Intermediate
Breathing in Freestyle
Coach's take: Real drills you can go practice immediately, from a credible swimmer - excellent.
4.0
Breath control
Swimming / Popular
Exhale underwater and stay relaxed for beginners.
What coaches agree on
- Breathe in only through your mouth, and breathe out underwater through your nose, your mouth, or both.
- Stay physically loose and relaxed in the water, breathing as calmly and naturally as you do on land, since tension burns extra energy and air.
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- Build the breathing rhythm in simple stages first, such as holding the wall or standing still and blowing bubbles, before adding it into your full stroke.
Common mistakes
- Holding your breath the whole time your face is underwater and only breathing out in a rush right as you turn to inhale, which means you never get a full, comfortable breath and end up gasping.
Intermediate
How to breathe while swimming
Coach's take: The pattern-selection guidance is genuinely strategic, not just mechanical.
3.9
Intermediate
Freestyle Breath Timing - Avoid Breathlessness - Front crawl breathing stroke mechanics
Coach's take: Best breakdown here, explains the why not just the what.
3.8
Beginner
How To Breathe While Swimming: Breathing Technique For Beginners
Coach's take: Smart step-by-step drill progression - good pedagogy for nervous beginners.
3.8
Intermediate
Freestyle Breathing Timing: The Good and Bad
Coach's take: Precise, specific timing cues - exactly what a refining swimmer needs.
3.8
Intermediate
Breathe Technique - Learn to Swim
Coach's take: Clean cueing on keeping the stroke intact while you breathe.
3.6
Intermediate
Give me 7 min and I'll fix your BREATHING
Coach's take: Best explanation of 'why you're gasping' in this batch.
3.5
Advanced
Hypoxic training. Workout #8. Control your breath while swimming
Coach's take: Structured, safety-conscious, and race-relevant — this is how you actually train it.
3.5
Intermediate
How To Swim PERFECT Freestyle in 2026 (Fix These 5 Breathing Mistakes)
Coach's take: Connects breathing to the rest of the stroke better than most.
3.4
Intermediate
5 Swim Drills to Immediately Improve Your Breathing
Coach's take: Give a swimmer these five drills and they'll feel the difference by next practice.
3.4
Intermediate
5 Worst Breathing Mistakes Swimmers Make
Coach's take: Explains the 'air pocket' trick well -- useful mental model.
3.3
Advanced
Breath control. Hold your breath for longer. Hypoxic training
Coach's take: Real workout you can copy, and it doesn't skip the safety talk.
3.3
Intermediate
How to Control Your Breathing Like a Pro (Pyramid Drill Explained)
Coach's take: Short, clear, and gives you a drill you can do today.
3.2
Advanced
Master BREATH CONTROL in Minutes with These Proven Exercises
Coach's take: Tough but legit set -- explains the why, not just the what.
3.1
Intermediate
Learn To Swim - Step 4: Stroke Technique + Breathing Technique
Coach's take: Sharp, technical breathing cue that actually fixes common mistakes.
3.1
Intermediate
Quick Tips For Freestyle Breath Control!
Coach's take: Simple, correct cue that actually fixes the common 'holding CO2' problem.
3.0
Beginner
How to Breathe When You Swim
Coach's take: Good concept explanations, thin on actual practice work.
2.7
Beginner
The Way to Master Freestyle Breathing 🏊♀️ #swimming #swim
Coach's take: Right basics, just not much meat on it.
2.7
Beginner
Steps To Learn Breath Control For Treading Water
Coach's take: Simple exercises that actually build the feel beginners need.
2.4
Intermediate
Most Common Breathing Mistakes Swimmers Make
Coach's take: Decent recap, nothing new if you've seen their other breathing videos.
2.1
Beginner
How to Improve Breath Control for Swimming | 50 No Breather
Coach's take: Solid intro, but it's mostly preamble and a sponsor plug before the real teaching starts.
1.9