Beginner
You are 4 steps away from breathing like a pro swimmer!
Coach's take: Really well structured - four skills, four drills, and it addresses the panic that trips beginners up.
3.5
Freestyle Bilateral Breathing
Swimming / Popular
Breathe to both sides with proper head rotation and timing.
What coaches agree on
- Practice breathing on both sides during training - for example by breathing every third stroke - even if you settle onto one preferred side once you race.
- Give your weaker side its own dedicated practice, such as one-arm side-kick drills or breathing only to that side for a length, so it catches up to your stronger side.
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Common mistakes
- A rough breath to the weaker or opposite side usually comes from the lead arm dropping or pulling through before it has fully reached forward, not from the head turn itself.
Intermediate
Should You Breathe on Both Sides When You Swim Freestyle?
Coach's take: Smart, balanced advice on when to breathe both sides vs one.
3.3
Intermediate
How to Breathe on Both Sides When Swimming Freestyle | Swim Technique | SWIMVICE
Coach's take: Solid, practical bilateral breathing lesson.
3.2
Intermediate
5 BREATHING Mistakes Making You SLOWER (and how to fix them!)
Coach's take: Great drill (paddle on the head) and a clear framework for breathing rhythm - very usable.
3.1
Intermediate
Can’t bilateral breathe? Sync these together
Coach's take: Smart - shows the breath-timing window with two real swimmers, then a clean drill fix.
3.1
Intermediate
How to Breathe Seamlessly in Freestyle!
Coach's take: Clear, demonstrable fix for a real breathing problem - good value.
2.9
Intermediate
How To Get Your Timing Right When Breathing In Freestyle
Coach's take: Excellent, clear breathing-timing instruction.
2.9
Intermediate
Swimming freestyle rotation drills. How to swim front crawl smoother
Coach's take: Clear drill progression with a good rationale for practicing both sides.
2.8
Beginner
5 Ways To Improve Your Breathing In Freestyle
Coach's take: Excellent, thorough, well-organized breathing teaching.
2.8
Beginner
How to Swim Without Getting Out of Breath
Coach's take: Great starting point for someone new to freestyle breathing.
2.6
Intermediate
The Breathing Fix That Dropped My Time 12 Seconds (Per 100m)
Coach's take: Good fix, well explained despite the clickbait title.
2.6
Beginner
Freestyle Breathing Technique for Beginners | Swimming
Coach's take: Excellent fault-and-fix breathing tutorial.
2.6
Intermediate
How Do I Improve My Weaker Breathing Side In Freestyle?
Coach's take: Right advice, but talk-only, no demo.
2.6
Intermediate
5 Reasons Your Arm Drops When You Breathe
Coach's take: Excellent, practical breathing coaching.
2.5
Intermediate
Episode 5 - improve my breathing timing to make swimming feel more effortless
Coach's take: Smart use of the endless pool for instant feedback - clear, demonstrated coaching.
2.5
Intermediate
Freestyle Breathing - Finding the Bow Wave | SWIMVICE with Coach Mandy
Coach's take: Clear, well-demoed breathing-pocket coaching.
2.5
Intermediate
The Easy Way To Time Your Breathing In Freestyle
Coach's take: Great pull-into-your-breath cue, well explained.
2.5
Beginner
How To Breathe To Your Opposite Side In Freestyle
Coach's take: One useful drill, then it turns into a program plug. Thin.
2.4
Beginner
4 Breathing exercises for smooth freestyle swimming. Progressions. Beginners
Coach's take: Clean progression you can actually follow.
2.4
Intermediate
I Taught This WRONG For YEARS | Freestyle Breathing
Coach's take: Honest, credible, well-observed breathing fix.
2.4
Advanced
Episode 11 - how can I stop sucking in water when I breathe in freestyle swimming
Coach's take: Useful cue but very short and assumes prior context from the series.
2.3
Intermediate
How Often Should You Breathe When You Swim Freestyle?
Coach's take: Practical breath-by-event game plan; light on bilateral technique itself.
2.3
Intermediate
Swimming - Freestyle - When should you breathe ?
Coach's take: Good point made, but light on narrated instruction.
2.2
Intermediate
Correct Breathing
Coach's take: Good real-world coaching example with a believable payoff.
2.2
Beginner
Transform your freestyle in 33 minutes
Coach's take: Outstanding all-round freestyle teaching - rich analogies, accurate, no fluff.
2.2
Advanced
The 20% rule for bilateral breathing #shorts
Coach's take: Good perspective on when to bother, but no how-to.
2.2
Intermediate
Which Breathing Pattern Is Best?
Coach's take: Reasonable -do what suits you- advice, but talky and no drills.
2.1
Beginner
Key Freestyle Breathing Tips for Beginners!
Coach's take: Clear, well-demonstrated breathing fix - the pocket cue lands.
2.0
Intermediate
Freestyle breathing timing feels off? This cue changes when the breath actually happens.
Coach's take: Tidy, useful timing cue you can feel.
2.0
Intermediate
How to Breathe in the Pocket! | Freestyle Technique for Smooth Breathing
Coach's take: Clear early-and-quick breath coaching.
1.8
Intermediate
Freestyle Breathing - How to Breathe Properly in Freestyle
Coach's take: Clear demo of the head-lift fault and fix.
1.8
Advanced
How to Breathe During a Freestyle Flip Turn!
Coach's take: Good, specific tip for turn breathing.
1.7
Beginner
How to Breathe in Freestyle for Beginners!
Coach's take: Clear, beginner-friendly breathing fundamentals.
1.7
Beginner
This is the right way to breathe in Freestyle
Coach's take: Nice cues (pillow head, corner-of-mouth breath) but short and clipped.
1.7
Intermediate
Getting the timing of your breathing correct allows your stroke to maintain good rhythm and coordina
Coach's take: Sound timing point but a thin, clipped segment.
1.7
Intermediate
Breathe Like This to Swim Smooth
Coach's take: Useful ideas buried in a gimmicky story format.
1.6
Intermediate
How To Breathe Low In Freestyle
Coach's take: Good drill and a real fix for your weaker breathing side.
1.6
Intermediate
How to Keep Water Out of Your Nose When Breathing! | Freestyle
Coach's take: Good fixes for getting water up the nose.
1.6
Intermediate
Ignore this beginner breathing advice 😤 Go straighter to go faster ↕ | Freestyle technique analysis
Coach's take: Sharp, accurate full-stroke coaching.
1.6