How to Improve Your Breastroke Kick

Basic tips on how to increase the glide.

Instructions

1. Push off the wall with your head just up above the surface looking straight ahead and breathing normally, your arms hanging loose at your sides, and legs straight behind you.

2. Bend your knees and bring your heels straight back towards your butt, thrusting your hips forward slightly so that your body is straight from the knees to the shoulders and bent at a 45 degree angle at the knees.

3. Kick outwards with your feet, thrust forward and downward with your head at the same time, allowing your hips to rise to the surface.

4. Finish your feet together behind you (this should be a circular motion) while diving forward with you head, bringing your butt to the surface and extending your body fully and getting the most out of your glide.

5. Glide for a two or three count, with your head and upper body just underwater (looking at the bottom), your hips at the surface, and your feet together at the back.

6. Lift your head for a breath and repeat the process down the length of the pool.