To improve your breaststroke you will need to work on coordinating your pull motion and kick. Timing of each movement and your breathing technique also make a big difference. Fortunately, there are a few simple drills you can work on that will take your breaststroke from good to great! Contents Your breaststroke arm pulls. The…
When it comes to learning how to teach breaststroke kick, plenty of people struggle. With this swimming stroke, your power comes from the kick. So, emphasizing the wrong body parts can be a quick route to teaching poor technique! And, whilst this stroke is one of my favorites, I know just how hard it can…
I passionately believe that just about everyone could benefit from knowing how to tread water better. Being able to stay afloat by treading water is vital in any water survival situation, and in some cases, it’s more important than swimming ability. Treading water is all about using as little energy as possible to stay buoyant….
Which is the better way to swim: breaststroke vs butterfly? I’ll admit, at first these two strokes seem so different from one another in terms of technique, energy and speed that it hardly seems worth comparing them at all. Surely everyone is going to know which one they prefer without much difficulty? Butterfly is all…
