Key Skills by Distance

Key skills to swim 25m with ease

・ Try to relax with a balanced and streamlined body.

・ Lean forward to stabilize your posture and motions.

・ Learn the breathing skill by turning your face up to breathe easily.

・ Practice the skill in 2 ways to create propulsion by switching.

・ Enhance your skill to breathe more easily in Freestyle.

・ Coordinate your leg and arm movements with the 2-Beat Kick to create efficient propulsion.

・ Paying attention to your arm above the surface can also improve your motion under the water.

・ Learn open turn skills in order to be able to swim long distances.

・ For swimming 1000m, practice the drills to increase propulsion.

・ Learn flip turn skills to swim long distances while maintaining rhythm.

・ Practice whole stroke in several ways to acquire more resilience and endurance to be able to swim 1000m comfortably.

These are common approaches for all distances:

1. After you learn the best form with drills, swim 25m while maintaining form.

2. While maintaining form, swim comfortably by relaxing your body.

3. Increase distance efficiently by relaxing and maintaining good form.

4. If you have difficulty when you increase distance, go back to the drills and improve specific skills.