Streamline Push-Off in Swimming

38 free videos on technique, drills and tips, each tagged by level

What coaches agree on

  • Hold the streamline shape tight: arms locked straight overhead with hands stacked or thumbs locked, elbows squeezed in, and your core, legs, and feet held tight in one straight line.
  • Keep your head in a neutral, relaxed position in line with your body instead of lifting or turning to look for the wall or the surface.
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  • Push off the wall like it's the fastest moment of your swim, because it is, rather than treating it as a rest.
Swim Faster by Streamlining Effectively!
Beginner
Swim Faster by Streamlining Effectively!

Reviewer Great cues, easy to follow, actually teaches the position.

Moderator The entire video is a step-by-step breakdown of streamline form: dryland rehearsal, shoulder mobility warm-up, freestyle and backstroke push-offs, breathing off the wall. Nothing else is being taught.

3.7
The perfect swimming dive angle. Physics of swimming part 4
Advanced
The perfect swimming dive angle. Physics of swimming part 4

Reviewer Technically rich, well-reasoned breakdown of the push-off.

Moderator Squarely about the dive entry and streamline push-off — hand position, tight streamline, hip lift at entry, dolphin-kick depth after push-off. This is exactly the sub-skill.

3.7
How to do a fast flipturn in freestyle. Swimming technique
Intermediate
How to do a fast flipturn in freestyle. Swimming technique

Reviewer Good side-by-side comparisons make the technique clear.

Moderator Covers push-off angle (perpendicular to wall), foot landing width/knee bend, and streamlined head position at push-off - core streamline push-off content, same territory as item 31.

3.5
How to swim faster freestyle and backstroke. Breakouts. Swimming tips
Advanced
How to swim faster freestyle and backstroke. Breakouts. Swimming tips

Reviewer Sharp, specific breakout coaching that builds right off the push-off.

Moderator Breakouts are the direct continuation of the streamline push-off — maintaining streamline position, timing the transition to strokes, common mistakes (coming up too early/too high). Squarely connected to the sub-skill.

3.4
2 Ways to Actually Master a Swimming Flip Turn
Intermediate
2 Ways to Actually Master a Swimming Flip Turn

Reviewer Excellent, well-structured teaching with concrete drills.

Moderator Explicitly frames the streamline push-off as the payoff of a good flip turn, diagnoses common mistakes (turning the body, flailing arms) that ruin the streamline, and gives two drills to fix them.

3.3
Try THIS to Improve Your Swimming Start
Intermediate
Try THIS to Improve Your Swimming Start

Reviewer Excellent, concrete drills that directly build the streamline entry.

Moderator Directly about achieving a tight streamline off the blocks - foot setup, powering through legs, pulling with the hands into streamline, with drills specifically for locking in the streamline position on entry.

3.2
How to Start Backstroke Like a Pro!
Intermediate
How to Start Backstroke Like a Pro!

Reviewer Clear technical breakdown, decent despite being a program preview.

Moderator Directly about the streamline push-off into the first backstroke stroke - foot placement on the wall, lengthening the body line, and transitioning to the first pull without collapsing.

3.2
Swim faster, push off the wall better.
Beginner
Swim faster, push off the wall better.

Reviewer Crisp, accurate push-off cues.

Moderator Entirely push off the wall - stomach vs side, plantar flexion, tight core streamline. Squarely on topic.

3.1
Improve Your Freestyle Time with This Swim Technique | TikTok
Intermediate
Improve Your Freestyle Time with This Swim Technique | TikTok

Reviewer Good, specific fix for anyone who loses speed right off the wall.

Moderator About the push-off and staying streamlined through the breakout stroke. The racing-specific first-three-strokes detail sits right in the middle of this sub-skill.

3.0
How To Improve Your Streamlines Off The Wall! | Swimming
Beginner
How To Improve Your Streamlines Off The Wall! | Swimming

Reviewer Solid posture-extension-power breakdown for the wall push-off.

Moderator Directly answers how to improve streamlines off the wall — posture/core, extension hands-to-feet, feet turned in, then power. Bang on the sub-skill.

3.0
How Far Should You Go In Streamline Off the Wall?
Intermediate
How Far Should You Go In Streamline Off the Wall?

Reviewer Strong, drill-backed streamline coaching.

Moderator Whole video is how far to ride the streamline off the wall, with a float-distance drill. Squarely on streamline push-off.

3.0
How to Push off Properly for Swimming
Beginner
How to Push off Properly for Swimming

Reviewer Clear push-off cues, both strokes.

Moderator Push off for freestyle and backstroke - body line, full extension, neutral head. Squarely on streamline push-off.

2.9
Swimming technique Tuesday #4 - Streamline
Beginner
Swimming technique Tuesday #4 - Streamline

Reviewer Nice layered drill for tension; a little thin but the cues are right.

Moderator Squarely about the streamline push-off: tight hands locked, biceps crushing ears, core/glutes, knees and feet tight, demonstrates the glide off the wall. Exactly the sub-skill.

2.8
How to Glide Farther After a Push-Off: Streamline Technique | TikTok
Beginner
How to Glide Farther After a Push-Off: Streamline Technique | TikTok

Reviewer Starting with full extension is exactly the right first cue for a real streamline, and the step-by-step structure is promising even in the short runtime.

Moderator Directly about fixing a short, fast-fading glide off the wall with a step-by-step streamline breakdown, starting with full extension. Squarely on this exact technique.

2.7
Streamline Position for Enhanced Swimming Speed
Beginner
Streamline Position for Enhanced Swimming Speed

Moderator On the streamline - the body shape you hold off every wall push-off and dive - covering the hand lock, arms up by the ears, legs and feet together with pointed toes, then demonstrated underwater off the wall. The leg drive off the wall itself is not broken down, so this is the shape half of the skill.

Reviewer Clean cues for the whole streamline from fingertips to toes - I would have liked the push off the wall covered too.

2.6
Stop wiggling off the wall like a worm. 🪱🛑 Elite swimmers ...
Beginner
Stop wiggling off the wall like a worm. 🪱🛑 Elite swimmers ...

Moderator Squarely on the streamline push-off: a simple float drill - push off the wall in streamline with one hand over the other and the top thumb gripping the bottom hand, no kicking - holding the shape and keeping from wiggling.

Reviewer Useful float drill for holding a tight streamline - ignore the 'glide 15 metres without a kick' line, elites dolphin kick off the wall.

2.5
SWIMVICE | How to improve your flip turns! Part 2
Intermediate
SWIMVICE | How to improve your flip turns! Part 2

Reviewer Good progression-based teaching with specific cueing on the push-off itself.

Moderator This flip-turn tutorial explicitly breaks down the streamline push-off as a key component — feet landing on the wall at an angle, then pushing off into streamline. It's embedded in a broader flip-turn lesson rather than being solely about the push-off, but it's a genuine, deliberate part of the content.

2.5
How To Do a Perfect Breaststroke Pullout
Intermediate
How To Do a Perfect Breaststroke Pullout

Reviewer Clear, drill-based teaching with good streamline cues off the wall.

Moderator Whole video is the breaststroke pullout, but the very first drill is the streamline push-off off the wall in a flat level body position with a big explosive push and tight streamline. So the push-off is a core component here, covered alongside the dolphin kick and pull. Squarely on-skill for at least a third of it.

2.5
Breaststroke pullout tutorial. Swimming faster breast
Advanced
Breaststroke pullout tutorial. Swimming faster breast

Reviewer Clear pullout teaching with a useful compact-streamline cue.

Moderator Pullout tutorial that leans hard on the streamline push-off: push off the wall, get into an extremely compact streamline, keep the body tight and horizontal, pause. The horizontal hold during the pauses is exactly the push-off skill. On-skill among the full pullout sequence.

2.4
Streamline from the Wall: Fix Hand Position for Faster Push-offs
Intermediate
Streamline from the Wall: Fix Hand Position for Faster Push-offs

Reviewer Hand position is genuinely one of the more common streamline leaks, so this is a good detail to isolate, even if the caption itself stays brief.

Moderator Zeroes in on hand position specifically during the wall push-off streamline - a common, specific error point. On-topic and narrowly focused on this exact technique.

2.3
Freestyle Flip Turn Technique
Beginner
Freestyle Flip Turn Technique

Reviewer Tidy, well-sequenced turn tutorial with drills.

Moderator Whole-turn breakdown; streamline push-off is step 5 plus the vertical-jump streamline drill — covered, but it is one of six pieces, not the focus.

2.1
How To Do a Flip Turn In 5 Steps
Beginner
How To Do a Flip Turn In 5 Steps

Reviewer Solid beginner progression, if broader than just streamline.

Moderator Flip turns cover the somersault and finish with the swimmer's push-off/streamline position at the wall, so there's real overlap, but most of the five steps are about the rotation itself rather than the push-off/streamline.

2.0
Advanced Flip turns and open turns :: Fire turns!
Advanced
Advanced Flip turns and open turns :: Fire turns!

Reviewer Good specific cue on the push-off, just be ready to skip the camp advertisement at the end.

Moderator Directly on-topic: explains pointing the toes for a strong forefoot push off the wall, links that directly to getting into 'plantar flexion which is essential for a fast tight streamline.' That's a core, specific piece of push-off/streamline technique, even though the video is framed around flip turns.

2.0
Breaststroke Technique and Speed Workout #14
Intermediate
Breaststroke Technique and Speed Workout #14

Reviewer Good, specific push-off cues buried inside a longer workout - worth the watch if you skip to that section.

Moderator It's a full workout video, but streamline push-off gets explicit, concrete coaching: 10 pushes off the wall practicing breaststroke kick position, tight streamline off every wall, dolphin-kick-with-breaststroke-arms drill to feel the shoot-forward position. Not the sole topic, but genuinely covered with specific cues, not just mentioned.

2.0
Freestyle flip turn in 3 steps
Beginner
Freestyle flip turn in 3 steps

Reviewer Good clip; the push-off bit it covers is correct.

Moderator Push-off in a tight streamline is covered, but only as the final beat of the flip turn, not a dedicated streamline push-off lesson. Touches it among other things.

2.0
How to Streamline on Your Back!
Intermediate
How to Streamline on Your Back!

Reviewer Clean streamline-kick drill, well explained.

Moderator Streamline dolphin kick on the back — body alignment, hip-driven kick, controlled undulation. It is a streamline-position drill, but for fly/back kick, not the wall push-off itself.

1.9
How to Improve your Streamline! | Swim Technique | Freestyle
Intermediate
How to Improve your Streamline! | Swim Technique | Freestyle

Reviewer One sharp cue — stretch from the trunk, not the hands.

Moderator About streamlining in freestyle but the focus is feeling length from the trunk mid-stroke, not the wall push-off specifically. Overlaps the streamline idea, less the push-off.

1.9
How To Swim Without Getting Tired
Beginner
How To Swim Without Getting Tired

Reviewer Comprehensive and well-structured, with useful drills.

Moderator Broad freestyle efficiency video; streamline and push-off torpedo, dolphin kicks covered near the end among many topics.

1.4
Simple cure for fixing flip turns
Intermediate
Simple cure for fixing flip turns

Reviewer Strong, concrete corrections with real video analysis.

Moderator Mostly a flip-turn fix, but the push-off and streamline off the wall are covered as the payoff. Touches the sub-skill among other things.

1.4