The WORST Swimming Advice I've Ever Heard

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This is the worst swimming advice I've ever heard! Keep watching to figure out which "tips" are totally terrible and how to fix those bad habits that you picked up from Joe Schmo swimming over in lane 8.
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@13klecan 11 месяцев назад

i laughed at S curve. And “arms faster, kick harder” was always the response I’d get from an old masters coach many years ago. So happy that my current coach is up-to-date on all new swim techniques. Now as a disabled swimmer (car accident) speed is not necessarily my goal even competing in local and national Senior games, but the more I heed coach’s feedback and concentrate on technique and correct body position, speed automatically improves. Also less pain anywhere in my body when I follow his advice.

@AF-pw5ct 11 месяцев назад

I agree with all of that except for the part about not kicking. Yes, kicking takes up a lot of energy. But it also allows you to ride higher in the water, which makes you more efficient. There's a reason why kids and college teams do a lot of kick sets. If you're a long distance swimmer, then yes, a two-beat kick is great. But if you're a sprinter, or even middle-distance, then yes, you need to kick. And train for it.

@JokerScribe 11 месяцев назад

Water is also 800x more fun than air. 😜

@11.eb0 11 месяцев назад

100%true fact

@jessicacat1206 11 месяцев назад

Quote of the day

@SenorJuan2023 11 месяцев назад

That's what she said.

@terrible1622 11 месяцев назад

No its not

@UrRandomKiwi 11 месяцев назад

@@terrible1622✨opinions✨

@kawh8719 11 месяцев назад

the 800x dense edit, thank you! haha

@eolle43 11 месяцев назад

This fits into a couple of your "bad advise" categories. Last year I overheard a local pool coach tell the swimmers "just swim faster!" This lead to a lot of them shortening their stroke (decreasing DPS) or kicking harder. causing sinking. They didn't swim faster.

@badgerwatkins 11 месяцев назад

Advice, not advise.

@Emoisforlovers 11 месяцев назад

Every youtuber is baiting the intro but this guy literally giving it away in first second of the video. Subscribed ❤

@Dragon_GamingX 10 месяцев назад

If you want to go fast you still have to move your arms fast. that’s not to say dps and stroke count isn’t important, but how fast your stroke rate is, is directly related to your swim time: swim time=stroke rate x stroke count.

@FaresKsebati 10 месяцев назад

You're not wrong! I explain this in a little more detail here: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-MvHypYV68to.html

@mauriciojr8332 3 месяца назад

Excellent video. Destroyng myths.😅

@abdo32616 11 месяцев назад

My legs were a little weak during free style. So, I had to make hard kick drills to enhance my legs and I feel the difference.

@Alysean 11 месяцев назад

You just had to sneak that last one in didn't you 😂

@MAEternal 10 месяцев назад

I think that the rate of kicking (more or less) depends on many factors such as distance, technique (of the leg work), tension in the legs' muscles, swimmer's time of practice (is he/she a beginner or not), general conditioning e.t.c sSo telling somebody "to kick less is to swim faster", not to consider what I wrote above is simply a big mistake! Especially from a swimming coach🤔🤔

@valejul 11 месяцев назад

loved the end!

@hadasitalki7247 11 месяцев назад

Thank you❣️

@Aquachico1976 11 месяцев назад

I am going to stick with the 2/4 breathing patterns, I notice when the do 3/5 breathing pattern, I feel like a swimming snake, the 2/4 pattern keeps me on the straighter pace. I enjoy all of your swimming videos, I always take time to watch them !🏊‍♂️👍🏼

@robohippy 11 месяцев назад

Kicking harder can make your feet sink lower???? I would like an explanation of that please. For sure, there are huge differences between swimming the 50 meter freestyle sprint and a 1500 meter or longer swim. One is kicking. The other is stroke rate. Most of your swim mechanics seem to be aimed at distance swimming. As for breathing, breathe when you need to. For me, that is every other stroke. I have never been able to swim freestyle breathing every third stroke for more than 100 yards. I run out of oxygen if I try. Some distance swimmers will swim in a 2, 2, 3 pattern like Ariarne Titmus. I do breathe on one side for one length, and the other for the next. Doesn't hurt to be able to breathe on either side. Not sure what the breathing pattern is for marathon type swimmers. If you start running low on oxygen, it is pretty much impossible to catch back up to that level.

@33Jenesis 11 месяцев назад

I think a lot of people either don’t know how to swim or don’t swim right. I see this in the pool checking out people from 6 to 76. I am glad this channel, TalentsNSkills, and Effortless Swimming are helping me to learn how to swim the right way. I do practice bilateral breathing every 9/7/5/3. However unilateral breathing 4/2 is easier and faster no matter which side I choose.

@adhajamil4263 11 месяцев назад

i’ve been swimming for 1 year & a half now.back then when i begin, one guy who a ironman finisher said , “ if you don’t sign up for any event, you a wasting time swimming” .what the …. 😅😅

@donatina1987 11 месяцев назад

Lol, he wanted to show off. 😂 usually these are the people who find the swimming part the hardest. Invalid point. Keep swimming.

@adhajamil4263 11 месяцев назад

@@donatina1987 ya bro.at the moment i heard it i knew this advice is bs 😅

@ASD128London 11 месяцев назад

1.30 "you'll swim faster if you don't use your legs at all" - maybe a bit of overstatement here, though I have seen distance swimmers use very little leg kick. I've often wondered how fast they could go with no leg kick (perhaps just a float). E.g. what time could Finke or Ledecky swim 1500 this way??

@Sky_h 10 месяцев назад

He said 'especially beginner swimmers' so ig it's more for them

@hudsonbakke8836 9 дней назад

While overworking your legs definitely isn't ideal, I disagree that not kicking at all is any better. This may be the case for distance freestyle, which usually has a very understated kick anyways, but for literally anything else, kicking is extremely important, and even sloppy inefficient kicking is better than no kicking at all. For flutter kick you mainly want to focus on a lot of relatively small kicks with very high tempo, kicking just below the surface of the water where you get the most resistance, and therefore power. Dolphin kick is all about full body undulation, and the kick should literally be a wave propagating through your entire body like a worm. If you try to swim butterfly, or even a 100 free or 100 back without kicking at all, I guarantee it'll be slower than if you do kick.

@damemester 11 месяцев назад

Thanks for the advice my coach actually tells us to reach instead of moving our arms fast and once you get the technique right you naturally go faster amazing video

@JubeeBijou 11 месяцев назад

does the reaching including somewhat of a glide? I've been doing this but I've not sped up. Perhaps I'm gliding too long. I just don't know.

@damemester 11 месяцев назад

@@JubeeBijou mhm he has us reach instead of trying to have us move as fast cause you are taking less strokes and doing a glide almost like you are getting propelled threw the water

@JubeeBijou 11 месяцев назад

@@damemester Makes sense to me! Now, are you a mid/distance swimmer? I am and the speedsters next lane over are sprinters. I have a hard time sprinting. Seems good distance swimmers naturally have more of a nice strong glide.

@damemester 11 месяцев назад

@@JubeeBijou actually I’m more a sprinter then long distance my 50 freestyle is a 27.19

@bramvanderpas4191 11 месяцев назад

Interesting, I actually noticed myself doing this a lot the last couple of weeks because it just feels very natural

@Heliflopters 11 месяцев назад

For some of these, it depends on what the swimmer is doing. If they already have very efficient strokes and good technique but they're moving like a snail compared to everyone else that does twice as many strokes in the same amount of time then improving the turn over rate could actually help. It is possible a swimmer is just actually moving very slowly. If they have the physical ability to breathe to both sides and simply just prefer one side over the other then that is fine. But if the reason they don't like to breathe to the other side is not simply a personal preference but is due to an imbalance in technique (for example, not rotating to the other side) then that needs to be addressed rather than just telling the swimmer it is fine.

@FaresKsebati 11 месяцев назад

Well said! There are always exceptions :)

@sq5 10 месяцев назад

Completely agree.

@luc4662 11 месяцев назад

Not convinced about the flip turn part. What transferable skill can you possibly learn, focusing on a technique that you won't be able to use in competition? Sure flip turns look cooler and are faster, but they are still irrelevant for triathletes.

@joshuaoeth538 11 месяцев назад

I agree but I also don’t. I have got some of my best times kicking harder than I ever had before. Kicking hard is a way to go faster you just have train it

@SenorJuan2023 11 месяцев назад

Looking at the ceiling during backstroke is so intuitive that I'm surprised it's even an issue.

@UrRandomKiwi 11 месяцев назад

And this is why i don’t listen to my mom when she judges my stroke 😂

@RobertOrtel 11 месяцев назад

I don't really get it ... what ist wrong with breathing every 3 strokes? I do this since the dawn of time and thats my rhythm? Doing this every 2 or 4 strokes breaks my rhythm. I am confused 🤔.

@JubeeBijou 11 месяцев назад

I've been told much of what’s in the video by my team mate speed demons - former college and high school swimmers, of which I was not. (I was serving in the Marine Corps while they were in college swimming): kick more; move your arms faster; do bi-lateral breathing; one day a week coach is really big on practcing 3,5,7 breathing ..... I can do this if I swim slowly and use paddles, but she said that won't help me; One day a week coach also told me to look forward at 45 degree angle in free style. For one, that hurts my neck. I thought I was supposed to look DOWN. ??? She said I was creating drag. Is is ok to use equiptment for drills? Otherwise, it takes me a lot longer to get through the entire practice before our time is up.

@JokerScribe 11 месяцев назад

Some lengths bi-laterally are good to practice. In fact, it is probably a good idea if you are doing open water swimming to be strengthening both sides. But that could be doing 10 lengths a session bi-latterally. Then doing 10 breathing on the left. Then 10 breathing on the right. I also don't believe in this one side is stronger, that is all down to schooling of only training the right hand as they wanted it to be uniform in the olden days. Anyone can learn to write with both sides. :) Believe in yourself JUbee. :)

@JubeeBijou 11 месяцев назад

@@JokerScribe Makes total sense to me to incorporate both in training not neglecting one or the other. Thank you! 🙂

@randawg357 11 месяцев назад

For sure get into the habit of looking straight down at the pool floor. If you notice, the top of your head is a lot less surface area creating drag than the full face. And less neck pain is definitely a bonus! I'd only ever look forward for a moment to check for the distance from another swimmer/the wall in front. Hope this helps!

@JubeeBijou 11 месяцев назад

@@randawg357 exactly! And that’s the only time I look up as well. I don’t understand why the coach told me to look up at 45 degree angle “because I was creating drag”. I had never heard that before and actually heard the opposite - to look at the pool bottom. I let her know it was bother my neck so she let off and stopped mentioning it to me. Thank you! Yes, you gave me confirmation as well.

@germanromero9341 8 месяцев назад

Este vídeo lo deberán ver TODOS los profesores de natación

@swimbearuk 10 месяцев назад

We have a coach who always wants us to breathe every 3 or 5 strokes, and will do 400s with 3,5,7 breathing. Completely pointless for me because I want to breathe every 2 and work on the loping action in my stroke. It's just so much quicker for me than breathing bilaterally.

@petermolnar5182 11 месяцев назад

Actually bilateral breathing is a default for me, i rather struggle with breathing on one side. When i breathe on every two stroke I allways lose my rythm, it is simply too fast for me (i’m a 1:40/100m swimmer)

@annbennett9200 10 месяцев назад

I feel smooth and efficient on 3 breathes. When I try to do 2, my breathing and techniques go wrong.

@spectator5144 11 месяцев назад

how many times more dense than air is water again ??

@FaresKsebati 11 месяцев назад

Not sure, you tell me? 😉

@JokerScribe 11 месяцев назад

If Miyagi from karate kid taught swimming the best advice I've heard from you was putting my arms on the deep end of the pool side and get the idea of the catch with the diamond shape. Then I got back in the water and could feel the high elbow position...so easier for people to learn that than talking about high elbow catch. Can you make an episode 'If Miyagi taught swimming!' And actually show that with the arms on the side of the pool. Best in the deep end.

@RossReedstrom 11 месяцев назад

I call "paddles + fins" going "full bicycle" in the pool. I do it occasionally, just to give my actual competitive swimming son a run for his money. I.e. if he's swimming breast, and I'm full bicycle, I can keep up for about 25 :)

@andreizelchenko934 11 месяцев назад

Eight hhhhhandred thanks👍

@alesafreire 11 месяцев назад

Dude, this 800% to 800x (times) density difference between air and water is becoming confusing. Love your videos, so how about saying that the water is 9 times denser than air? Simpler for everyone to understand! Keep it up with such the great content like this! Cheers

@open_water2411 5 месяцев назад

It’s roughly 800 times denser than air.

@alesafreire 5 месяцев назад

@@open_water2411 Just checked It and you are right - Sorry for the confusion.

@rahuljaiswal-yo2pu 11 месяцев назад

800 out of 800😊

@flyboymic7182 11 месяцев назад

This breath every 4 strokes might be better than every 3. Longer your heard in water the faster.💫

@krzysztoftankielun582 11 месяцев назад

Thanks a lot for remind us that the water is 800 times more dense than air ❤❤😂

@agostobloj 11 месяцев назад

800 times! 🌊

@donatina1987 11 месяцев назад

But my rhythm is 3 strokes

@sammishocking 11 месяцев назад

Please keep reminding us that water is 800 times more dense than air 😂

@AurelGergey 11 месяцев назад

Eeeeeeeeeeeight huuuuuuuundred!

@Bashycat 11 месяцев назад

If someone tells you that air is 800x more dense than water they probably just got mixed up

@andream9421 11 месяцев назад

Maybe not the worst but definitely something that makes you make mistakes: that you must draw a KEYHOLE with your arms when swimming butterfly...... (and not mentioning anything about EVF). What's the obsession with the keyhole??

@bc7520 9 часов назад

So.....I'm not supposed to kick hard in my 50?

@christinefournier685 11 месяцев назад

I love the montage « Water is 800 x denser than air » 😅

@pecnikc 11 месяцев назад

Not an expert but agree to all points mentioned 😅 I am faster with the pull buoy compared to the case when I use my legs (also not a pro, just like to swim/crawl and happy for small improvements) New challenge for me this year: backstroke 🫠 Top video!

@JubeeBijou 11 месяцев назад

Same! When I pull, with paddles and buoy I'm faster than the next lane up. They have tried to figure out why in order to help me speed up without paddles/pulling. I've got them, and myself, boggled as to why. I figure it's because the paddles allow me to grab more water. Same group told me to kick more/harder and speed up my stroke tempo...

@pecnikc 11 месяцев назад

@@JubeeBijou the paddles are nice to feel the grab 🤭 but I like to change inbetween: sometimes pull buoy, paddles, both, then nothing at all. My husband gives me some nice workouts, so I am not bored. People say they get bored, and I always say that you need a workout. You check your technique, you focus on one thing, and you already did 1h of swimming😅 I really want to improve my leg coordination or to kick better, like this smooth wavey motion the pros do… but yes, kicking harder makes you so tired. When I focus really hard on gliding and on my arms, I get faster. In the end, I am just happy to be able to crawl better. When I started I was at 2:45/100m and the 25m distance was a pain (breathing panic), but now 2:20/100m and 500m with no break inbetween in a 50m pool, 2000m in less than 1h. Totally happy. 😊

@JubeeBijou 11 месяцев назад

@@pecnikc And that you love it and happy practicing - that’s half the battle! 💪🏻 I practice with a team. We have coached workouts posted but only 1 day a week with a coach on deck. I’m going to do as you and focus on the arms and glide and see how that goes. The harder faster kicking wears me out in a 50m pool. I get tired and then I get sloppy, and discouraged. B

@pecnikc 11 месяцев назад

@@JubeeBijou and do you have time to go and have some extra sessions on your own? Like in a public pool? Maybe after a while you can collect some old trainings and mix up one for yourself for your extra session. My husband always gives me some leg exercises, but sometimes I am too lazy 😅 (but the leg part is never more than 200m) What I like to do at the beginnkng of my workout: Easy warm up (100m whatever I like) 100m crawl 100m paddles (focus in technique) 100m pull buoy (same) 100m both (same) Then 200-300m without props and focus I really like the small improvement I get for this short moment. Another thing that helps me: I ask him if he can watch me under water for 50m and see what I (still) do wrong, that helped a lot too. Maybe if you could ask one of your mates? I have to say that improvements in swimming took for me a long time, like 1 year, but I was very patient. The one thing that kept me very motivated was my resting heart beat: it decreased after 3 months (2x week, 1h per session) and I could never achieve this with running. Rooting for you!!!👏👏👏👏

@JubeeBijou 11 месяцев назад

@@pecnikc your warmup looks a bit like our warmup: 200m free, 200 pull and 200 kick. Our practice is 1 hour but I usually stay 20 minutes longer as long as a high school team does not reserve lanes. I usually swim until I hit 2800 or 3000. I’m working on Go the Distance in a year Challenge. I usually work on drills or do more pull working on 3/5 breathing patterns. Thank you so much for the encouragement! Best to you as well 🙂