‘Body Position’ is not a static concept. It’s dynamic and swimmers...
Andrew Sheaff@AndrewKSheaff
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Feb 18, 2026
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‘Body Position’ is not a static concept. It’s dynamic and swimmers need to be able to manage their body position during every aspect of the stroke.
Pressing the ‘T’ is a common suggestion in freestyle for effective body position, and while it’s not wrong, it’s incomplete.
Pressing the ‘T’ is a common suggestion in freestyle for effective body position, and while it’s not wrong, it’s incomplete.
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Swimmers have to learn to actively control their position while the arms and legs are moving rapidly.
Here’s a simple, introductory option for helping swimmers learn this skill.
From a floating position, have them move their arms up and down like performing a jumping jack.
Here’s a simple, introductory option for helping swimmers learn this skill.
From a floating position, have them move their arms up and down like performing a jumping jack.
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This forces them to use their lungs to control their position in the water, and they have to continue to do so as the limbs are moving.
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For swimmers that are just learning to control their position, or swimmers who never learned how to do so effectively in the first place, this is a useful option.
Body position is a dynamic skill, and swimmers must be able to maintain effective position at high speed.
Body position is a dynamic skill, and swimmers must be able to maintain effective position at high speed.
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Helping them feel the skill can help them build it into their stroke.