Freestyle
Breathing
Crash Course
Understand when to breathe, how to exhale, and how your breathing connects to your stroke. Then take that understanding into your next swim.
Learn at your own pace. Purchase through Tri Swim Coach.
The Freestyle Breathing Crash Course is an online swimming course from Dominic Latella and Tri Swim Coach. It covers breath timing, exhalation, breathing patterns, and practice for triathletes, lap swimmers, and runners who swim to cross-train.
A place to start when
breathing feels awkward.
You don’t need the same goals as the swimmer in the next lane. You need instruction you can bring to your own swimming.
Give your swim
some attention.
Build an understanding of breathing in the pool, with guidance on bringing those skills into open water.
Bring a focus
to your practice.
Use your regular pool time to explore breath timing, exhalation, and how they fit together in freestyle.
Get to know
a different rhythm.
If you’re adding swimming to your routine, start learning how breathing works with the movement of your stroke.
Four areas.
A clearer understanding.
Learn the concepts through video demonstrations, then explore them through drills and guided swim workouts.
Rethink common
breathing rules.Explore common advice about nose breathing and breathing every three strokes. Learn to consider your effort and the purpose behind a breathing pattern.
Connect your breath
with your rotation.Look at when you take a breath and how that timing relates to body rotation. The focus is on understanding the breath as part of the whole stroke.
Pay attention
to your exhale.Explore how and when to exhale, and how to adjust your breathing as your effort changes—from an easier swim to a harder effort.
Turn the ideas
into pool practice.Work with drills and guided workouts to apply the concepts in the water, including guidance on taking pool skills into open-water swimming.
Video instruction. Drills. Practice with a purpose.
Get the course · $24.70Watch it.
Try it.
Notice what changes.
Give yourself time to connect an explanation with what you feel in the water. You can move through the material at your own pace.
Start with one concept.
Watch a demonstration and choose something specific to pay attention to during your next swim.
Put it into practice.
Use the course drills and workouts to explore that focus in the pool.
Reflect and revisit.
Notice what felt different, what made sense, and what you want to look at again in the lesson.
Dominic Latella
Learn to understand what you’re doing in the water.
I coach through SwimBox and Tri Swim Coach. My work connects swimming technique with what a swimmer can feel, notice, and practice.
This course gives breathing its own focus. We’ll look at the ideas behind the instruction, then give you ways to work with them in your swimming.
Before you
get started.
The essentials about the lessons, the purchase, and how the course fits your swimming.
What does the Freestyle Breathing Crash Course cover?
The course covers common breathing myths, breath timing and body rotation, exhalation, and adjusting breathing to effort. Video demonstrations, drills, and guided workouts help you put the concepts into practice.
Is this course only for triathletes?
No. The breathing focus is also relevant to lap swimmers and runners who use swimming to cross-train. The course includes pool practice and guidance on applying those skills to open water.
Do I need to breathe every three strokes?
The course explores why breathing every three strokes isn’t always the right choice. It helps you consider your effort and how a breathing pattern fits your swimming.
Are there drills I can practice in the pool?
Yes. Alongside the video demonstrations, the course includes breathing drills and guided swim workouts.
Can I work through it at my own pace?
Yes. This is a self-paced online course, so you can fit the lessons and practice around your swimming schedule.
How much does it cost, and where do I enroll?
The course is a one-time purchase of $24.70 USD. The enrollment buttons take you to the Tri Swim Coach checkout, where you can purchase the course.
Does the course include a personal video review?
Personal video reviews are a separate offer. You can request a review without buying the course, subject to my capacity of up to three reviews a week. Learn about video reviews.
Give your next swim
a clearer focus.
Start exploring your breathing with video instruction, drills, and guided workouts from Tri Swim Coach.
$24.70USD
One-time purchase · Self-paced course
Start the breathing courseEnrollment and course access through Tri Swim Coach.