How to Do the Butterfly Stroke: Body Movement in the Water

Video Transcript

"In this section of the butterfly stroke, it's step seven. And the way you would be when you already touch the wall or you're pushing off the wall is you're going to end up having your arms like this. You'll start off with your dolphin kick. So if you want, let me show you, kind of here on the ground, real quick. So you'll be starting your dolphin kick, right? Your legs are together. You're going like an S-shape. And then when you're ready, then you're going to end up pulling like an S. So once you push off the wall, whether it's your start or whether you get close to the wall and you push away from it. As you're doing that S-shape form, then when you're ready to actually get into the butterfly stroke, you'll end up pulling, you know, you'll do the big kick with the glide and then you'll do a little kick when you're coming up for the air. So there's that big and little kick. And that's what you would do when you push off the wall. Alright, this is a continuation of step seven for the butterfly stroke. So the top of the hands are facing each other. As you enter the water, you want to form an S-shape. So, I don't know if you can see that or not. Basically, the top of the hands are entering the water, you're forming an S-shape, and you're pulling your hands all the way back. When you come up with the little kick, it's like almost giving a hug to someone. You come up, rotate your shoulders in, top of the hands up, and you form an S-shape."