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Catch-up freestyle

Freestyle where one hand waits in front until the other arrives. It slows the stroke down so you can feel a long body line and a clean catch.

Dose
6 × 25 m
Rest
20 s

How to do it

  1. Push off in streamline and start a steady flutter kick with both arms extended in front.
  2. Pull with one arm while the other stays forward; recover it and touch the waiting hand.
  3. Only then start the pull with the other arm. Breathe to the side of the pulling arm.

Tips

  • Keep the front arm long and just below the surface, not pressing down.
  • Rotate the hips with each pull; the kick never stops.

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