Front Crawl Timing and Coordination. Simple swimming tips to improve technique.

How to Swim Front Crawl: Timing

Your stroke timing is the result of your legs, arms and breathing in perfect harmony.

The timing and coordination for front crawl swimming stroke usually occurs naturally.

Arms should provide a continuous power and propulsive alternating action whilst leg kicks also remain continuous and alternating.

However, there are a few variations.

Six beat cycle: each leg kicks three down kicks per arm cycle. The cycle is normally taught to beginners and used for sprint swims.

Four beat cycle: each leg kicks down twice for each arm pull.

Two-beat cycle: each leg kicks one downbeat per arm cycle. This timing cycle is normally used by long distance swimmers, where the leg kick acts as a counter balance instead of a source of propulsion. This is not recommended for beginners.

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