How can i become a better swimmer?

I'm no expert; I'm not very gifted physically and thus can't swim very fast. But here are some things that hopefully might help you: 1. Streamline your body, so that you get the least amount of resistance from the water you're travelling through. 2. Try different mental visualizations to motivate yourself. As an example, I sometimes imagine I'm like a knife going through butter as I glide through the water. 3. Kick/pull harder (but not too much--see #5 and the source listed below). 4. Watch fast swimmers, try to emulate their technique. 5. Don't thrash around trying to increase the frequency of your strokes--lengthen the strokes while trying to streamline your body (as mentioned in #1). Hope this is of some use!

Do hard sets but not all sprint. You should do maybe 3 hard sets and 1 sprint set. This set we do alot: 25 easy 25 build 25 sprint 25 easy 25 build 50 sprint 25 easy 25 build 75 sprint 25 easy 25 build 100 sprint 50 easy * This all comes out to 500 yards ** The easy are not really easy, it is more of a pace *** We take a 5 second break at each end Another thing is just to do 100 drill, 100 kick, & 100 swim as a pace/hard set. Repeat this 3 or 4 times. Another helpful set is a 300 lung buster: 100 breath every 3rd. 100 breath every 5 th. 100 breath every 7th. Last is am IM set. We do: 25 fly 25 free 25 back 25 free 25 breast 25 free 25 free 25 free * You can also replace the 25's for 50's to make it extra hard.

If you want to become a better swimer you have to train hard it's not a easy sorpt i would know i've been swimming for 8 years so get over it gets train hard. P.S you supied if you think u can get better with training hard

just practice......try new strokes and HAVE FUN!!!! I love swimming...it's a great sport as well as a past-time!

1.Improve your stroke--- ask or watch other swimmers. usually if you have a perfect or near perfect stroke i can assure you you'll swim really fast even without a lot of energy. 2.do other exercise--- weight training to strenghten your upper and lower torso (esp. arms and calves. abs too if you are doing fly). Jog/ cycle to build up your stamina. And yes, stamina is very important. if you're out of breath there's no way you can swim fast. 3.Pace yourself--- count one two three breath instead of breathing whenever you feel like it. and it also helps you to swim w/o getting out of breath. 4.try to make your body as streamline as possible--- whether you are a fat or thin person, if you're doing backstroke or freestyle it helps to keep your hands and feet together. Dont spread them wide apart that'll create water resistant. Joining a swim team will usually help a lot (provided you show up for practice) but their traing regime is hard. So if you don't want to train hard just follow what i wrote above and read other people's tips. Good luck!

practice...practice...lift weights....run....resistance training...practice some more

practice, practice, practice,........., thats all i can suggest, its what i do

There is only one way to become good at anything., and that is constant practice. If you lack the motivation to do this, then there is NOTHING else you can do to upgrage your skills. There are no easy ways in acquiring skills.

practice practice practice and join the swim team