Freestyle

Start with the whole stroke, then work on one part at a time. Each section points to the best free resource we know for it, and more to watch is at the bottom.

The whole stroke

• Freestyle Swimming: The Complete Guide – U.S. Masters Swimming. Body position, kick, pull and breathing, with over 100 short videos, drills, sets and dryland exercises. Start here.
• Improving front crawl technique – Swim England Masters: rotation, hand entry and the catch on one page.
• Russell Mark's freestyle slide decks for USA Swimming: Part 1, the arm stroke and Part 2, the foundations (PDF).

Body position and rotation

• Freestyle Body Position and Rotation – USMS
• Freestyle body rotation: an introduction – EatSleepSwimCoach
• The impact of over-rotation on freestyle and backstroke – USA Swimming

Kick

• Freestyle Kick: Flutter Kick the Right Way – USMS
• More kick work for every stroke: Kicking and drills

Pull and catch

• Freestyle Pull: How to Swim Faster – USMS
• Freestyle recovery: swing forward, relaxed and wide – Russell Mark, USA Swimming (archived copy)
• Develop the catch with the pointed-arm drill:

Breathing and timing

• Freestyle Breathing: Swim Farther With Less Effort – USMS
• Common freestyle breathing mistakes – USMS video
• How to breathe low in freestyle – Effortless Swimming video
• The key to freestyle balance: breathing and kick – Matt Barbini, USA Swimming (archived copy)

Drills

• Learn to Swim Freestyle With This Drill Progression – USMS video, including Tarzan (head-up) freestyle.
• Ian Thorpe's freestyle drills:

More to watch

Terry Laughlin of Total Immersion on swimming better: Part 1 · Part 2 · Part 3 · Part 4 · Part 5 · Part 6

Michael Phelps, multi-angle:

Sun Yang, multi-angle:

Alexander Popov: