Swimming the individual medley is not easy. you must be good at all the four strokes or at least not have a very weak stroke. But you can always tell when someone slows down in their weakest stroke, usually breaststroke. To get good at your weakest stroke requieres a lot of time and practice but there is one thing you can get better at more quickly, transitions. Transitions in the individual medley are a weakness that many people have that normally we don’t think on improving, but you can drop a couple of seconds if you get them right. Usually, and this goes for normal flip turns too, beginners slow down in the turn. In fact they slow down before the turn. I suggest you speed up before entering a transition or a flip turn. To practice this is not enough to just start from behind the flags and swim to a fast turn, you must practice this every time you swim. because one of the reasons we slow down is fatigue and during a race you will be fatigued and won’t have time to think of any of this. We unconsciously think, there is a wall so I will get a mini rest for my arms and legs while I glide and push off the wall. So to get good at speeding up in the flip turns, you need to repeat to yourself “good, there is a wall, I’ll speed up and gain some advantage on my competitors” Then use that last two strokes to get yourself close to the wall fast and use your core to bring your legs to the wall and push off as hard as you can to then do some dolphin kicks or breaststroke pullout and do a few quick effective strokes. We have talked about all these transitions, so I’ll put a playlist at the end where you can learn each transition, specially the backstroke to breaststroke, which is the most challenging. But now let’s see some racing strategies that I suggest for each type of swimmer. If you are a butterflier you need to go out in front, so push yourself a little more than your competitors. Just enough to get ahead. Put in a lot of effort in your weakest stroke, which is usually breaststroke or backstroke and give everything you have left on the freestyle part. If you are a backstroker use the easy speed of the dive to get you to a comfortable but fast butterfly. Don’t get too far behind the butterfliers. Then push yourself on the backstroke and get ahead of them. I know your weakest stroke is breaststroke so don’t let them catch you before the freestyle. If you are a breaststroker you have a secret weapon. Try to stay close to everyone on the first half of the race and then blow past them in breaststroke and they won’t have enough energy to catch you on the freestyle. If you are a freestyler, do you even swim the individual medley? I don’t think so. I’m kidding. You are probably used to going out fast on the butterfly, but I sugg ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6-zLdXhqiYo

I tried swimming with two breathing techniques and the differences were huge. With one technique I felt heavy and desperate. With the other one I felt light and calm. Breathing correctly is THE main obstacle to unlocking a smooth swim. From the outside, swimming looks simple. A beginner looks at a swimmer and thinks, I can move my arms and legs like this. When the beginner gets into the water and tries to swim, he discovers two things. When trying to raise the legs, the breathing becomes more uncomfortable and the level of discomfort increases. Instead of finding a better way to breathe, the beginner focuses more on the legs and arms. This is a big mistake. Breathing is something we don't usually think about. We mistakenly believe that it is an automatic bodily function that should not be messed around with. 00:00 - Why is it hard to swim? 00:52 - De.Nise doesn't like swimming 01:37 - What happens when we breathe? 02:30 - A-Aron teaches De.Nise to calm down in the pool. 02:55 - First step - breathing for smooth swimming 05:03 - Second step - breathing for smooth swimming 06:26 - Third step - breathing for smooth swimming Our dry-land channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCMx5IKVnc7RfNCs2TyjoLuw Swimming camps: https://skillswimming.com/swimming-camp/ If you like swimming, you will like our webpage: https://skillswimming.com/swimming/ Our favorite Amazon products: http://bit.ly/SkillsNAmazon Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/skillsntalents Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SkillsNTalents Thanks for watching! Swim fast! ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wS-S0Ynjrww