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Your #1 front crawl advice?

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badger2005 · 07/08/2024 16:48

I'm about to go to the pool and do a few lengths.
But I've recently realised the power of learning stuff rather than just bashing away.
Has anyone got just one piece of advice - like what is the mistake that everyone makes when they do front crawl?

OP posts:
lazzapazza · 08/08/2024 00:21

Turn around before you swim into the wall at the end.

MagpiePi · 10/08/2024 20:29

Ourdearoldqueen · 08/08/2024 00:02

My local pool does an adult “stroke clinic” which is basically a half hour lesson for people who can swim but want some tweaks. It was transformative for me, and ironed out some bad habits I’d picked up and for the very first time I was able to do butterfly! Properly!
it was a 6 week set of lessons and it was great to see how much we all improved in such a short time, just because we had a fresh pair of eyes on what we were doing.

I looked for ages to find this kind of thing to improve my breaststroke but could only find either adult learn to swim courses or a course at a hotel pool that was about £60 a session, and I think even that was basically another adult learn to swim. I even considered joining the local triathlon club but they are all about freestyle.

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