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Answer:
Step 1: Body Position
Keep your body flat, lie facing down in the water with your body kept in line with the water surface.
Step 2: Arm Movement
Your arm movement can be broken down to the simplest form consists just two actions - the Pull and Recovery.
Pull - With your palms facing down, pull in-line with your body with a slightly bent elbow all the way to the side of your upper thigh. Advanced swimmers can do a S-pull which maximizes the pulling phase.
Recovery - With your hand close to your upper thigh, lift one arm out of the water with a bent elbow. Reach forward over the water with a bent elbow and enter the water with your finger tips.
Both hands should alternate between these two movements and be moving simultaneously.
swimming freestyle arm movement
Step 3: Breathing Technique
Choosing a side to breathe will depend on being right or left handed. Whilst your hand is early in the recovery phase, turn your head sideways for a quick breath (one second). The trick is to time the roll of your head with your arm movement.
A very common mistake is to lift your head upwards instead of turning it sideways to avoid the water for breath. This is actually counter-productive as it disrupts your body positioning and causes you to dip further into the water.
Step 4: Leg Action
With ankles relaxed and flexible, point your toes behind you and kick up-and-down in a continuous motion from your thighs. Kicking from the calves is not as effective and a simple way to correct this is to make sure your legs are straightened out whilst kicking. For more details on this, refer to exercises you can do in the pool to improve your swimming.