Learn How to Swim without Struggle

Do you watch seasoned swimmers with envy as they glide effortlessly through the water? Are you still scarred by swimming lessons you had as a kid, where the instructor made sure to kill all the fun you could have because learning how to swim had to be boring and hard? Or did you take swimming lessons as an adult, only to find out that you could hardly swim any better after weeks, months or even years of instruction?

Our goal is to get you to enjoy swimming!

Well, it doesn't have to be this way! Learning how to swim or improving your swimming technique can be an enjoyable experience. On this web site you will learn that by practicing progressive swimming exercises with the proper mindset, you can quickly learn each swimming stroke, step by step and while having fun!

Learn How To Swim

This section of the web site features swimming exercises to either learn how to swim if you are a true beginner, or to improve your swimming technique if you already have a certain level of proficiency in one or several swim strokes.

First of all, if you are a true beginner, you can start with our basic swimming techniques to get accustomed being in the water and learn how to stay afloat. After this, you can learn each popular stroke one step at a time using progressive swimming drills. Using this approach, struggle is avoided and you can have fun while learning the following swimming strokes:

The Freestyle Stroke: This sequence of swimming drills lets you first practice the flutter kick, then floating on your chest, on your back and on your sides. Afterwards dynamic balance is practiced, which lets you float while rolling through different positions. Finally the arm movements are added.

The Breaststroke: This sequence of swimming drills lets you practice the arm stroke and leg kick individually, first on dry land and then in the water using flotation devices. Then both techniques are progressively integrated until you can swim breaststroke.

The Backstroke: This sequence of swimming drill lets you practice the flutter kick, static balance and dynamic balance. The focus however is to practice those techniques while floating on your back and on your sides. Afterwards arm movements are added up to the point where you can swim backstroke.

The Butterfly Stroke: This sequence of swimming drills first lets you practice the body undulation and dolphin kick, which are prerequisites for an efficient butterfly. Once those techniques have been mastered, adding the arm movements is straightforward and you will be quickly able to swim the butterfly.

The Sidestroke: This sequence of swimming drills lets you first practice the arm movements and scissor kick individually on dry land. Thereafter those techniques are practiced individually in the water using flotation devices. Finally you will combine both techniques and swim the full side stroke.

Learning all those techniques and swim strokes should keep you busy for some time. Once you have mastered each stroke, you can browse our advanced swimming technique articles to fine-tune your technique. Last but not least, we also cover various swimming tips about breathing technique, teaching yourself how to swim, etc.

Popular Swimming Strokes

This section of the web site gives an overview of the most popular swimming strokes in use today, then describes the swimming technique for each stroke in more detail.

Typically you'll be interested in this information once you have become proficient in a swim stroke and want to know the correct movements of each swim stroke in more detail. The following strokes are covered:

The Freestyle Stroke: Also known as front crawl, this is the fastest and most efficient of all swim strokes. Because of this it is the favorite of many fitness swimmers and triathletes.

The Breast Stroke: This is often the first of the competitive swim strokes taught to beginners. The advantage of the breast stroke is that in the beginning the head can be kept out of the water, which avoids breathing issues.

The Backstroke: This is the sole competitive swim stroke swum on the back. Slower than butterfly but faster than breast stroke, it is often prescribed by doctors to patients that suffer from back pain.

The Butterfly Stroke: This is the second fastest and most exhausting of all swim strokes. However, swimming a few lengths of butterfly is a lot of fun because its movements are unlike any other stroke. Plus when you do swim butterfly you always get a lot of attention.

Additional Swimming Resources

This section covers additional swimming information that will be of interest to improvement-minded swimmers.

Swimming Resources: Gives an overview of interesting swimming resources located on this and on other web sites.

Swimming Information for Health and Safety: Swimming is an excellent sport that can be practiced at any age. It has a lot of benefits for the mind and the body. Nevertheless, there are certain issues to be aware of so that you can avoid injury and enjoy swimming for the rest of your life! These issues are covered here.

Swimming Equipment, Gear and Accessories: So you want to take up swimming and are unsure which gear and accessories you should get? Well, have no fear! This section provides tips, tricks and reviews to help you choose your swimming equipment.

Swimming Articles: Various swimming articles about topics not covered elsewhere on the site: Fear of Water, swimming pool etiquette and rules, keeping swimming fun, etc...

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