Overview of How to Swim the Breaststroke

Series Summary

To feel one’s body weightless, floating in the water for the first time, buoyed up and drifting with the waves, is one of the milestones of life. Everyone probably has some memory of their first encounter with a public pool, local body of water, or one of Earth’s oceans. And learning to move with purpose in the water, instead of flailing about, was probably one of the most apprehensive moments of childhood; hopefully most of us had someone there to help us and teach us how to swim as the fishes do. Eventually, many of us became strong swimmers, utilizing the forms and strokes that are widely accepted as proper swimming technique.

In these free swimming lessons on video, learn how to swim the breaststroke. Our experts will show you the basic form of the stroke, including what to do with your arms and legs, how to breathe, and how to practice the breaststroke. Get tips for perfecting your form both in and out of the water. Soon enough you’ll be swimming like a pro. Keep practicing and perhaps one day you’ll be good enough to compete in the Olympics.

Video Transcript

"Hi, I'm Olga and I'm Rotem. We're former professional swimmers and we're here on behalf of Expert Village. In this lesson we'll accomplish the breststroke, we'll divide each lesson into two parts. The first lesson we'll show you how to do the kick movement and the second part you'll practice in the pool. It's important to start with the freestyle as we've mentioned before, then to move to the breaststroke and just after you feel comfortable with those two strokes we move to the breaststrokes."