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Swimming: Stroke Development Backstroke

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Kicking Action
Steady alternating kick in line with the body
ensuring whole leg movement and knees kept
under the water surface. Feet and toes making
a small amount of splash.

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Stroke Development Backstroke:

Breathing
Breath is taken regularly as and when required
and at least once during every arm cycle.

Stroke Development Backstroke

Stroke Development Backstroke:

Timing
Coordination of kicking and pulling into a
continuous movement.

Stroke Development Backstroke

Frontcrawl - Top Tips:

To improve your Frontcrawl, try sliding your hands up the side of your body while you are swimming. This will ensure that your elbows stay high and your hands stay close to the water surface.

Frontcrawl - Top Tips

Frontcrawl - Drills:

Frontcrawl Streamline Drill. Push off the wall
underwater with hands overlapping and the
body stretched out. Kick underwater for a few
seconds or to a maximum of five, ten or fifteen
metres whichever is more comfortable. Walk
back to the wall and repeat as necessary or
swim easy for the remainder of the length.

Frontcrawl - Drills

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