Sea Hiker Swimming - Tread Water the Easy Way
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- Опубліковано 26 сер 2024
- A introduction to an often overlooked skill in treading water and feeling comfortable in deep water: buoyancy awareness. And some skills that go with it.
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YES!!! I love this video. The key to swimming is not going from point A to B but rather learning how to be present in the water and have fun. Building confidence and then learning the mechanics.
Good advice.
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the calmness he has in the water and the music makes you already feel comfortable before even going to learn swimming.. very nice.. :)
i know! I always feel that way when i watch this video, but a whole other story once i get in the water!
Thank you!
Finally almost 30 years I found a video that makes sense. We non-swimmers or those that fear swimming never think human body has buoyancy and the body is pushed to the surface.
I will try your tricks and I feel good already. I will let my head go underwater, come out, breath tread water that way in a shallow area first. I can see where this is going.
Awesome! Check out our newest video.
Cyanide Who! What! Keep Swimming!
LMAO
You'll be surprised if I tell you that I sink in water! Not everyone has buoyancy
@@Ikhwanudin I sink right to the bottom and scare the crap out of life guards!
exactly what is missing in almost all swim teaching! I believe in this comfort zone as imperative for true safety. Awesome video!
Found my vertical bouyancy today in the beach. I always freak out when I cannot reach the sand anymore. But today was different. Big thanks to this video! 👍🏾
One of the most practical videos on "treading" water for non athletes! Kudos to you guys for making it so easy to understand.
I used to get so nervous and could barely tread water for a minute the most. I was surprised that I was able to tread water for more than 3 minutes after trying what's shown here. Thank you so much.
I tried the exact same thing he did and I almost seen the light on the other side. Something went terribly wrong.....
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Sorry i can't- - too funny
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The best video that I have ever found. I have been swimming for years and I can dive in deep water but I can’t tread and I have been comfortable but you really made it easy. You gave some light in understanding the physics behind the buoyancy..Great job man .
I've always been a bad distance swimmer. Fatigue super quickly and have hard time treading water. I learned a lot from this video. Thank you
The best video for new swimmers like me. I can swimm but never tried in deep water. If i had a chance to take 1 h lesson from this guy i would have no problem anywhere.
Many thanks for this video. MY treading is too exhausting and active. I shall start by perfecting this passive form of treading first and then build from there. I wish that I had seen your video sooner. Thank you for these super important tips and techniques.
Hi, I've seen dozens of videos about treading water and THIS is the best! Thank you.
The key point is to stay relax and calm when performing the vertical bouyancy. It won't work if you are anxious and tense. The bad part is our nose is still submerge in the water, that is when we apply the sculling and kicking to bring our nose above the water.
Zola Zon thanks. but can u just tilt you head back to get air.
that's right. water line for most people is at their forehead. I taught my friends this buoyancy. they have to wear goggles when learning this because it doesn't help at all when you can't see clearly underwater it will make you tensed. and better try this at not very deep part of the pool just beside the wall. it will greatly calm you if you bring a friend with you when learning this just in case
after 47 years I am just starting to learn to swim. my 8 year old is showing me these techniques and they do indeed work. the more relaxed I am the easier it is. not quite there but I will definitely be using this video to get me there so many thanks Sea Hiker.
I had to laugh starting at 26-53secs. I can't float like this to save my life. This guy must be made of styrofoam?
This made me laugh so hard 😂
the video creator is an idiot, wearing buoyancy shorts with 3-5mm neoprene. That's why is floating like that
@@mistervova11 see? I knew something was not right about his performance. Your comment just cleared my doubts
I was chuckling actually
@@mistervova11 I can float like that no problem just wearing a regular bathing suit. If the water was calm, the only thing that might cause me to drown would be hypothermia. I can tread water indefinitely because I don't need to move my arms or legs to stay afloat. It has to do with body composition. Most people are buoyant, but I think this video is misleading because some people are much less buoyant than others and wouldn't be anywhere near the surface once they found their equilibrium.
Everyone's going on about how we don't all have the same bouyancy, I feel that's beside the fact. I like this video because getting comfortable with your buoyancy, whatever it is, is the key to being relaxed in the water. I'm desperate to learn to be comfortable in the deep, and no teacher i've had has addressed these techniques.
A good video, one of the best I've seen so congrats. I already know how to tread but it's really great to see a video focusing on minimal effort by making use of natural buoyancy. Exactly how I teach. Breathing is everything, it doesn't state it in this video but the more air you hold in your lungs the more likely or faster you will float to the surface.
I don't think I ever realized I never sink past the top of my head, this is good information for when I try again. I know the motions of the freestyle and breaststroke but I never learned the basics and have had to learn everything myself.
I had a swimming instructor that kept almost half of his torso out of the water when he was talking to us students. It was amazing to watch.
This is such a great demo. I'm an adult learning how to swim and tread, and I have watched almost every single video on treading but I really enjoyed watching this one, especially how easily you're able to move from floating your front to your back by calmly letting your head lead without much movement. The other video focused on sculling is great too, I've had it explained to me and I've watched a ton of videos but still not quite getting what I'm doing wrong until I watched that video. Ready to try these techniques in the pool.
I discovered something like this on my own but not quite vertical as he does it but I am inspired. I realised one day that my limbs were actually sinking me in the water but if just stopped using them buoyancy took over. Then I learned to use limb movements that help not sink. But to stay buoyant like this you have to slow your heart beat and practice breathing techniques similar to free divers but not quite all the way to hyperventilating. I could almost sleep in the pool.
I was learning my friend how to float in water and she was delighted about hardness of sinking, she was thinking that her body acts like a rock, so this video can be really helpful for begginers, because it shows how we act in water :)
Interesting. I taught myself how to swim when I was a tween but I've never been able to tread water. I will practice these techniques.
The most beautiful video about swimming that I have seen on youtube... natural is simple..N simple is beautiful...
That's the concept the US Navy teaches to conserve as much energy as possible.
The Red Cross lifeguard prep videos are showing a tremendous amount of leg and foot motion in circles and whatever.
The US Navy taught us how to save a fellow Sailor rapidly with the least amount of energy expended.
Pools are relatively small. It's a big, deep ocean out there.
Hi Swimmers! We've posted another treading water video - all about sculling (using the hands/arms) to create lift and controlling your body in the water. Sorry for the long wait!
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Can you learn to tread water in the shallow end? I am not a good swimmer at all and suffer from fear in the deep. I can float. Please help!
This is a very good video. Especially for beginners and people who learn on their own, like me. I had to figure out all of this on my own (after casting out all the fear demons, of course). Thanks. Keep'em comin'!
Thanks! Sorry for the late reply.
SeahikerVideo Cool, bro.
Lol @ casting out the fear demons
So helpful in making me trust my body! Will experiment with this next time I'm in a pool!
I have difficulty floating, so I hardly ever swim. I would be truly amazed if I could achieve the kind of vertical buoyancy seen in this video.
Love this video. One of the 2 videos of the numerous videos I watched that finally helped me to tread water.
What's the other one? Could you please post a link here?
this was so calming to watch
thank you for the video, ill be practicing next time im at the pool.
Ahahahah😂🤣😂🤣 man this is so cool.. I wish I knew how too swim.. the current had took me down in the creek of the rock river and I couldnt come back up and someone that I was beefing with (basically my enemy) had came too get me out the water and was like "breathe, just breathe calm down I got you bro, I got you, come on" .. it's crazy cus I wouldve never thought my enemy would save my life 💯🙏. I've been afraid of water like lakes, rivers and shit like that since 8 years old, had a bad experience while I was learning how too swim, got thrown in 8 feet deep water and I couldnt come back up, been traumatized since. I wish I knew how too swim or even just float so that i felt safe. But it's different when the water is water or has a current.. even in calm water like this, I still fall under water and dont know why
This is fun to watch and probably a way to entertain yourself for hours
Wow! Thanks so much for this useful video. It will definitely help me overcome my fear of deep water.
Don't forget to let me know how it goes
Good stuff. I do this all the time for the few first minutes before swimming. Its really easy. All about breath control and relaxation.
Can you give more details on how you breath while doing this?
You made this looks so much fun and easy but when I try to do it, I panic, desperately trying to keep myself a float, ran out of energy, drown.
This how i learned to tread water..relax and small movement of the hands and a small kick now and then. Less stress!
already felt tired and drowning watching this while lying on my stomach 😞
i already feel drowning seeing this
How is the swimmer able to float at 0.28sec? He does not seem to sink into the pool. If I were to do the same, I would sink and then gasp for breath.
LMAO!
It's because I'm not trying to keep my head out of the water. Some people can actually float with their face clear of the water without needing their arms. Depends on buoyancy and lung size, usually.
Do you actually breath there or just hold air in lungs?
If you breath then would you not bob up and down as your lungs fill air and release air?
It would depends on the volume of air still in my air. Exhaling ALL your air at the surface will generally make you sink. Best to keep some air in.
I used to swim alot as a kid with no issues, after puberty I gained weight for rugby. Now I'm 6'2 ~210lbs and sink like a rock, even when I hold a large breath
my problem is my nerves, they always get the better of me...
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This is a wonderful video. Water is soo.....relaxing.
my vertical buoyancy is way above my ears! and that's with full diapraghm breathing, ain't no way I could float like you.
I can swim and tread water but I’ve never really thought about my vertical buoyancy will have to check it out next time I go swimming
It was like a music video, moves were so rhythmic.
are you holding your breath during vertical buoancy?
or can you please tell me how to control the breath during vertical buoyancy!?
Raazaa Wing don’t breath out too much
I will learn how to do this this summer 💕
Tried this multiple times in the pool at the deep end. I always sink all the way to the bottom of the pool. Tried with full breath of air and being very relaxed. Even then, I slowly go to the bottom. With normal amount of air in the lungs, I sink much faster.
Tried being horizontal and that is slightly better than vertical, but the water level is still way above my head.
Feels like I am truly negative buoyant. Any advice for increasing your buoyancy? I struggle in freestyle because of this but find breaststroke easier.
If you try floating in a vertical position, keep in mind that "floating" might mean that your face is submerged, and perhaps just the top of your head is at or above the surface. It's very rare to be so negatively buoyant while at the surface and with full lungs. Do you know your lung volume? Another way to test this: take a full lungful of air in about 4 feet of water, and lie on the bottom. Do nothing. Do not exhale a thing. Do you float up all the way, a bit or not at all.
Another question: can you float on your back and kick gently? Does that work for you?
I'm exactly the same...
Even taking a full breath if I lay at the bottom of the swimming pool I don't float at all.
I just can float on my back if I move my legs and arms. if I do it lightly I sink immediately.
I lay on the bottom of the swimming pool even if I'm holding a noodle.
@@s1vinicius I am the same. I love to scare the life guards by laying on the bottom of the pool for long periods. I can stay on the bottom about 3 minutes before having to come up for air. Styrofoam stomach SwimFree just does not get it. He ASSumes everyone is as boyant as he is. WRONG.
I'm trying hard to do that vertical bouyancy drill, I sink all the way down every time. Should I keep the lungs filled up, or what do you think I'm doing wrong? Thanks a lot!!
I love this song and the floating.
The most important thing is that u need to relax and calm so u can let ur body float in the water and move your hands and feet move the way u feel comfortable ☺🙂😀
Love this.. Very calming to watch and learn
Probably, the best treading water video ever. can you please suggest a lesson to practice, "breathing for beginners"?
thank you for the tips.. tom. will be my lesson on water threading ... made me more excited. 😅
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IT IS WONDERFULL VIDEO I HAVE EVER SEEN, WITH INFORMATION AND ALSO WITH ITS MUSIC..
THANKS BRO..
That is a nice video. thank you so much for sharing. I cannot wait to try this.
Please tell me how. I don't have buoyancy. I sink in water
this is what i am looking for. love it. thanks...
float first then movement later, cool principle.
i'll be teaching this to my kids, Thank you!
Beautiful and useful lesson 🤩 I immediately feel in love with your channel 😘
Thank's for this video, I am on the stage of learning treading. Very helpfull.
THE EaSIEST way to explain the secret on hoe to tread in water
thank you..
The kind of mental calmness you are showing in deep water, is very difficult to acheive unless we are sure that we will float, which does come very late.
1:03 I can do that everywhere even in ocean but can't float vertical even though I'm not scared of sinking
Yes, very helpfull in learning treading Love this video, Thanks.
This was super helpful! Tried this today and I managed to float longer than 3 min for the first time! My head would come up and down the water surface but it was enough to catch my breath.
If I try just "standing" up straight i'd be submerged just above my eyes. With some light sculling I can raise my head to breathe.
I did it without moving my feet and had my knees up to my hips. I was rotating though when i was doing it, any tips to keep that from happening? Can't thank you enough for this pal! Keep 'em coming
Awesome! Thanks for sharing your experience!
Awesome
THANK YOU! You’re my savior in water :D
Treading water the easy way, that is without the egg beater kick, is part of "drown proofing". The other part is getting used to blowing your breath out to go underwater, and then pushing off the ground / kick back up to take a breath, and repeat.
cryora egg beater seems wasting a lot of ener G
Great video...Trust is everything 🙌
I wish I was that relaxed in the water 😩
What's the depth of the pool? Seems like he was standing on his feet. There's no other explanation of how he could tread vertically without any hands and legs movement.
ya its easy when you float and half your face is out of the water. on a full deep breath I float with my eyes and and forehead under water. Only the tip top of my head is out. is there anything I can do to fix this? apart from buying stuff to make me float.
No, everyone has different Buoyancy. People in this video are cheaters, they're all wearing neoprene clothes which trap air bubbles in. They're misleading people with their fake Buoyancy.
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JBEEZO: In my opinion, you could practice to hold your breath longer. People with a higher lung capacity will float somewhat more easily.
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: I only know how to do frog swimming style for some days ago. But I can do similar to people in this video. Except stay down & treading water step :)
Why am I watching this I’ve been swimming for over 10 years
Found the vid I need thanks man for showing how to do it
great educational video!
+Youngsun Kim Thanks!
wow..good video to teach beginners like me..thanks!
I can float fine...my problem is the kicking and hands movement...I can swim for a few seconds and bec my form isn’t good I get tired. The side breathing is hard to do. I need to learn that too ugh
ivi122 This is exactly where I am.
boo hooo...looks so simple...wish I could float like that....I will try it in the pool tonight..
Not simple, counterintuitive, play around in shallower water first so you can experiment.
Do people vary in their buyoncy ? Do people with more body fat float better than people whose body fat percentage is much less ? Is the lung capacity another factor in floating abilty ? More air in lungs= more floatability ?
I can't do this, I go down to the deep of water, explain me about that and tell me how to win this condition.
You've gotta relax your mind and body bro
My vertical bouyancy is up to my forehead 🥵 While my horizontal is quite good. How can i use it to my advantage in treading in deep water
OMG!He is so clever!👍👍👍👍👍
*tries to sense vertical buoyancy...sinks*
I'm terrified of water and I plan to join the marines and one of the tests is to tread water... idk for how long but I know I'll b the first to sink
Hi +Oodles. Try in chest deep water and start underwater with a comfortable but full lungful of air. You'll probably float with your eyes underwater, but wait until you stop bobbing up and down, maybe 5-10 seconds. Feel free to hold onto the wall. Get comfortable with your face partially submerged (depending on your lung volume and body density). Then tilt your head back while keeping your ears in the water. Let me know how it goes. More videos coming soon - we had a really busy summer!
they let you blow up your blouse for the tread part if you want and you can literrally float like that forever you just blow all your air in your blouse and youll button the very top button and hold it tight to your neck while blowing air. all you need to know is how to swim ive been in for about 2 years and im just now trying to become a better swimmer you'll be fine trust me as long as your a little comfortable in the water and you dont panic you'll be good to go.
Thanks guys for the helps and tips, I just hope I don't f up in the marines
Start in shoulder deep water, hold on to the edge. Hold your breath with comfortably full lungs and let yourself sink for 5 seconds. If you have lots of muscle, you'll probably sink past your eyes and just the top of your head will be above the surface, maybe only slightly. This is still floating! Try it with a little less air in your lungs and note the difference in buoyancy. Keep doing this until you can float vertically for 10-15 seconds (don't go any longer, or you'll be too tense at the start and for safety). Learn how to float in a vertical position first. Then try to float on your back, again, in shallow water, with your ears underwater (crucial) and the water up to the edge/corner of your goggles. Otherwise, you'll be lifting your head much too high and it will sink your body underwater.
Also, a key thing to mention: think of this like learning a new language. If you can go to a pool for 15-20 minutes each day, in chest deep water, and learn how your own buoyancy works (it's a bit different for each person), that will help way more than trying to do it in a longer session 1-2x per week. I hope you have that option!
Great video
Wow so helpful
I can sink in the pool easily when I didn't know how to float in the water but when i got a sense of my buoyancy learning how to swim I am having trouble trying to dive in or sink in the swimming pool...
Cooolest tread lesson mann.. awesome.🖒🖒🖒
So , its your head that make u float and sink? If u put your head down , you sink and when u put you head up , u float
You've got it. The head weighs 5 kg or so I think?
no... its the opposite.. you put your head down, your legs will start floating...
On your back yes, on your front its opposite
I can only swim from one end of the pool to the other I don't know how to breath while swimming if I miss a stroke I am most likely going to sink (I only swim in shoulder deep part of the pool).
ashe agbi I know thia is late but you are supposed to breath as your head turns in the water. As I look to the left while swimming I inhale, then as I turn my head right I exhale
I tend to stay down, deep inside the water.
Someone explain to me why I couldn't vertical float I start to tip onto my belly every time! What did I do wrong?
I infer there is an association with calmness and treading. If you are not able to find calmness what does one do. I am swimming 50 meter free in 5 weeks, any suggestions?
Really helpful
Nice video. I love swimming. :-)
I hope you can make a video of this with a beginner that is in the pool learning from scratch.
How do I tread water if I’m 5’11” and using a 4’6” pool. (learning to swim, no other options at this time) I think I’m getting good at floating on my back but I want to be able to just be in water casually without sinking. Can you help me plz?
So are u holding your breath when u go under or exhaling
Woww look easy..but when do it..too nervous on deep water..