Rather than trying to stay atop the water, become balanced by pushing into the water with your chest until you feel the water pushing you back out. You can learn this by practicing Lessons 1 and 2 in the Total Immersion Fishlike Freestyle Video or the Total Immersion Swiminar Workbook. 2.Learn to rhythmically rotate a balanced core-body. One of the easiest ways to understand the differences between fishlike and human swimming is to visit an aquarium with wall-sized underwater windows. Having no arms and legs, fish propel themselves solely by undulating or oscillating the entire body.
Human swimmers become much more efficient and powerful when they learn to do the same.
After you position your body in a long, clean, horizontal line that will slip easily through the water, learn to rotate that line rhythmically for propulsion. Your instincts tell you to churn your arms and legs faster to go faster. But if you move the core body faster and let that motion drive your arms and legs, you'll generate effortless power through the kinetic chain. Lessons 1 and 2 in the Total Immersion drill series will also teach you to do this. 3.Link the propelling actions of the arms and legs to the core-body rotation.