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Kicking Action
A simultaneous kick starting at your hips with the hips lifting and lowering with full undulation and movement down through the legs with knees bending and straightening and the feet and toes pointed.

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Stroke Development Butterfly

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On the last stroke reach for the wall with both hands. Touch the wall with both hands and lift the knees towards the chest and place both feet on the wall. One arm then moves forward underwater, the trailing arm is taken over the water surface and the hand cuts into the water to meet up with the leading arm. As you push off the wall underwater, stretch down the pool with hands and feet held together to develop good streamlining underwater before you resume full stroke.

Stroke Development Butterfly
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Stroke Development Butterfly

Elite Body Position
Butterfly is the most modern of all the four competitive strokes and has similarities to breaststroke with the undulation and dolphin type action that occurs. Undulation will occur when the head and upper body rises and falls in relation to the kick, pull and breathing pattern. Develop a good streamline position by placing your face in the water before the hands enter at the front of the stroke. The hips are swept up to the water surface as the head and face drop onto the water surface, at which point the arms are swept forwards over the top of the water. Develop rhythm and timing rather than just strength and power.

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