Frontcrawl:
The front crawl, or forward crawl, is a swimming style usually regarded as the fastest of all the styles developed.
Step one The first step in the intermediate phase is improving your head position.
Now your face is in the water you can improve your swimming by getting your head in the right line.
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Try looking where you are going and at the bottom of the pool at the same time.
Think of where the headlights point on a car, and do the same with your eyes. Keep your head steady.
Roll the hips Your front crawl will look really good if you can keep your head steady and only move it when you need to breathe.
Let your body roll a little.
If you want to swim faster you need to be more streamlined.
You can do this by letting your shoulders and hips roll slightly but stay more on your front than your side.
Stretch your arm forwards at the start of the stroke and let your shoulders and hips follow.
Step two It is crucial that you keep your legs close together. To keep the body in a straight line, you will need to use the long shallow kick that was described in basic frontcrawl. Once you have got this action going try and make sure that your legs stay close to each other. If you imagine being able to feel your big toes touching each other as they kick this should help.
Now we will try to improve the power of the arms. The way you use your arms will make a real difference to the standard of your front crawl. Hopefully you have got the idea of using an alternating action and pulling under your body. Check that when you do this you are bending your elbow and pushing your hand towards your feet. Now try and make it more powerful by making your hand work better. Arm recovery After you have put your hand in the water and stretched, try moving it slightly out and the pulling it down below your shoulder and elbow. Now press your hand towards your feet with your fingers following a path down the middle of your chest and stomach. Get your hand back to the start more efficiently. This part of the arm stroke is called the recovery. Try improving it by lifting your elbow out of the water first, as if you are trying to push it up to the roof of the swimming pool. Keep you hand near the water and close to your body and move it back to the start
The front crawl, or forward crawl, is a swimming style usually regarded as the fastest of all the styles developed.
Step one The first step in the intermediate phase is improving your head position.
Now your face is in the water you can improve your swimming by getting your head in the right line.
Check out Mark Foster's masterclass!
Try looking where you are going and at the bottom of the pool at the same time.
Think of where the headlights point on a car, and do the same with your eyes. Keep your head steady.
Roll the hips Your front crawl will look really good if you can keep your head steady and only move it when you need to breathe.
Let your body roll a little.
If you want to swim faster you need to be more streamlined.
You can do this by letting your shoulders and hips roll slightly but stay more on your front than your side.
Stretch your arm forwards at the start of the stroke and let your shoulders and hips follow.
Step two It is crucial that you keep your legs close together. To keep the body in a straight line, you will need to use the long shallow kick that was described in basic frontcrawl. Once you have got this action going try and make sure that your legs stay close to each other. If you imagine being able to feel your big toes touching each other as they kick this should help.
Now we will try to improve the power of the arms. The way you use your arms will make a real difference to the standard of your front crawl. Hopefully you have got the idea of using an alternating action and pulling under your body. Check that when you do this you are bending your elbow and pushing your hand towards your feet. Now try and make it more powerful by making your hand work better. Arm recovery After you have put your hand in the water and stretched, try moving it slightly out and the pulling it down below your shoulder and elbow. Now press your hand towards your feet with your fingers following a path down the middle of your chest and stomach. Get your hand back to the start more efficiently. This part of the arm stroke is called the recovery. Try improving it by lifting your elbow out of the water first, as if you are trying to push it up to the roof of the swimming pool. Keep you hand near the water and close to your body and move it back to the start
