Swimming tips!!!!!!!!!!!!!!?

Question

Please give some advices or tips on backstroke and breaststoke swimming. Please answer!!!

Thanks

Answer 1

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Backstroke. Yes!

Use these to practice each part of your stroke:

Kick:
-kick on your back with your hands under the small of your back, this will lift your hips so they are not dragging and you are not trying to swim vertically in the water
-kick in streamlined position (fingers, hands and wrists over top of each other, arms pinned to the sides of your head--no superman's!) on your back
-kick on your side (make sure to practice both sides) with your bottom arm above your head and your top arm at your side; or for a more advanced drill, raise your top arm and point it at the ceiling which will make you work harder to stay afloat
-kick on your back with your hands at your sides, rolling on a count of 6 or 12 so that your shoulder comes to your chin; remember to keep your head still and make your body roll as a unit (shoulders and hips together)

**a good strong dolphin kick (like a butterfly kick) off the wall at the start of your race will add speed and distance

Arms-follow Code's advice, but one extra note is to try to make your hands enter at about 11 and 1 (on an analog clock), this should be just outside your shoulders; don't let your arms cross so that they are entering over your head or over your opposite shoulder

Source(s):

I am a backstroker and attended districts for both my highschool team and YMCA team, and am attending PA states as the backstroke leg of the 400yd medley relay (YMCA level).

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ok. will try!!

Answer 2

Breaststroke:U really need to make sure u get a good kick. make sure its not huge.ur stroke(hands) shouldn't be large but small. so u can push lots of water kickly and efficiently. go to practice a lot and have good underwater pullouts and turns!!!!!!
the last like 6 inches of ur leg is 50% of ur kick!!!!
the kick obviously is like a frog kick.
but when u do the hand motino, try to bry ur shoulders as high as possible(hunch) and that will make u faster


Backstroke: Make sure u have a quick steady kick. and ur shoulders must rotate for fastness. make sure ur hand pulls lots of water FAST!!!! practice a lot and ull get better at both strokes

Source(s):

A State breaststroker(only 5' 3" and 12)
JO's In Backstroke
Youtube Videos Of Olympian

Answer 3

With backstroke try and focus on tilting your head back as far as you can without going under. this will give you the best streamline. As you bring your arms out of the water try and keep it straight to your body and bring it out so that your thumb is pointed to the roof and then turn it so your pinky finger enters the water first. With kicking try and keep your legs straight this will make you go faster.

With breaststroke try and only do quick little arms and breathe every one stroke this will make you go faster. try and keep your head looking at the very bottom of the pool when you go under this will give you the best streamline. try and use your legs to glide and always keep them symetcical,

I know its a lot of steps to take on at once so try one thing at a time and you should get it.
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Answer 4

start swimming lessons..it will help you

Answer 5

With breast stroke try to pretend your a frog and kick like on. Skim the water with your head, dont go under and do not go to far above. you should be facing down in the water when you glid and when you pull look up take a breath and look down again facing the bottom. its good to have a perfect pull out and stream line becuase this is where you get most of your distance. Work on the wall turn and get that perfect.

For backstroke all I can say is practice staying in a straight line and count how many strokes it take you from the flags to the wall. Then flip.

Answer 6

um sure lets see...

breast: make sure ur knees/thighs r straight instead of going down deeper into the water... don't pause on breath... keep ur knees close together when kicking... quick reach

back: make sure ur legs r doing a resonable amount of work too, not just ur arms... umm... pull as much water as u can in one stroke.