How to Do a Back Flip Underwater

Start doing back flips once you are comfortable underwater.

Underwater back flips are a basic acrobatic exercise that you can try as soon as you are comfortable being underwater. Learn how to do an underwater back flip to enhance your underwater enjoyment. Try doing two or more underwater back flips in a row once you have mastered a single back flip.

Instructions

1. Hold your breath and go under the water.

2. Tuck your knees in toward your chest and assume the fetal position.

3. Cup your hands and extend your arms down and away from you torso at about a 45-degree angle.

4. Rotate your arms in unison, starting the rotation with your arms extending behind you, then coming over your head to the front of your body. If you were to look at your right hand, it would describe a clockwise motion, while your right hand would describe a counterclockwise motion.

5. Continue rotating your arms until you have completed the underwater back flip.

Tips & Warnings

• Exhale air through your nose as you do the back flip if you have trouble with water getting up your nose.

References

• YouTube: Backflip Underwater