This is my attempt at creating the reference that I wish someone had given me when I set out to learn swimming freestyle.

After 12 years of learning, this video combines everything I find important about the pull in freestyle swimming. I'll use the words of Brett Sutton: "Place, press, push makes my swimming go woosh!"

Many thanks to Sheila Taormina, who wrote the book that changed my perception of swimming: Swim Speed Secrets. (https://www.amazon.com/dp/1937715817/)
And many thanks to Huang for translating the closed captions into simplified and traditional Chinese! Last but not least, many, many thanks to Majo and Fernando Ramos for putting in a huge amount of work and translating the narration and the labels to Spanish and providing a Spanish audio track! You're awesome!


Spanish: Nado de estilo libre (crol). Movimiento del brazo. Completo. (   • Nado de estilo libre (crol). Movimien...  )
German: Kraulschwimmen: Armbewegung. Komplett. (   • Kraulschwimmen: Armbewegung. Komplett.  )

0:00 Introduction

0:31 Overview
0:57 Extension
3:49 Catch
8:16 Power phase
11:13 Finish
12:48 Recovery
14:45 Hand entry
16:11 Timing
18:52 WrapUp