Olympic Swimmer Caeleb Dressel Breaks Down Swimming Scenes from Movies | GQ Sports
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Multiple gold-medal-winning Olympic swimmer Caeleb Dressel breaks down swimming scenes from movies, including 'Sex Education,' 'Swimming for Gold,' 'Castaway,' 'Pride,' 'Swimming Upstream,' 'Kingsman: The Secret Service' and 'Just Go With It.'
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20 minutes of Caeleb nicely saying every scene was bad
Except for the last scene with the kid 😁
He was being kind.
@oana gabriela yep can't wait for the olympics
Oo
Oooo
Me: oh that guy swims pretty good Caeleb: absolutely horrible technique Me: absolutely horrible technique indeed
haha, I thought the same. but then again, he is a world class swimmer so the "average swimmer" is terrible😉
Some of them did have bad technique though. He was also very nice about it and didn’t really judge them too hard.
🤣🤣
yes
It was fun to watch this as a swimmer and know what he would say in advance, unlike with the other series.
You know your a swimmer when you have the goggles tan around the eyes 😂
hah I was thinking the same thing. Its a rite of passage.
Love his goggle tan 1st thing I noticed
*you're
If he wears speedsockets, it's more likely to be a sunglasses tan because the untanned area is so big.
My freshman year, there was a tradition to shave underclassmen’s hair and for a good month I had a swim cap and goggle tan 😂
BTW This guy holds 10 world records...
BEAST
Only if you're counting the textile records, scm, and scy. Strictly lcm including super suited records dressel only has 1 world record. With scm he has a total of 4 records
@@Krossfyre i think hes counting his relay records
@@billybob6604 jesus christ you're even here too?
@@Krossfyre A world record is a world record brah
Today I learned that "Not all finger whistlers are coaches, but all coaches are finger whistlers".
lol
I now firmly believe This is the most important question in the job interview. Question 1. Can you whistle on your fingers. Answer. Eum no i can not. I am sorry we are lookin for someone with a bit more experience.
yep
Never could finger whistle, but could do a loud whistle without them. Then, at age 65 I got braces on my teeth. Can't do that whistle any more.... I do like Caleb's break downs. Grew up watching Johnny Weissmuller as Tarzan, and have been into swimming and diving off of anything... Don't dive much any more...
Which is actually wrong: I swim masters, and my coaches (there are several) always use a whistle.
First we’ve had “two people can fit on that door” now we have “I feel like he could’ve saved Wilson”
😂
Daggers to the heart
Next it's gonna be "third hokage could have been saved"
@@s.siddharthan4366 Titanic, where there is a decision to save only a certain number of people based on the size of the floating wood, and many viewers criticize the wisdom of that decision
im crying it actually has the exact same energy
"I feel like he could've saved Wilson" Don't tell me that, man 😢
I literally choked on my coffee, I can't handle that this early!
I think that the lack of energy and strength was his major problem, so I don't think he could have.
@@danielachavezr.2214 Thats what i was thinking. He was half starved dehydrated and super weak. I dont think he would of been able to get him
Take what he said with a huge grain of salt. "That half-starved, very dehydrated, untrained plane crash survivor definitely wasn't trying hard enough," said the WELL FED, WELL TRAINED OLYMPIC SWIMMER. 😒 yeah OK bruh.
We’ve been lied to our whole lives
As a fellow swimmer, the goggle mark on his face is super relatable and makes me feel happy
I kept noticing his goggle tan
@@tylerkochman1007 it's an inevitable hardship, along with the burned off eyebrows
As a fellow English swimmer, the goggle mark on his face is not relatable at all and makes me feel sad
Also the whistle part is 100 %true.
@@harrylawrence4405 as a fellow bri'ish swimmer, I highly disagree with you
Glad to see him emphasize that "liking swimming" is an important part of learning to swim. Too many teachers and parents jump to brutality and make kids hate the water forever.
relate
As a swimming teacher, I can definitely agree
@@chiamakanze176 Yeah that's what I do and it's amazing how many teachers still have a "dunk them until they cry" approach to teaching swimming.
Trueeee the smell of the pool water makes me sick now...
@@khristyrodriguez1244 I'm so sorry to hear it. Hopefully you can find a way back in someday.
"I would have said a prayer and just gone back to bed"
This comment is underrated
literally lol
when he said that I almost spit out my food 😭😭😭😭😂😂😂😂
As a swimmer, needed this to explain to non swimmers why swimming in films sucks 😂
😭😭
Completely agree
Agreed
Only the first and the last one sucked. And several used real swimmers, which is a leg up on most specialist scenes in movies.
@@adde9506 Not a lot of it fully sucked but it was all pretty janky.
“I can’t do it because I’m not a coach” had me dead when he was talking about whistling with the fingers
I'd have loved to have Caeleb as a coach. The way he explains things so simply really works for me.
@@sirromja maybe when he learns to finger whistle
"i grew up in Florida. you look left and right there's gonna be either an alligator or a body of water" HAHAJAJASJJSS
🤣🤣🤣
I'm in Florida and absolutely relate!! 👊🏽 🤣
perfect quote!!!
Facts
I really respect and appreciate that he says his fear is drowning. People are so nonchalant around the pool, lake or ocean, but drownings happen every summer. For recreational swimming, safety is more important than anything
So true. I almost drowned in a wave pool, which are apparently really dangerous. People don't realise how quickly you can go under.
Guess there is a reason we have lifesavers at the Olympics
I like swinnming hate boats. the fear of drowing
"I feel like he could have saved Wilson, to be honest." Now that's a statement.
Same level as Jack could've survived in Titanic
Lol if he was in the same physical state as the character he couldn’t also he’s not an ocean swimmer , it was an ignorant statement
@@mookiestewart3776 it’s maybe 15 feet you can float on your back or sidestroke that the waves and current definitely make it harder but it’s not impossible
@@mookiestewart3776 he also said "if I was stranded in an Island with no food no water and my BEST FRIEND fell into the water, I would be treading".. extreme motivation would have kicked in no matter what condition you are in if your BEST FRIEND is in real trouble..
@@nadstengco2591 what if he wasn't a good swimmer? Would he still be able to give that statement? Tom hanks wasn't an olympic swimmer
There's a comedian that joked that swimming is the only popular recreational activity where you are actively trying not to die 😳😂 🌊
It’s true tho lol
Demitri Martin!
@@achaides Yes!!!
Tell that to anyone being chased down by Khalil Mack 😂
That was me this summer after not being in the pool for two years. I also forgot that we do long course in the summer, and this was at a college pool, so the whole time I’m trying not to drown or wear myself out. Embarrassing and frustrating because I can’t get the full effects of the workout. Totally different feeling when they put the bulkhead in that one time.
He just won and broke the Olympic record! What a guy
As a swimmer, I can say that Caeleb actually went easy on a lot of the scene lol.
100%
Let us have it
True
You can see his goggle outlines on his face lmao. Super cool video, hope he comes back for more
He painted those on with spray tan to impress us
@@psoteriou3884 😂😂
1k like 😉
Moral of the story: get your hips up.
“I can’t do it cause I’m not a coach” Every swimmer felt that
I didn't. All of my coaches used whistles. We had a few dad's that could do that, but not the coaches.
Ayeeee finally a swimming one 😎🏊🏼♂️🥽
YESSIR ✨💪🔥
Excited to see Caeleb at the Olympics 🙌🏼
YO RAGE YOU KNOW BOUT CALEB? MY MAN
HE WONNN
@Kmac Vlogs AAAAH NO WAYY I MISSED THE FINALS😭😭, but wow im happy for him
He's been phenomenal so far haha ❤️
This comment aged well
Caeleb literally got done with trials and said yah let’s do this
For any non swimmer interested in more of his breakdowns he has a channel it’s just his name and he breaks down some of his championship races
As a swimmer, hard pass.
@@adde9506 your loss
@@adde9506 Recreactional "swimmer" I see. lol
@@chingedlyn yh probably only swims and pays attention to swimming once every 4 years
Somebody got a popular comment huh
This man knows his stuff, has the goggle tan to prove it.
yep and dude been to olympics and won a gold medal
Those two things are not related.
yeah he has like 10 world records
He should try swimming competitively, think he'd do okay tbf
I can remember watching most of these scenes and then being annoyed at how bad the scenes were in terms of real swimming
You can only get so far with actors playing actual professionals. Those people mostly swim for fun at the beach or pool, if they swim at all. That's just movies, go with it.
IKRRRR
Actually, as a swimmer and coach, I was impressed with the swimming in several of these. They were clearly using real competitive swimmers, though not necessarily of the same caliber they were portraying. Sort of a limited pool for actors who also swam competitively in high school or college and look the part. I wish they'd do that kind of thing more often, like in the first example, that WAS terrible. And I'm a horrified that they kept that scene with the kid where the edit was clearly to cover up someone rescuing him.
Remember swimming against him in highschool , he beat everyone else in the 500mm by a couple minutes 😭 him and his sister are both beasts 🔥
I think his height is more than 500mm
Yeah 500mm the most awaited swim event at olympics.
@@Mo-zv5yc even if he is taking about 500 meters, that’s not even a race. It’s the 400 meter and 500 yards
@@evanthefish1857 obviously... I was making a joke that he said millimeters...
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As a swimmer some of these scenes annoy me so much but caeleb did a great job not being too harsh 😂
same i'm a swimmer and yes he did
This dude is so humble and down to Earth. I saw this video some months ago and I thought he was some dude who swam in the Olympic games but didn't perform outstandingly. I learned today that he is the person who holds the most world records in swimming. How can you be so good at your sport and so humble? Absolutely amazing
I’m a swimmer, and this just proves that swimming is a hard and technical sport, and is really hard to capture in the film industry because of it.
I wish they showed the part in the kingsman when he breaks the glass/ mirror, would’ve liked to have seen a experts opinion on how unrealistic punching and breaking that underwater is 😂
Or about breathing the air of the toilet pipe with a shower tube... I mean, the whole movie is surreal but I was like "that thing is breathable?"
@@marinadeburgos8666 No, not really, but more breathable than water.
I really liked the movie but that part is kinda bs 🤣 if the glass is able to hold the pressure of that much water why will it break when 1 guy literally punches it with resistance underwater🤣
@@iromosushi6291 You're complaining about an unrealistic scene in a movie where the British secret service picks a random kid off the street and trains him to be a super agent? Okay... Lol
@@NNegativeCreep lmao
Didn't expect to see Caeleb here lol
17:43 “ I would’ve said a prayer and gone back to bed.”😂😂😂 when you accept your fate and just go with it
this goggle tan is truly epic
His googles fit inside his eye sockets, this tan line is far too large. That is a sunglasses tan.
@@davidnicholson6680 nah a goggle tan is Larger than the goggle, this is a goggle tan
Who else didn’t know who he was when they first watched this and then watched him during the Olympics and thought “oh, so he actually did know what he was talking about🧍🏻♀️”
He’s a beast, he’s essentially Michael Phelp’s successor, super proud of this guy
Wait, you actually think they just bring nobodies to break down the movie scenes
Caeleb comes across so kind, humble, and hes a crazy good looking guy too. Watta guy.
But the tattoos………: screw up everything
@@AM93000 I think the tattoos are hot.
Finally! So glad someone brought up how visibility underwater without goggles is very low. Obviously, these are movies, but I always wondered how people in movies were supposed to be able to have 20/20 vision while underwater w/ no goggles.
Bruh wtf Caeleb gets to do one of these videos 😂😂 what a beast
Had never heard of him when this video came out, now after seeing him in the Olympics, this man is a monster.
Caeleb: "I hate when people watch my practises." 2:17 Me who watched him practice a few time in college: ...uh
Go Gators
If it helps I would've done the same Justin
Caeleb holds 10 world records and is super humble not to mention smoking hot. Such a well-rounded wholesome guy. Go Team USA!
And this dude has won Gold in the Tokyo Olympics, what a guy
he won 5 golds in tokyo and 2 in rio
The finger whistle or the ultimate "finger free" whistle are a MUST for all coaches!
My dad could do the finger free whistle and you knew you screwed up if he whistled for your attention VS calling your name lol Those whistles are the audio version of The Look.
Watching this after Caeleb set a new WR in the olympic games. Well done! What a performance!
He's so chill and lowkey hilarious
As someone who sucks at swimming, this was really insightful and entertaining!
I'm here after he clinched the gold in tokyo for the 100m free
And then he cried. I cried to ngl
@@imybird here after 5 gold medals, what a legend
It's interesting that he mentioned college, because I was in the swimming team with him in college. Do you know when some athletes say that they knew they had the potential to make it because even though they were competing against people in their category, they stood out? That's the realization I had while observing the rest of the guys I swam against. This dude here was absolute INSANITY. I used to swim because I liked it, but didn't have the drive nor the objective to make it further, but he wouldn't let anyone get to him. Even when we used to train indoors to practice our timing, we weren't really a challenge for him.
I would give anything to swim with this guy.
"Say a prayer and just go back to bed" me too man
Saaame, I don't know how to swim so im already screwed
Here we all were debating whether Rose could have scooched over a bit on that door, when all along we should have asked the real question '"could we have saved WILSON?!"
I met Caleb when I was 9 at the Olympic trials in Knoxville and he was the most down to earth guy.
Omggg no wayy. You're soo lucky😭
Him: That's gonna take like maybe three seconds to go and then you can just chuck the ball back to the life raft and we're good Me, a person who can't swim: I see
Caeleb: He was the only one at practice and that’s never gonna happen. Michael Andrew:
But Michael Andrew is always super stoked to go to practice
Calleb Dressel just represents every swimmer watching at this scenes!!! Thanks ;)
Don’t feel bad, Caeleb. I always thought he could’ve easily saved Wilson and gotten back to the raft just fine as well.
As a triathlete that was a competitive swimmer, yes, open water swimming is sooooo different than pool swimming. This year I’ve only trained in open water for races, as pool swimming doesn’t translate as well. So much better if I can simply train in open water.
3:20 Coaches aren’t allowed do whistles because whistles are an essential form of communication for lifeguards 1 whistle: get the attention of a swimmer 2 whistles: “I’m going in, nothing major” 3 whistles: “EVERYBODY STOP someone’s about to die”
Yeah although my high school coach used a whistle but only on certain sets and we also didn’t have lifeguards so maybe that’s why
the pool i worked at did things very similar, except the “someone’s gonna die” was one excessively loud/long blast instead of 3
Caeleb clearly had fun doing this, and he provided a lot of valuable information. You all should definitely have him back to do more critiques!
Yurrr swimmer gang stand up
Yessir 😎
yes sir
The dive in Pride is actually pretty accurate to how they dove in the 70s, which is the setting of the movie. The flip turn looks pretty awful, even for the 70s. I was hoping they would include the Angels and Demons clip with Tom Hanks swimming again. Tom Hanks did pretty well swimming in that movie.
Finally, the episode I’ve been waiting for!
Here for when this video blows up after he wins 3 gold medals Edit:3 individual medals is what I meant
*6-7
*7
more than 3 bro
5 gold medals - 100 fly, 100 free, 50 free, 4×100 free relay, 4×100 medley relay
same
this was super entertaining, hope you do more of these videos with Olympians!!
It’s nice to have another swimmer talk about these scenes😊
This guy is an absolute beast, im just trying to make state and this guy sets world records
I love how politely he’s saying that their doing it wrong, love it
As a swimmer, I totally enjoyed this video cause mostly every movie I watch has bad swimming scenes and always tell that to other people I watch the movie with. Its nice to see caeleb agree
I’ve yet to see a good depiction of swimming in a movie
Same. People always get mad when I point out these flaws, but I can't help it.
Nadia, Butterfly. But the main characters were played by elite swimmers.
i literally wouldn't be that hard to get a good swimmer to do a swimming scene for a few bucks lol
Swimming Upstream and Victor were pretty good. Although it helps that they're set in the 60's and 80's respectively so the technique didn't have to be great. I wanna be a director and make more decent swimming movies because there just aren't enough.
As a CNA I've never seen CPR done right on any tv show or movie
WHY was the beginning of Crawl not on this list?! It LITERALLY took place at Caeleb’s university, and even though the girl was too slow for such a good team, she was still on it?
For real!
Can't wait to see this man dominate at Tokyo!
yep 5 gold
I’ve been watching Caeleb for a while now. But I think this is the first time I’ve heard him talk. I am in love with his personality 🥰
This guy just won golds at the olympics.
Yep .. lol 5 Gold
Exactly what was needed this day
I learned to swim during covid and I’ve been booking the pool at my uni, so now I’m binge watching swim videos for tips 😭
Caeleb Dressel is a class act real nice guy. Works super hard and deserves all good things coming his way!
This guy suddenly has a lot more credibility in my eyes...
I really like this guy, he’s super chill and cool 👍 I also laughed so much at his ‘coaches have to know how to whistle’ 😂 super funny
Can't believe they didn't have him react to anime swimming, that should be a video on its own
Super articulate and super fast! This guy is great!
Finally some love for Pride!! One of my favorite movies period.
As someone who used to swim in grade school and high school (unfortunately not in college), I feel like I still definitely learned some new things that my coaches might not have taught us or used with us. Really interesting watch for me! 🤗
Lifelong competitive swimmer, now triathlete. My tri teammates are always asking me for tips, and no video better exemplifies or explains smooth freestyle technique. So well done, THANK YOU! Also, the shirt is showing a swimmer face-on, swim cap and fingers.
Didn't expect to see Caeleb! Great to see.
Anyone else watching this and seeing a million and one things our coaches yell at us for doing?
Honestly
Dressel is a beast and the future of us swimming
he's the now.
I’ve watched this a few time now. The guy is a legend. Love everything about him.
Representing Clay County, FL! Let’s go Caeleb!!!!
I know, he knows that like half of these scenes don't actually mean "swimming" to him.
“I would have said a prayer and gone back to bed” lol
can we please have more of caeleb dressel 🥺🥺 because this video gave me a tremendous amount of serotonin
Florida man trashes unrealistic movies while being one of the most inhuman athletes of this generation
Inhuman feels like the wrong expression.
Really enjoyed this! And dang those goggle-tans!
Asking the important questions right here: Does anyone know what jacket he is wearing?
Found it! No Bull Men's Twill Zip-Up Jacket
@@bexh2427 Thanks a lot!
Well this video taught me I have exactly 0 knowledge of how to actually swim well 🙃👍🏽😂 But real talk, Caleb Dressel is an incredible athlete whom I have thoroughly enjoyed watching in the Olympics! His 3 gold medals are beyond well deserved - keep killing it! 💯🇺🇸🏊♂️
Caeleb: "I feel like he could've saved Wilson" Producer: "We want to add drama to sell the movie"!
For the scene in castaway, you have to remember that he was physically and mentally drained for so long so as close as Wilson appeared, to tom hanks he probably looked miles away and didn’t want to drown or lose his raft.
and he wasn't a great swimmer too.
Great!! You guys should bring him back for more!!
I'm a former competitive swimmer. I have never seen good swimming technique in any movie. If you're a competitive swimmer, you can spot bad technique instantly. Most people have no idea what actual good swimming looks like so the films just don't worry about it. But it matters, dammit! 😂 Also, Caeleb Dressel is hardly just "an Olympic swimmer". He's probably been the best swimmer in the world for the past 5-10 years. He is INCREDIBLE.
He is straight up adorable