The Effortless Swimming Podcast

#415 : The Catch Timing Secret Olympians Use with Brenton Ford


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There's a timing pattern that separates fast swimmers from slow swimmers—and most people never see it.

You can watch someone swim in real time and miss it completely. But slow the video down, frame by frame, and suddenly it's obvious. Every fast swimmer has this. A lot of slower swimmers don't.

And when you fix this one timing detail, it doesn't just make you smoother—it feels like someone just switched the engine on in your stroke.

In today's episode, I'm going to break down exactly what that timing pattern is, why it matters so much, and most importantly, how you can actually feel it in the water so it shows up in your own swimming.

00:52 Waiting Too Long To Begin The Catch 02:29 Begin Catch Earlier 03:22 Back Off The Power 04:10 Early Connection 05:31 How Do We Fix It? 08:09 What To Do?

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