What is the arm movement in freestyle swimming?

Among various swimming strokes, freestyle is the simplest one. Usually, when people first learn to swim, they learn freestyle. Freestyle is not only quick to learn, but once learned, it is also the fastest swimming speed. However, freestyle also has many techniques, which require the arms and feet to use force at the same time. The following will teach you the correct arm movements for freestyle.

Freestyle arm movements:

1. Coordination of arms and breathing in freestyle swimming:

1. Hold your breath for a moment as the arm on the inhaling side enters the water and extends forward; as you stroke, exhale slowly in the water through your mouth and nose.

2. When the arm moves under the shoulder and starts to push the water, as the body turns toward the inhalation side, the head also starts to turn toward the inhalation side to accelerate exhalation.

3. When the arm is lifted out of the water at the elbow, the body rotates to the maximum extent, the face is facing the water surface, and the mouth is in the trough of the head wave generated by swimming forward. At this time, open your mouth quickly to inhale.

4. When the arms move forward in the air beyond the shoulders and are ready to enter the water, with the rotation of the torso, turn the head back to the original position so that the face enters the water and starts the next breathing cycle.

When inhaling, pay attention to the fact that your head should turn with the rotation of your body, and do not lift your head forward and upward; the movement of turning your head should not be too large or too violent, so as not to cause the body to twist and destroy the body's streamline.

2. Freestyle swimming arm and breathing coordination training method:

1. Turn your head and exhale slowly (inhale on the side where your hand is rowing, and breathe towards that side. Row your hand twice and breathe once), and then pull your hands out of the water.

2. Exhale quickly when your mouth is out of water (exhale forcefully to blow away the water around your mouth and create passive inhalation; if you want to inhale air, you must exhale first), start to turn your head towards the water as your arms move, and then put your hands into the water.

3. Restore your head, hold your breath for a while, or exhale slowly (depending on personal situation, some people are used to exhaling in water, some are not used to it. For those who are used to holding their breath, it is easier to hold their breath in water. If you exhale, breathe out through gaps between your teeth. This way you can control the speed of the gas and it is not easy to choke while drinking water).

Generally, beginners are suitable to adopt the coordination technique of rowing twice, breathing once (fixed breathing on one side, the left or right side), and kicking six times.