Mastering The Freestyle Stroke Technique To Improve Your Swimming, Are You Doing It Correctly?

Anyone who likes to swim knows very well that during the action of freestyle, there are double arm stroke, double leg action and hip action, among which the water beating action of both feet, occupies an important position in freestyle, mastering the water beating action of both feet can improve your swimming speed and make your swimming level to a high level, now are you beating water action correct? Let's step into the world of water beating and learn about its benefits to our swimming.

1、the role of the water beating action in freestyle training
the water beating and the stroke action of the arms, in coordination with each other, prompt the arms to stroke forward. With this force, the body moves forward, keeping the balance of the body and reducing the resistance brought forward by the water.

2、correctly train to hit the water
we know that freestyle water beating has two kinds of action: Upward water beating when the thighs drive the calves to swing upward, relax the calves and ankles, when the thighs swing to be basically parallel with the water surface, the thighs stop moving upward, make it press the water downward, the calves and feet under the action of inertia, continue to swing upward, bend the knee joints, make its bending angle 140-160 legs downward water beating. Knee joints remain relaxed, this time the calves and feet are in the process of halfway action, with the calves and feet downward hitting the water action, so that the knees are completely straightened, so that a complete downward hitting the water successfully done.

3、how to practise the water play action
first of all, we do prone water exercise: The body prone on the water, hands holding the edge of the pool, so that the body floats horizontally on the water surface, legs straight or bent, do straighten the water training or bend the legs to hit the water training.
Secondly, we lie on our backs and let our partner help us to hold our backs, so that our knees do not leave the water and our legs alternate.

when performing this exercise, the arms should be together and straight, the head should be between the arms, the arms should be straight, the breathing should be adjusted and the feet should be in the water.
Lastly, our board-holding exercise, the body floats on the water, the arms are relaxed and supported on the board-holding, while the shoulders enter the water, the arms are straight, the strength of the hands should be moderate, not too much pressure on the board-holding, keep breathing naturally, then the legs naturally do the water-beating action.

in the process of hitting the water, we should pay attention to the fact that when crossing up and down to hit the water, the backs of the feet are naturally straight, the muscles of the legs and the joints of the ankles should be kept relaxed, and the feet are close to the surface of the water or slightly exposed, but not too much out of the water. This will cause the body to lose some of the buoyancy of the water, and the body will tend to sink, increasing the resistance of the water to the body, so that our swimming speed is hindered and the quality of swimming is not improved.