Check out many more freestyle sprint videos here - http://gosw.im/2spLozD Make sure you have your free subscription and get a new theme each week - http://www.goswim.tv Sometimes we focus so much on length and balance, we forget to teach swimmers how to turn up the rate. Why do it: Experimentation with rate and connection can help athletes learn how to sprint better. How to do it: 1 - Start with regular, long, smooth freestyle. 2 - Now begin to shorten the amount of time the hand spends in full