Advanced Swimming Technique: Move Beyond the Basics

There is always room for improvement in your swimming technique once you have learned the basics of the popular swimming strokes. This article gives you an overview of common mistakes in each swim stroke with links to articles to correct them.

Freestyle Stroke

Front Crawl Mistakes - Putting on the Brakes: Describes a common error intermediate freestyle stroke swimmers make during the arms' recovery that is called "Putting on the Brakes". The article also explains how to correct your swimming technique.

Front Crawl Mistakes - Overreaching: Explains why overreaching during the arm recovery in the freestyle stroke is considered bad swimming technique. Gives tips on how to correct this.

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