How to Swim the Front Crawl

The front crawl or forward crawl is a swimming stroke usually regarded as the fastest of the four front primary strokes.  As such, the front crawl stroke is nearly universally used during a freestyle swimming competition, hence freestyle is used interchangeably with...

How to Swim the Sidestroke

The sidestroke is named because the swimmer lies on one's side with asymmetric arm and leg motion and it is helpful as a lifesaving technique and is often used for long-distance swimming.  The sidestroke allows the swimmer increased endurance because, instead of...