Swimming Techniques
Breaststroke swimming
Go to the pool at any gym or health club and you’ll find a huge percentage of the swimmers using breaststroke as their preferred stroke. It’s the gentlest form of swimming and yet is a great way of losing weight. If you get your technique right this is an excellent way to get fit and stay fit.
Read more…Front crawl swimming technique
Along with breaststroke, front crawl (or freestyle) is the most popular stroke in the swimming pool. It is the swim stroke that most of us want to get right but, because of the breathing issues that many of us face, it can end up being much more difficult to learn than it should be.
Read more…Backstroke swimming technique
Being confident on your back when swimming is an important part of developing your prowess in the water. With good support from a swimming instructor, and an understanding of some basic principles, this could be much easier than you first thought. Most people are more comfortable on their front than on their back when swimming but it doesn’t have to be this way.
Read more…The butterfly stroke technique
The butterfly stroke is perhaps the most challenging swimming style of all, requiring co-ordination and stamina to move the arms and legs together in what can seem an unnatural way, but mastering the stroke is a great achievement and well worth aiming for to improve your swimming fitness and efficiency.
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