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Swimming skills
18 skills, beginner to advanced. 15 of them can be checked from a phone video with honest form analysis — no fake scores.
Beginner
5Body Position & Balance
In swimming, reducing drag matters as much as propulsion — and it all starts with body pos…
Analysis
Streamline
Streamline is the tight, narrow 'torpedo' shape you hold off every push-off and dive to sl…
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Flutter Kick
The flutter kick is the alternating up-and-down leg kick of freestyle and backstroke. Its …
Analysis
Freestyle Arm Pull
Your arms are the main engine of freestyle. The stroke cycles through entry, catch, pull, …
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Breathing Basics
Breathing is what trips up most new swimmers, but the fix is simple: breathe WITH your bod…
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Intermediate
5Freestyle Catch
The catch is the setup for your entire pull, and getting it right is what makes some swimm…
Body Rotation
Good freestyle isn't swum flat — you rotate along your long axis (head to toe) with each s…
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Bilateral Breathing
Bilateral breathing means breathing to both sides, typically every three strokes (alternat…
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Backstroke
Backstroke is freestyle's mirror image, swum on your back. You stay flat and streamlined f…
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Push-Off & Glide
Every wall is a chance for free speed. A strong push-off into a tight streamline lets you …
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Advanced
5Breaststroke
Breaststroke is the most timing-sensitive stroke: it lives or dies on the rhythm 'pull, br…
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Butterfly
Butterfly is the hardest stroke, demanding the most strength, coordination, and timing. It…
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Flip Turn
The freestyle flip turn is where races are won or lost — more time is gained or lost on th…
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Underwater Dolphin Kick
Sometimes called the 'fifth stroke,' the underwater dolphin kick is the fast, whip-like un…
High-Elbow Catch
This is the advanced refinement of the freestyle catch you met earlier: mastering the Earl…
Insane
3Racing Dive
The racing dive (start) sets the tone for a whole race — a full body length can be won or …
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Stroke Efficiency
Fast swimming is about efficiency, captured by 'distance per stroke' (DPS) — how far you t…
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Open-Water Sighting
In open water there are no lane lines, so you have to look up to navigate — but lifting yo…
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