Comments on: How to Do an Eggbeater Kick

on 12/6/2007 A Video tells a thousand words.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IWV4GHp03gA

on 12/6/2007 A Video tells a thousand words.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lJpDiLynBp8&feature=related

on 2/20/2007 I have just started learning the eggbeater kick. Its not bad but I tend to move backwards when I am doing it. Moreover, I have to work really hard to keep my face out of the water. Any Suggestions!!!!

on 7/27/2006 Try holding 5kg-20kg weights, not above your head, but out of the water. Be sure to have a friend nearby to relieve you when you are tired (so that the weights do not fall into the water)! Try to do it for a minute. Once you can do it, either increase the weight or the time. In no time, once you take of the weights, egg beating will be easy for you!

on 3/26/2006 Many people told me it was just breaststroke kick, but alternating the legs and it never worked for me and I am a breaststroker! I taught myself eggbeater by putting my back against the side of the pool holding on just to get the motion down. Think of it as both your legs rotating toward the middle. It also help to use a kick-board and try doing horizontal eggbeater (again to get the motion down) and then try vertical eggbeater. Hope that helps.

on 11/22/2005 If you are struggling to do a proper eggbeater kick, try this easy process to improve your treading ability:
Sit upright in the water and keep afloat by doing downward breaststroke kicks. Do this for a while so that it is ingrained in your muscle memory. This kick is the foundation of an effective technique. Now simply alternate the same kick between your left and right legs.

on 11/22/2005 Put your back against a wall and sit in an imaginary chair. Hold yourself up for 1 min and then rest the next minute. Keep doing this for ten minutes. If this is too easy, try holding it for a longer time.