How To Swim Freestyle Better: To Glide Or Not To Glide
How To Swim Freestyle Better
There are one of two false assumptions here:- The instructor has made the mistake of assuming that the reason their student is still moving so slow in the water, is because they are not reaching far enough ahead in order to grab enough water to pull and push themselves along.
- The instructor is trying to introduce more rotation into the student's body before they are ready.
How do you tell if the problem with the adult swimmer is that they are taking too few or too many strokes?
It is actually quite simple.
If the student is swimming flat out and making way less progress in the water than you would expect, then their stroke is probably incomplete in some way. In this case working on arm extension both front and back (that is improve their reach, their pull and their push completing their stroke each time), will probably fix the problem.
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Now if this happens with an adult swimmer who relatively inexperienced, you can't just give them the instruction to do more stokes. They may not have the strength or stamina to do any more then what they are doing. You will have to build them up.
Basically, an adult swimmer who has this problem needs to do more in the lessons. They may need to become minor training sessions. Nothing fancy, just gets them to swim a little bit further each time. Half a lap, or even a quarter of a lap per week, depending on the student, is more than enough. It just has to be some improvement each week. You are not asking them to go to the gym or get a personal trainer.
Enjoy
Richard
Richard
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