Technique to swim professional the crawl style

Swimming crawl is synchronizing arms and legs. You need to find the equilibrity, just like riding a bicycle. Technique is the most important issue...

Technique of the arm movement

	Mainly speaken you have 5 fazes : Input faze, carry faze, Pull faze, Push-out faze, Pull-over faze,
	The arm in crawl need to follow the "S"-shape in movement

Balance technique and rotation in crawl

Rotation and balance of the body is very important. Your body rotate automatically to this site where you pull-over your hand. This is good! You may rotate your body 30 degree easily!

The tumble turning in crawl or freestyle flip turn

To execute the tumble, follow next steps : At the last movement, bring your arms next to your body; When you are close to the border, put your head down; Trow your body over your head and meanwhile put your arms (in straight position) up; Your feeds are now on the border of the swimming pool and push off; Turn your body and swim further.

Case study: a movie to analize my swimming style crawl

The movie is made to analyse my swimming style. In the first faze you see a view from the side. And in a second faze you see a view from the frond side.

The remarks by this movie:

• Head:
  • Bring the chin more down, to the breast but not touching the breast;
• Arm:
  • Elbow more and faster turning, the airbubbles need to stick on the elbow;
  • Elbow in faze "2" (see picture) more turning and a little bit more under the stomag;
  • Hands may go widther inside the water, on the altitude of the shoulders;
  • After faze "1" waithing a little bit longer to make the stroke length longer;
  • Hands: pushing out faze my hand perpendecular on the water;
• Legs:
  • Less depth strokes, shorter strokes with the legs;

Thanks to Christof De Belder and the KU Leuven Swimming team (Belgium) for the many years of coaching and the professional trainings.