO DESIGNATED

THE SWIMMER MAY SWIM ANY STYLE EXCEPT
THAT IN INDIVIDUAL MEDLEY.
•IT MEANS ANY STYLE OTHER THAN BACKSTROKE,
BREASTROKE OR BUTTERFLY STROKE.
 BODY POSITION IN FREESTYLE

⁍BODY SHOULD BE LEVEL WITH THE WATER LINE..

⁍HEAD, BUTT AND FEET SHOULD BE IN LINE, AT
THE SAME DEPTH.
⁍PREVENT YOUR LEGS FROM DROPPING.
⁍"PARLANCE"- KEEP YOUR BUTT LEVEL WITH YOUR
HEAD
WHAT CAN YOU DO PREVENT YOUR HIPS FROM DROPPING?

• HEAD POSITION
-FLOAT FACE DOWN AND PICK YOUR HEAD
UP TO BREATHE.
-KEEP YOUR EAR ON YOUR SHOULDER.
 2. PUSHING YOUR CHEST
DONE.
3. KEEP YOUR BODY LONG.
4. KICK
HOW TO BREATH IN FREESTYLE SWIMMING?

"HOLD THEIR BREATH AND TRY TO BLOW IT ALL

OUT WEN THEIR HEADS HAS SURFACED."-
PATTERSON

BILATERAL BREATHING
-INHALING AND EXHALING, IN TURN, ON
BOTH YOUR RIGHT AND LEFT SIDES.
‣AS ONE SIDED BREATHING, ITS IMPORTANT
TO EXHALE FULLY WHENEVER YOUR FACE IS
IN THE WATER.
‣ROTATING YUR BODY PROPERLY HELPS YOU
BREATHE MORE EFFICIENTLY AND
EFFORTLESSLY.
 HOW TO EXECUTE FREESTYLE?

• START YOUR BODY PARALLEL TO THE

BOTTOM OF THE POOL, AND TRY TO STAY AS
HIGH AS POSSIBLE THROUGHOUT YOUR
STROKE.
 2. WITH TOES POINTED, KICK YOUR
FEET UP AND DOWN, KEEPING YOUR
LEGS STRAIGHT BUT LOOSE.
 3. ALTERNATE ROTATING YOUR ARMS IN A
WINDMILL MOTION, SO THAT WHEN ONE
ARM IS EXTENDED FORWARD, THE OTHER IS
BACK BY YOUR SIDE.
4. AS YOU PULL YOUR EXTENDED ARM
BACK IN THE WATER, CURVE YOUR
HAND TOWARD YOUR STOMACH, AND
THEN AIM IT OUT BY YOUR HIP AS IT
EXITS THE WATER.
 5. ON EVERY THIRD STROKE,
TAKE A BREATH BY TURNING NOT
LIFTING YOUR HEAD TO THE
SAME SIDE AS THE ARM THAT
COMING UP OUT OF THE WATER.
 THINGS TO CONSIDER IN FREESTYLE
TECHNIQUE
• BREATHING: CHOOSE THE SIDE YOU ARE MOST
COMFORTABLE WITH AND TURN YOUR HEAD
SIDEWAYS FOR A QUICK BREATH.
• BODY POSITION : KEEP YOUR BODY FLAT AND IN
LINE WITH THE WATERS SURFACE.
• ARM MOVEMENT; PULL WITH YOUR PALMS
FACING DOWN AND IN LINE WITH YOUR BODY.