Backstroke
Swimming Technique
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Backstroke Technique made EASY!
The best and most essential swimming exercises for improving your basic swimming stroke are contained in our concise and easy to follow PDF documents.Click here to download simple back stroke swimming exercises.
The majority of the power when swimming backstroke is produced by the alternating arm technique and its horizontal streamlined body position gives it its efficiency. Therefore this is the preferred stroke in competitive races swum on the back.
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The nature of floating on the back, face up (supine) can be a calming and relaxing feeling. Also the face is clear of the water, allowing easy breathing and little water splashes onto the face. On the other hand it can be counter productive at first, as it can give a feeling of disorientation and unease, as the person is facing upwards and therefore unaware of their surroundings. The supine body position is flat and horizontal, with ears slightly below the water surface.
The legs kick in an alternating action, continuously up and down to help balance the action of the arms. This stroke has two different arm actions: the bent arm pull which is the most efficient, and the straight arm pull, which is the easiest to learn. Therefore the straight arm pull is best for beginners.
Breathing should be in time with recovery of each arm, breathing in with one arm recovery and out with the other. Ideally there should be 6 leg kicks to one arm cycle. This stroke timing may vary according to the swimmer’s level of coordination.
Learn or Improve Backstroke with these Swimming Exercises
Swimming exercises that isolate essential key areas of basic stroke technique and highlight your bad habits. Once you've worked though each element of the stroke and practiced the exercises a few times, you will slowly eliminate your bad habits. Each exercise is designed to be an easy fix for common errors in basic swimming techniques.
Each PDF document contains all the technique elements and key focus points that are relevant to that particular exercise, making it clear, concise and easy to follow.
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| Static Holding a Float | $0.99 |  |
| Push and Glide Holding a Float | $0.99 | |
| Push and Glide without a Float | $0.99 | |
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| Sitting on the Poolside | $0.99 | |
| Kicking Holding Floats Under Each Arm | $0.99 | |
| Holding a Float on the Chest | $0.99 | |
| Holding a Float Behind the Head | $0.99 | |
| Holding a Float with Arms Extended | $0.99 | |
| Float Held Over the Knees | $0.99 | |
| Kicking with Hands Sculling | $0.99 | |
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| Standing on the Poolside | $0.99 | |
| Single Arm Pull with Float on Chest | $0.99 | |
| Single Arm Pull the Using Lane Rope | $0.99 | |
| Single Arm Pull without a Float | $0.99 | |
| Arm Action with a Pullbuoy | $0.99 | |
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| Full Stroke with Breathing | $0.99 | |
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| Push and Glide Adding Stroke Cycles | $0.99 | |
| Full Stroke Overview | $0.99 | |
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