Unfortunately, a site I really respect, Swim Smooth, recommends avoiding glide, though I do think that a good 80% of the swimmers I see could do with extending the reach of and calming down their front crawl stroke at least some. Bottom line — not too much glide and avoid dead spots.

Swimming is awesome. It seems so simple, but there’s always so much to learn.  (disclosure: I’m surely an overglider)

Also see, rotate your elbow, not your hand.

Improve your front crawl

And spend more time and attention on ‘the point’. </rant>

Cut out some fluff

Cheat sheet for Crossing the Chasm by Geoffrey Moore

Understanding the Chasm