luanswan2002 (October 13, 2008 at 6:02 pm)

I always use the 2-beat kick in my races, I get a lot more propulsion by doing two hard kicks per stroke as opposed to many less powerful kicks - not many swimmer I know do this buy it helps me.

jimmyuk007 (October 6, 2008 at 9:11 pm)

no he is not overreaching abit cos he is long distance swimmer unlike other guys who were sprint swimmer so distance and sprint front crawl technique r bit different

343596 (September 30, 2008 at 5:45 am)

Yh hackett maybe overreaching a bit... Look @ vids with Van den Hoogenband, Sullivan and Schoeman.. Good techniques you can try out in the pool.. Also let some1 record yrself on tape when ur swimming. So you can see for yoursel ur weaknesses in ur stroke...

cellardoor70 (September 10, 2008 at 11:20 pm)

if ur talkig about ur recovering arm i think ur prob is that ur thiking about moving the hand while it's the shoulder and the elbow that lead the recovery. to familiarize urself with the movement, imagine that ur forearm and hand are merely spectators in the recovery. u rotate ur body to make room for the shoulder than u bring ur elbow from the back to the front in a high circle and put ur hand in the water halfway between ur head and full extension, more or less where ur other elbow is.

cactuscity (September 9, 2008 at 10:59 pm)

that was in response to dimputhegreat

cactuscity (September 9, 2008 at 10:58 pm)

Front crawl is the stroke you see in this video, freestyle is a term that encompasses all four main strokes, any are permitted, and indeed front crawl is the fastest and most efficient. In fact one time when I was young I chose to do backstroke in a 200m freestyle event out of exhaustion from previous events.

leokuan (September 1, 2008 at 11:19 am)

they're right about the entry point, at the moment your hand enters the water, your elbow is supposed to be at almost a 90 degree angle (the hand's position should just be in front of your head), then you follow through and extend your arm, slicing the water while gliding, then you "pull". It just looks like they're not bending their elbows as much because the camera's under water and their entry is so fast and smooth you can't see it.

dimputhegreat (September 1, 2008 at 6:09 am)

ya buddy after watching some videos of front crawl and proper freestyle there's slight variation, anyway i feel putting a shark behind in pool will improve the swimming speed.oooolooooooooololololo.

cobrien1977 (August 28, 2008 at 11:10 pm)

i think bishys is right. it would be like a "freestyle" race where you could either bike, walk or run, you would bike right? so overtime, people would just call biking "freestyle". technically i think he's right, but in common usuage, you are right (at least in US).

dimputhegreat (August 25, 2008 at 11:44 am)

can you clarify clearly step-by-step how front stroke is performed?and how it varies from freestyle give with a video example, if any.