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Step 1
The easiest way to start learning the egg beater is to sit on a chair. Put both of your right leg out and start to move it in a counter clockwise direction. Once you can do this pretty easily, stop with that leg and try your left leg going clockwise.
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Step 2
Once you can do step 1, continue sitting in the chair and start with your right leg going counter clockwise, when you have that going, add in your left leg going clockwise. If you can get the two motions moving together without smacking your legs against one another, you are successfully doing the proper motion for egg beater. There is a video of these two basic steps above.
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Step 3
Now that you have figured out the basic motions, it is about time you hop in the water. Just give it a try. It will be difficult. If you keep practicing, you should hopefully eventually be able to keep yourself a float.
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Step 4
To get endurance, keep practicing for one, but also try doing it without using your hands for help. Then try doing it with your hands out of the water. Next try with your arms out of the water. Then your shoulders, and so on.
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Step 5
To get power in your egg beater, you have to keep your legs apart and sit in a squatting position. Make the leg strokes moving towards the center of your body very strong and pronounced, this will help add a bit of power.
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Step 6
If you have any questions about trouble shooting your egg beater, just leave a comment and I can message you back a possible solution.
Comments
zilch888 said
on 2/19/2009 I have tried the eggbeater multiple times, but I always panic and start doing the flutter kick. I get tired easily with the flutter/scissor kick, and can only tread for 20 seconds. I can do the eggbeater perfectly on the wall of the pool, but not without support. How can I do the eggbeater without panicking or getting tired?
zilch888 said
on 2/19/2009 I have tried the eggbeater multiple times, but I always panic and start doing the flutter kick. I get tired easily with the flutter/scissor kick, and can only tread for 20 seconds. I can do the eggbeater perfectly on the wall of the pool, but not without support. How can I do the eggbeater without panicking or getting tired?
zilch888 said
on 2/19/2009 I have tried the eggbeater multiple times, but I always panic and start doing the flutter kick. I get tired easily with the flutter/scissor kick, and can only tread for 20 seconds. I can do the eggbeater perfectly on the wall of the pool, but not without support. How can I do the eggbeater without panicking or getting tired?
zilch888 said
on 2/19/2009 I have tried the eggbeater multiple times, but I always panic and start doing the flutter kick. I get tired easily with the flutter/scissor kick, and can only tread for 20 seconds. I can do the eggbeater perfectly on the wall of the pool, but not without support. How can I do the eggbeater without panicking or getting tired?
alexn said
on 7/25/2008 egg beater is meant to provide you a stable way to move a victim out of the water, especially when your victim is suspected of a head/spinal injury. scissor kick is way to "jerky" to move a spinal victim, if you cannot do eggbeater you might want to consider guarding the shallow end of your pool or even the baby pool ;P but seriously if I was doing the hiring and you can't do excellent egg beater for a prolong time you won't get the job, so practice your egg beater at a lap swim (hands out), you can even use a 10/20 weight to help develop a very strong egg beater.