Swimming
This page provides information, including training videos and demonstrations, about swimming strokes and related skills.
Basic Skills
Floating
- Back floating
- Prone float
- Survival float
- Vertical floating
Kicking
- Breaststroke/Elementary back kick
- Dolphin kick
- Eggbeater kick
- Flutter kick
- Scissors kick
Sculling
- Basic sculling
- Sculling for synchro
Surface diving
- Feet first surface diving
- Head first surface diving
Treading water
- How to tread water for beginners (iSport)
- Treading water (Kerra Mascaro)
- Treading water with eggbeater kick (Performance Water Polo)
Strokes
There are many styles of swimming. If you do not believe it, look at the list of strokes on Wikipedia. This section is divided between major strokes and stroke variations.
Major strokes
Major strokes consist of the four competitive strokes (free, back, breaststroke, and butterfly) as well as sidestroke and elementary backstroke.
- Back crawl (backstroke)
- Breaststroke
- Butterfly
- Elementary backstroke
- Front crawl (freestyle)
- Sidestroke
Stroke modifications/variations
- Combat sidestroke
- Dog paddle
- Egyptian crawl
- Human stroke
- Inverted breaststroke
- Trudgen stroke
Turns
Flip turns
- Back flip turn
- Front flip turn
Open turns/speed turns
- Breaststroke turn and pullout
- Butterfly turn
- Front crawl open turn
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