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How to Swim Better Freestyle with Nathan Adrian

On a daily basis I get emails from some of the lovely YSB newsletter subscribers about technique. How to do a better backstroke start. How to improve turn velocity. Or even how to not have your stroke fall apart on the last length of a 200m butterfly.

In this 4-part video series of Nathan Adrian’s freestyle stroke and technique produced by Speedo we get some pretty cool views of his stroke, as well as some pointers for improved freestyle technique.

See Also:

  • 7 Drills for a Faster Freestyle
  • 3 Sprint Freestyle Sets with World Champion Nick Brunelli
  • So That Caeleb Dressel Guy Is Kinda Fast

One thing I feel should be pointed out, however, is that we don’t see his fast stroke, or his race-speed stroke, which is far less “catch-up” and more “kayak.”

Nearly all sprinters swim with a shoulder-driven freestyle which is characterized by a windmill type of stroke where both arms are in direct opposite position of each other in order to maintain velocity.

Nevertheless, we get a great glimpse at how high his elbow recovery is, the nearly vertical angle his ankles take when he is kicking for propulsion, and also how he maintains a flat body position and head facing down to minimize drag.

Video 1: Hand entry, and high elbow catch.

Video 2: Freestyle Kick

Video 3: Breathing

Video 4: Body Position

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Olivier Poirier-Leroy is a former national level swimmer and the author of the books YourSwimBook and Conquer the Pool. He writes all things high-performance swimming, and his articles were read over 3 million times last year. His work has appeared on USA Swimming, SwimSwam, STACK, NBC Universal, and more. He's also kinda tall and can be found on Twitter.

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