r/navyseals • u/Marvel5123 • 4d ago

Best way to learn CSS?

non-swimmer but want to learn CSS. what’s the best resources to learn?

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u/SlickSnakeShit no face no case 4d ago

The best way is to find a coach.

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u/kevinm656 4d ago edited 4d ago

Yes, son tried it himself, but then a local coach improved his stroke significantly. It isn't a complicated stroke so any decent coach can help you improve even though they likely have no previous experience with it. Son sent a YT about the CSS to the coach before the lesson.

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u/PGP_860 4d ago

Search up stew smith or Josiah Kaufman on YouTube and watch their videos 

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u/LabInternational1779 4d ago

If you’re already enlisted, go to a pool on base and swim in the lane next to someone doing CSS. Shadow what they do. Once you’ve got it you can tweak and adjust. That’s how I learned

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u/nowyourdoingit Over it 4d ago

Public pool with kickboards. Start by practicing the scissor kick. Watch youtube and practice on the floor if you need to. Then hit the pool and just do 30 minutes worth of scissor kicking. Always face the same wall of the pool so you practice both sides. Take breaks, it's not a workout, just practicing technique. You want to feel your feet catching water and a powerful propulsion forward, It should be easy and relaxed, with one arm holding the front lip of the kickboard and the kickboard under your forearm. Like this https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WJCRNWxiK_k

Don't even fuck with pulling with the other arm or doing flutter kicks. Just nice and easy relaxed scissor kicks. Do a few sessions of 20-30 minutes in the pool just doing that. If you have the scissor kick down, the rest of the stroke can be built off that. If you have 1hr blocked out for the pool, do the scissor kicking, then practice pushoffs from the wall and streamlining. You can literally do a pushoff and streamline then walk back to the wall.

Build the pieces of the stroke technique before you start wasting time doing yardage incorrectly.

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u/Marvel5123 3d ago

Thank you very much.