**Dec. 30, 2024 - Top Viewed of 2024**

**Top-Viewed Athletes of 2024**

This week, we feature GoSwim’s most-watched athletes of 2024.  It’s a selection chosen by YOU, and we hope the videos remind you of key themes from our weekly webinars.  Thanks for joining us and supporting our work.  We wish everyone a happy holiday and great swimming in 2025!

**Monday**

**Sara McLarty: Practice Your Buoys**

Triathlon coach Sara McLarty shows fun ways to practice open-water skills in the pool.  In this video:  turning at the buoy.

<https://www.goswim.tv/lessons/317-practice-your-buoys>

0630 practicing Bowie turns

1089 there’s always one of course

1436 waiting too long to make a correction

2314 set up a temporary Bowie in a pool

This Bowie is an inflatable ball with an equipment bag on a weight belt with a weight

3636 if you don’t have a ball use a person

4246 if you don’t have a person use a marker on the bottom

5231 create an organized path

10845 side-by-side

11842 use the lead arm to hug the buoy

14828 90° turn

**Tuesday**

**Kelsi (Worrell) Dahlia:  Butterfly – Head**

One thing that stands out in Kelsi’s butterfly technique: the way she maintains a steady head/neck alignment throughout the entire stroke cycle.

<https://www.goswim.tv/lessons/2324-butterfly-head>

0549 Head slightly up and forward

0814 pressing down with the head

1085 release the chin forward into the breath

1355 slightly deeper press on non-breathing stroke

1742 very direct path of hands

2349 I slightly down chin surfing on the surface

2877 stay low on your breath

2932 soft hand entry

3671 Power position of the arms

3753 sideways release of the recovery

3829 hands landing directly in front of the shoulders

5221 show the release of the chin into breath

**Wednesday**

**Kristian Golomeev: Feet-First Scull on Your Back – Alternating Arms**

We did many Zooms on sculling this year.  As a recap, here’s sculling jedi Kristian Golomeev.

<https://www.goswim.tv/lessons/2258-feet-first-scull-on-your-back-alternating-arms>

0459 incredible balance and control

0705 Point the toes create rigid legs

0972 hands alternating the skull

1293 Palm always facing the back wall

1592 sweep in sweep out

3043 incredible balance

3299 head in line

3641 sweeping action of the arms

5008 Palms nearly always visible to the back wall

5889 rigid body fluid hands

**Thursday**

**Bruno Fratus: Freestyle – Hands**

We talked a lot this year about “feel” for the water.  Bruno Fratus shows what it’s all about.

<https://www.goswim.tv/lessons/2376-freestyle-hands>

0579 reaching full extension during breath

0632 timing of the stroke is very catch up when he swimming slowly

0771 reaching for extension

2138 integrity of line

2496 integrity of line

4653 the feeling of extreme reach

5667 Watch how long he holds the arm in extension

5940 Watch the connection with the polling arm and rotation of the body

10132 Head completely underwater

10959 Head completely underwater

11105 Watch how fast the head get its breath

**Friday**

**Denniston Driils:  Breaststroke with an Extra Kick**

In August, Staciana Stitts Winfield joined us on the Zoom to talk about her book, STOLEN DANCE.   Watch Staciana (and Dave Denniston) demonstrate one of our favorite drills for teaching breaststroke timing,

<https://www.goswim.tv/lessons/187-2-up-1-down>

0217 breaststroker’s favorite drill

0584 extra breaststroke kick in the line

0833 draw the hips forward

0990 kick into the line

1725 draw the hips forward

1937 kick into the line

2080 extra kick in the line

2313 separate the hands before breaching the surface

2425 Pierce the water through one hole drawing the hips forward

4045 wide hands before the head comes up

4155 as you go up to air draw all the hips forward

4519 go slightly deeper to accommodate the extra kick

5152 pay particular attention to the path of the hedge shoulders as they draw the hips

5364 the legs buckle into the recovery

11691 slightly deeper to accommodate the extra kick

12011 and to get a better feeling of going up to air and drawing the hips

12114 legs buckle into the recovery

12791 Head shoulders chest up as the hips come forward to set up the recovery of the kick

**Saturday**

**Steve Haufler Butterfly:  Mistakes – Improper Arm Recovery**

We were honored to have Steve join us on many Zooms this year.  Thanks, Steve, for teaching us how to teach butterfly and for giving us innovative ways to “fix” incorrect stroke technique.

<https://www.goswim.tv/lessons/154-mistakes-improper-arm-recovery>

0705 what not to do 

1123 immediate pole

1594 coming up too high

1695 diving down too deep

2194 kick too big

2510 go to land

2613 feel the relaxed wrist with weighted hands

4805 take it to the water

5328 drop the weights float forward hands-down

5408 recover the hands

10903 build the feeling of leading with the wrists

14768 Drop the weights

15557 fall forward to a prone float

20040 recover the arms with the hands in the same position

**Sunday**

**Steve Haufler Freestyle: Advanced Freestyle #1: One-Eye Breathing**

When we need to know *how* to teach a skill, we turn again and again to Steve Haufler, which is why his FREESTYLE BASICS was GoSwim’s most-watched course in 2024.  Congratulations, Steve, and thanks for being such an important part of GoSwim.

<https://www.goswim.tv/lessons/1782-advanced-freestyle-swim-lesson-1-one-eye-breathing>

0470 low single goggle breath

2284 low single goggle breath

2475 Focus on exhale

5357 getting the mouth above the surface

10275 look through the bottom eye

10758 Focus on body line and extension

12402 get the athlete comfortable

13088 work on the final position

14108 instinct is to lift the top of the head

14318 so we have to help the athlete keep the top of the head down

14985 shallow water standing

15799 Half the face in

21367 give them something to look at

23190 make sure you work on both sides

**BONUS**

**Kara Lynn Joyce: Freestyle Catch**

Kara was touched out for the #7 spot this year, but it wouldn’t be a year-end roundup without a clip of her extraordinary freestyle technique.

<https://www.goswim.tv/lessons/1173-freestyle-catch>


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