Marina, thank you very much for watching my videos and commenting! ❤️ I am happy that you chose me as your teacher in learning new skills. One can have much more fun in water if he/she learns more new skills 🌊
I am very happy to know that my videos are helpful in your process of falling in love with water!!! Thank you for watching and for taking your time to comment ❤️
the video is very helpful and now reading the comments I see that besides the fact that your an incredible teacher, you are such a sweet and nice person. keep doing what your doing 😄💕
Thank you. I am glad you found this video helpful! If you are moving backwards, it means that your palms are close to being vertically oriented instead of 45 degrees on the way in. Check your palm position and try keeping your palms at 45 degrees both ways, on the way in and on the way out. It should fix the issue.
Have you seen this playlist, where I taught actual lessons? ⬇️ There, you can see these tips working in real lessons. Open Water Swimming Lessons [From Fear Of Water To Swimming In Deep Water In 10 Lessons]: ua-cam.com/play/PLlni5Zb5tjJmZhWlFRqkpHdQOdy_eNzGC.html
You are very welcome. It will be the easiest way to tread water after you master this technique. Please, ask if you have any questions, when you try it.
I comment very very rarely to any of the videos. But then, things got changed when I visited your channel.. Such an informative channel. All the videos are excellent for the beginners and also the advanced swimmers.. In love with the way you teach.. please don't stop making such useful videos. Love from India!!
Hello Rahul Reddy from India 🇮🇳 👋 Thank you for taking your time to comment and for your wonderful compliments! I do have a lot to offer and will do my best to continue. Just to put it out there: I’ll be able to do a better job at it if I have my own pool ☺️ My goal for next year is to raise money and to build a pool on my property 🤲 here you go, Universe, do with it what you will 🤗 💝
Awesome video. Clear and simple. I like that you mentioned situations when you'd use this technique and how to strengthen yourself with it. Only thing is you said 45 degrees in motion from elbow when you meant 90. Looking forward to seeing more wisdom you're willing to share.👍
+Tony Kay Thank you. Yes, about 45/90 degrees, I did have an afterthought. I still posted the video because for light treading the movement can also be 45 degrees. I like the fact that in video it is possible to pinpoint mistakes in verbal delivery and learn correctly from visual display.
I'm learning it now and man, its difficult to even get my hands to be strong and level with my wrist. I'm basically sinking slower than before! It's a crucial step to learn so I wont feel bad for finding it difficult to learn. Sorry late reply.
Now in September 2023 just started watching your tubes, helped me a lot getting more and more confidence and comfortable in the water, also you make the pretty complicated things so easy to do! Keep going and thank you very much!
Have you seen this playlist of mine? Fear of Water (Lessons in Open Water): ua-cam.com/play/PLlni5Zb5tjJmZhWlFRqkpHdQOdy_eNzGC.html Here, my student with a fear of water was treading deep open water by the 10th lesson. We worked a lot on sculling. The videos are a bit slow because I wanted to show the whole process of learning how to swim... Nevertheless, you might find a few interesting things.
@@easyflowing Well these days trying to correct freestyle breathing with swordfish ( Your "Humming" tip helps a lot here ) , Particularly today I tried water treading just like above video ( 4.20 ) , but seems I need more practice like others said in comments , you are a good teacher and please continue to share your knowledge as its worth devoting time. Thanks. PS: Hope your dream/goal is true and reality by now
@chaitsathe Thank you for your encouragement! Yes, my dreams always come true, I'm living through a manifestation of a big one these days. Practice sculling while standing in shoulder high water and look for that little water tornado. You gotta feel for the movement of water. Do practice that exercise with the kick board because it will help you feel how much pressure you have to exert upon the water. You'll get it, just keep practicing! 🙌 You will find a lot of helpful practical information in this playlist: Fear of Water (Lessons in Open Water): ua-cam.com/play/PLlni5Zb5tjJmZhWlFRqkpHdQOdy_eNzGC.html
I'm a beginner working on my fear of the deep water, front crawl, breast stroke, and treading water. If I master the sculling and egg beater techniques, then I could tread water, hence I will not be as afraid of the deep end, since I would be able to stay afloat in case of any incident. Any advise is welcome. Thank you so much.
@@easyflowing Thank you for your quick reply. I can swim front crawl very well on the shallow end, but when I get to the deep end I keep on stopping and holding the pool edge (lol) because I'm so scared.
If you have mastered floating on your back, try turning to your back instead of grabbing onto the side or the line. Practice turning from front to back and back to the front in the shallow end. Then, try it together with your front crawl. Please let me know how it goes.
Really like your video. It's so detail and so helpful. and as others said, your are always encouraging at the end of the video, which is so nice. My daughter is in her first step training, Bronze cross, toward lifesaving certificate. Your video will help her in learning treading water. Thank you!
Thank you for your comment and your pro tip! That’s a great point! I have a video about it 🤗 Floating [Is Filling Your Lungs With Air Important For Floating?] (Test) Swimming Lessons For Adults ua-cam.com/video/LGdYbeyCfFM/v-deo.html And, yet, you also must exhale at some point 🤷♀️ So, for how long are you suggesting to hold that breath while sculling? It’s a bit easier to take a deep breath and hold it while floating, if one is super buoyant... what should a person with zero buoyancy do? What should one do when air in the lungs doesn’t help much? The answer is SCULLING! And as a former Synchronized Swimmer, I can say that while physically working (correct sculling takes a lot of effort and muscle work), it’s super difficult to hold breath for a long time. So, it’s better to practice sculling a lot and get so good at it that you could scull and breathe at the same time, and do both of those things easily. I have a whole playlist on sculling: Swimming Lessons. Sculling ua-cam.com/play/PLlni5Zb5tjJksa9gyNU5KzbHR_A9rn4jE.html Here’s a playlist on floating: How To Float In Water #swimminglessons ua-cam.com/play/PLlni5Zb5tjJnVjBowbF8JPdwvSBAURdbv.html Here are full lessons in open water: Swimming Lessons In Open Water. From Fear Of Water To Swimming In Deep Water ua-cam.com/play/PLlni5Zb5tjJmZhWlFRqkpHdQOdy_eNzGC.html And in case that a person has a set of two working legs and if they are not restricted, there’s always Eggbeater kick! How to Tread Water With Eggbeater Kick [From Synchro Swimmer] Swimming Lessons For Adults ua-cam.com/video/WO2dW58C7bc/v-deo.html
So you literally taught me to tread I've always been A decent swimmer but never knew how to swim and today I went into 24 hour and they had the 8 foot pool and my friend pushed me in And I panicked until I thought of this video and I realized I was treading I'm 18 that was the first time in 18 years thank you 💌
I am happy to know that you have learned from me how to tread water, it’s definitely a crucial safety skill. Thank you very much for taking your time to write this testimonial 🙏 Needless to say, I already posted it on Instagram and Facebook ☺️❤️❤️❤️
So, let’s see if I can understand your comment without google translate. You wrote that it’s a great pleasure to learn from my grand experience? If yes, then Thank you very much for your compliment!!! ❤️ If not, then thank you very much for your comment 🙏😁
Thank you for this video! I have tried treading water/sculling since childhood, but have never been able to stay afloat. I think where I’ve been going wrong is not keeping my wrists straight. It’s easy to see how others do it while in the water, but the water gives the illusion of flexible wrists. This video was very thorough, thank you!
Absolutely! Straight wrists but also pressure should be applied to the water. If you are doing it right, you should feel your forearm muscles working! I appreciate your message, thank you for watching my video!!! ❤️
@@easyflowing ok, then yes my forearms were burning!! I can wait to try your technique. My gol is to be able to love the water and be able to talk like you were doing.
@@easyflowing Yes, i'm learning it for My preparation of triathlon, believe me , with this your video i learned it in as single day.....Just fallowed your instructions. Now i will be doing more practice on it. this will help me in my preparation of triathlon. Once again great input and thanks for your reply.
Keep practicing and you will learn. Here is my playlist on sculling: Swimming Lessons. Sculling ua-cam.com/play/PLlni5Zb5tjJksa9gyNU5KzbHR_A9rn4jE.html If you watch my Open Water lessons with Akram, you might see where you are making a mistake.
Mable Bird, You are unable to sustain floating on your back or treading water in a vertical position? If you are working on floating, then this video should be helpful in addition to sculling: Swimming Lessons For Adults: “How To Float On Your Back" (Exercises To Get Your Feet To The Surface) ua-cam.com/video/QbPbP3FED9Q/v-deo.html In this playlist: Swimming Lessons In Open Water. From Fear Of Water To Swimming In Deep Water ua-cam.com/play/PLlni5Zb5tjJmZhWlFRqkpHdQOdy_eNzGC.html During lessons 7, 8 and 9, we worked a lot on sculling. It might be helpful for you to see the effort it takes to get this movement right, how long it takes and how to fix mistakes in the movement, that might happen. In any case, Keep Practicing, Because Only Practice Makes Perfect! ❤️ Please, keep me posted on your progress.
Dream To Swim Both really. I’m not very comfortable in the water yet. Just starting to learn how to swim at age 21. No one in my family knows how to swim so figured I could be the first haha. I’ll definitely check those other vids out :)
Ok, it sounds like you also have a bit of a fear of water. See if you find time to watch this playlist, where I got my client from being afraid of water to being very comfortable in it: Swimming Lessons In Open Water. From Fear Of Water To Swimming In Deep Water ua-cam.com/play/PLlni5Zb5tjJmZhWlFRqkpHdQOdy_eNzGC.html Also, you body needs to be strong enough to be able to balance in water and to learn Swimming. I would suggest to start with these strength exercises: Strength Exercises In The Water For Balance And Swimming ua-cam.com/play/PLlni5Zb5tjJmib-12WS1zD7KncCryC3pp.html Also, breathing is very important. Get comfortable with these: Swimming Lessons For Adults. Breathing In Water For Beginner Swimmers. Tutorial From Synchro Swimmer ua-cam.com/video/bRBsBee8MHs/v-deo.html Swimming Lessons For Adults. BOBS- Breathing In Water For Beginner Swimmers. ua-cam.com/video/fSm6J8rpyUU/v-deo.html
@@easyflowing Learning the buoyancy of my body in relation to water. Learning how to trust the water to hold me up. I practiced sculling today. If was really funny when I tried it going forward. Went absolutely nowhere. No problem. I'll rewatch your videos and try it again. I'll get it!
You might find this video helpful: ua-cam.com/video/Oou2pxsKeVA/v-deo.html Here, I cross a lake only using treading water techniques I teach. This one should help you with buoyancy: ua-cam.com/video/LGdYbeyCfFM/v-deo.html This one should help you with floating if you are still working on it: ua-cam.com/video/QbPbP3FED9Q/v-deo.html This is the Eggbeater kick tutorial: ua-cam.com/video/WO2dW58C7bc/v-deo.html
@@easyflowing For now need to get comfortable in water and not panic every 5 meters :). The reason I finally decided to learn is because I signed up for Ironman 70.3 which is on May 7th 2023. And I need to swim 1.9kms in open sea within 70 minutes for that :).
That's a big undertaking!!! I prepared my client for a Half Ironman in 10 sessions on dry land and later in 10 sessions in open water. Here's our first session with Steve: ua-cam.com/video/7MDHq5mZMGg/v-deo.html You gave yourself plenty of time, so it's very possible to achieve it with the right guidance. Since it sounds like you have a fear of water, I would suggest for you to study my sessions in open water with Akram and see if you could follow the instructions as if I were teaching you: Fear of Water (Lessons in Open Water): ua-cam.com/play/PLlni5Zb5tjJmZhWlFRqkpHdQOdy_eNzGC.html You need to teach your body how to balance in the water in order to help it relax. These exercises will do just that: Strength Exercises In Water For Balance And Swimming: ua-cam.com/play/PLlni5Zb5tjJmib-12WS1zD7KncCryC3pp.html If you have your doctor's clearance for exercising, practice these 3 times a week, minimum, or every day, if your schedule allows (skip Saturday). Get very good at them. (You might notice that I gave most of them to Akram, when we trained in open water.) You got it! 🙌 I am available for instruction in the online format, if you feel that you'd like guidance from me.
@@easyflowing in Vietnam (Da Nang). The issue I have is finding the right trainer. Most good trainers don't speak English but I have joined them just to get additional practise and also taking help from a Russian swimmer who is training me. 8 sessions in and I have not had much improvements. I'm hoping the Vietnamese coach could help me with basic water safety training first so that I feel confident and then I can watch the UA-cam videos and train every day myself as I can take as much time I want to take it slow.
Hello! I've been trying to learn how to do it, and I can't wait to try your method. Also, is it normal to feel like sculling is more efficient than eggbeater kicks? I feel like eggbeater barely helps me staying afloat. Thanks!
Hello. Thank you for your comment. A more comfortable stroke is always more efficient. If you worked more on sculling or it was easier to learn, then it is only normal that it is more efficient than Eggbeater kick. Eggbeater kick is necessary when you need to do something with your arms like fixing your goggles, holding your kids, or doing anything else that requires your arms. It takes A LOT of practice. While training in Synchronized Swimming, we swam 10-20 laps with only Eggbeater kick. Do you do that for practice? There are two more videos in this playlist where I show how to propel with Eggbeater kick, you should find them helpful: Eggbeater Kick: ua-cam.com/play/PLlni5Zb5tjJnu1wq8sRH4k3QLQVwk6CYc.html This kick requires practice until your body starts feeling it. While practicing legs get numb from work and more practice after that is required to get it. If you spend 3 months doing laps with this kick for at least 30 minutes (after a good warm-up), at least 3 times a week, you should be able to get it. Also, practice doing laps with this kick without the help of hands- hands out of the water (at the end of each practice). PS Because of the necessary rotation in the spine, make sure that you strengthen your core before you get in the water. (If you are cleared by your doctor for physical exercise) ua-cam.com/video/h26CjFpVqVs/v-deo.html If you have any more questions, please, let me know!
@@easyflowing Thank you so, so much for this knowledge. I love the way you attend to the minimun details for movement, strenght needed to create pressure and so on. Please, keep up the great work!
i have always wanted to improve my treading water and sculling but did not know how.stiff the arms must be. I could do this for about 2 minutes without tiring? I felt that I was doing something wrong. I have difficulty with the egg beater as well.
How do you perform to stand still while sculling? When I do it, I somehow swim away from the place I intend to stay still. Usually backwards. I don't really mind it, as the main goal is to stay a float, but I am curious how you stay still. I do same arms movement, but I keep my knees tucked to my chest, is this why? Thanks
If your knees are tucked in to your chest, it means that you are leaning back just a bit. The angle of your body does matter. I do show how to switch directions in sculling in this playlist: Sculling - Swimming Lessons.: ua-cam.com/play/PLlni5Zb5tjJksa9gyNU5KzbHR_A9rn4jE.html All of these videos will be able to answer your question.
What I describe in this video would be it because, when done properly, it doesn’t allow bobbing and it can be used in vertical position for treading water, and for floating on your back, or transitioning between the two positions. It’s also great for working on your one-arm Freestyle exercises done on the side. Have you tried sculling as I explained it here?
It depends on the reason for swimming under water and the direction (parallel to the surface or down). So, why would you swim under water and where? Also, would you have to hold your breath or would you have some kind of an oxygen tank?
If swimming parallel to the surface, then, there are two answers. 1. In general, dolphin kick under water is faster, However, Because the movement is in the hips and the trunk, it takes much more oxygen, which means that it would be difficult to swim under water far, using dolphin kick. 2. That brings us to breaststroke. If a swimmer can do breaststroke easily, then they could swim under water farther, without breathing.
I need help. I've tried this but i keep sinking.. I am not really sure what i am doing wrong. My brother tried teaching me but i fail to keep afloat. I don't know if i am not applying enough pressure but when i try so I feel like all i am doing is sweeping through water faster which looks like i am panicking. Also i can not get the rhythm and the motion of legs and cant incorporate them with my sculling.. I can only focus on one at a time.. And i feel like i am stiff most of the time and i turn into a rock and just sink down.. It looks so simple and everybody is doing it with ease but no matter how hard i try i cant do it. Any tips? Thanks
1. Please practice this exercise with your feet on the bottom, shoulder-deep in the water. 2. Palms completely flat, if you cup your hand, the surface of your stroke is too small. Your palms should be almost hyperextended at first. 3. Work only from your elbows, shoulder blades squeezed together. 4. When you start, don’t try to force it, just go through the motion and try to get little tornadoes going on both sides. As you keep practicing with your feet on the bottom, you will start feeling the water. You do have to practice A LOT! ! ! After you get the feel, you can start bringing one knee up and balance with using sculling stroke. Switch knees. After you get that down, start bringing both knees together while sculling. PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE REMEMBER that only by practicing A LOT you get a feel for water. Please let me know how it goes.
Dream To Swim I don't really have the opportunity to practice but i guess you're right, only by practicing am i going to learn it. I will try again and let you know how it goes. Thanks so much for replying!
It definitely takes practice to start feeling the water. In this playlist, I teach a complete beginner, who had a fear of water. If you look through the titles, you can find lessons, where I taught him sculling. It definitely took some time to teach it: Swimming Lessons In Open Water. From Fear Of Water To Swimming In Deep Water ua-cam.com/play/PLlni5Zb5tjJmZhWlFRqkpHdQOdy_eNzGC.html
So basically summing up in 3 points. 1. Keep your hands straight and stretched but not stiff. They should be loose enough at the wrist end. 2. The hands will make a 45 degree turn while doing sculling both inwards and outwards. 3. For reference on how much pressure needs to be exerted, just think of the pressure required to submerge a kickboard a little beneath the top surface of water with your hand.
You almost got it. 1. Arms bend only at the elbows and the wrists. 2. Yes, easier said than done- a lot of practice is required. 3. It's about keeping the pressure constant while going through the motion of the stroke. You watched all the way to the kick board exercise, very nice!!!
@@easyflowing I must really appreciate not only the effort that you had put in making this video but also the effort responding to each and every comment. Regarding watching the video till the last, I would say I was lucky to watch it .Since I have never seen any instructor talking explicity on the amount of pressure to be exerted let alone telling the viewer with this simple trick. So Many thanks on making this video, God bless!!!
@@easyflowing One more thing, I watched the egg beater kick video too. And i must say i am just amazed how simply you have demonstrated the entire process. Firstly I don't actually remember any coach/ instructor guiding the viewers to basically start the process by sitting at one end and just dipping your legs and start the motion. I mean how easy does it make for the beginners; they won't be scared if they are not doing this in deep water and this will actually help them to build muscle memory quìckly. Secondly the way you have explained not just the rotation of the lower legs but also the circular motion of the feets themselves and syncing it with the lower leg motion is a great tip. So yes thanks once again...
Thank you very much for your feedback! Yes, there are many nuances in learning and mastering Eggbeater kick! You also might find this video helpful, here, I crossed a lake only using Eggbeater kick: ua-cam.com/video/Oou2pxsKeVA/v-deo.html
Hello 👋 It all depends on how much you practice. When you start, you might not feel the pressure of your feet and hands on the water. As you continue practicing, you will start feeling it little by little.
This exercise is very important: Swimming Lessons For Adults. Exercise to Strengthen Your Sculling. Sculling Part 3. ua-cam.com/video/7HHI2SrMeKg/v-deo.html It allows you to feel how much pressure you must exert when sculling. This amount of pressure on the water, you should feel in pretty much every stroke.
Plus, all the angles I talk about are very important, if you don’t keep them (turning your hand 90 degrees instead of 45), it will be difficult to advance.
The higher up your body is to the surface, the easier it is for you to stay afloat, so bent would be better. Also, it will depend on a desired direction of movement through the water. Moving backwards, your legs will come up closer to the surface infront. Moving forward, your mody will lean forward but your hips will have to open up so that your legs would stay in the back. Moving sideways, your body will lean to the side and it will have to bend in your hip joint and your waist to the side. You can look through these videos if you'd like more visual examples, that is if your question is about treading water as a whole, not just sculling: Eggbeater Kick: ua-cam.com/play/PLlni5Zb5tjJnu1wq8sRH4k3QLQVwk6CYc.html
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Thank you for paying close attention to the video. These vortexes are something to aim for. Since it was a ‘basic sculling’ video, I didn’t want to concentrate on too many things but did want to make sure these vortexes were visible. Thank you for your comment!
This video was so helpful! I’ve regained so much confidence in the water. These tips and techniques work very well for me. I can now stay afloat as long as I like, move in any direction, move in a circle, all using this sculling technique. And yes, I was also able to make the vortexes. Yaaay! Thank you very much!
I was wearing a 3mm wetsuit, so yes, it did help with floatation. However, even with a regular swimming suit on, I would be able to float with slow sculling because my sculling is powerful. In this part of this tutorial, I explain how to work on strengthening of sculling: ua-cam.com/video/7HHI2SrMeKg/v-deo.html With my leg up, I had to work harder: ua-cam.com/video/aCvJykZeDGU/v-deo.html
Yes, it does. When applying the right amount of tension/pressure to the water, the faster you move your hands during sculling the higher you can hold yourself up, or if your hands are at an angle, the faster you can propel yourself.
@@easyflowing Thanks for answering my question. I know this sounds like a dumb question, but can sculling hands be practiced in the bathtub? Can the whirlpools be created in a small amount of water like a bathtub? Thanks
If I tried to do it in my tub, I would probably get hurt because I would have to stand somehow sideways to try to fit my whole arm under water 😂 If you are lucky enough to have a huge tub, then, by all means, try it! If you have a big jacuzzi spa, then you are golden 👍 You can also practice with one hand at a time. Please let me know how your sculling adventure in the bathtub goes!!!
You can watch videos in this playlist. Here, I show the different positions of the hands for propelling forward or back. Swimming Lessons. Sculling: ua-cam.com/play/PLlni5Zb5tjJksa9gyNU5KzbHR_A9rn4jE.html If you are propelling back, it means that your fingers are pointing slightly up.
This particular video shows how to propel forward: ua-cam.com/video/ae1jHBQcA_Q/v-deo.html If you learn the difference in hand positions for propelling forward and back, you'll be able to find a correct position for staying in place.
Also, if you are doing sculling while treading water with eggbeater kick, your kick might be the one that propels you backwards because it's easier to keep this slanted position. Here's my video, where I show where to keep the legs for propelling in different directions: ua-cam.com/video/FGJSdiYtlc8/v-deo.html
@@easyflowing Thank you very much! My hands were not facing the other direction when I was movin them back during the sculling part. I'm going to try again next Saturday and tell you if I made some progress.
@@easyflowing in vertical position. As I lift my knees closer to my body and attempt to skull, I end up hovering in the water with my whole head in the water.
Ok. It sounds like you need to work on your balance in the water. Do these exercises 3 times a week for a month (if your doctor allows you to exercise.) Strength Exercises In Water For Balance And Swimming: ua-cam.com/play/PLlni5Zb5tjJmib-12WS1zD7KncCryC3pp.html
This playlist might be very useful, too because we worked on sculling a lot: Fear of Water (Lessons in Open Water): ua-cam.com/play/PLlni5Zb5tjJmZhWlFRqkpHdQOdy_eNzGC.html
Thank you for your comment. In swimming, holding a streamline position in water is crucial and your body needs to be prepared physically for it. I suggest to do exercises from this list: Strength Exercises In Water For Balance And Swimming ua-cam.com/play/PLlni5Zb5tjJmib-12WS1zD7KncCryC3pp.html Talk to your doctor, first, to make sure that these exercises are appropriate for your health.
@@easyflowing Cramp anywhere...but the point is to be able to float on water until help arrives...which is where the sculling comes to rescue as you demonstrated...
@ Ramy G Of course, treading water by using sculling and eggbeater strokes will allow staying afloat. However, in order to get rid of cramps, one needs to know how to stretch those particular muscles groups. Since a cramp is an involuntary muscle contraction, if it's not an extreme case, just stretching the muscles will help, all the while treading water. (That's why treading water is one of the most important skills in surviving in open water, besides proper breathing.) Massaging muscles, also helps with getting rid of cramps. I have heard that in extreme cases, pricking the muscles with a needle can alleviate the cramps, too (it probably won't be a good idea in the ocean, since bleeding will occur, and who would have a needle in the ocean, anyway 😅). Are you learning treading water for a triathlon?
@@easyflowing No, I am not even close to a Triathlon. But it is one of the things I want to do down the line may be in a couple of years. I am still perfecting my swimming motions. Sculling with my hands is easy than with my legs.
You might want to watch this playlist to see the full process of learning how to tread water. Fear of Water (Lessons in Open Water): ua-cam.com/play/PLlni5Zb5tjJmZhWlFRqkpHdQOdy_eNzGC.html
@@easyflowing when I try to do it without floating devices, I tend to lose my uprightness and lean backwards to a backfloat, or lean forwards to a front float…. I tried the rigid hands today. I think it was really tiring because I kept my wrists straight and fingers together, but I think I managed to tread with hands only…. But it was really tiring…
Yes, learning sculling is very tiring, since it’s not exactly a natural movement for your body. Keep at it, though! Do these exercises to work on your upright balance. ⬇️ Strength Exercises In Water For Balance And Swimming: ua-cam.com/play/PLlni5Zb5tjJmib-12WS1zD7KncCryC3pp.html
If you cannot bend your left knee, means that only your right leg does most of treading and this means that your left arm has to scull harder than your right arm to keep you balanced. Is this the case?
@@easyflowing I will practice with kickboard tomorrow to understand the amount of strength I need in my arms... Is it important to make anticlockwise circle? Generally everyone teaching makes anticlockwise...I have more strength in clockwise...actually with my left knee....
Right leg should be moving counter clockwise and left, clockwise. However, people with some kind of bodily dysfunctions, find other ways of performing skills that are more comfortable for them. Just make sure that you are not further damaging your knee. Eggbeater kick is not the best kick for people with knee problems. Please listen to your body and maybe consult with your doctor.
@@easyflowing I did it...I did it...haha....yeyeyeyye.....I was able to do it ..I again practiced for 1.5 hours... floating...sculling...getting tired....backfloat...again...treading water practice...and now...I can tread easily... without panicking...it's all I had to trust my bouyancy...calm breathing...and fixing my elbow...for sculling...I watched your video...where you were correcting Akram arms and elbows...for sculling....😃😃😃
It's Important to get comfortable with every exercise in shallow water before moving deeper. You can watch this playlist to see how I worked with my client and see how long it took us before going deeper: Open Water Swimming Lessons (Fear Of Water): ua-cam.com/play/PLlni5Zb5tjJmZhWlFRqkpHdQOdy_eNzGC.html
@@easyflowing yes! Long way to perfection though. Is it possible to use just hands for sculling? I can't seem to float without moving both hands & legs.
With a lot of correct practices, yes, it is possible to learn how to stay afloat with just sculling. Keep in mind that keeping your lungs filled with air is very important, too. Have you seen this video about the importance of the air in the lungs for floating? ua-cam.com/video/LGdYbeyCfFM/v-deo.html
The reason might be that your forearms are moving either up and down instead of side to side, or that they are not turning in and out but doing more of a jelly fish movement.
In these videos, I used the tips from this lesson on sculling to teach my client. He had the same issue you have described. Please let me know if you find your answer here: S1 E7 Swimming Lessons In Open Water. FROM FEAR OF WATER to SWIMMING IN DEEP OPEN WATER. ua-cam.com/video/b8Hg3Q6Cm04/v-deo.html S1 E8 Swimming Lessons In Open Water. FROM FEAR OF WATER to SWIMMING IN DEEP OPEN WATER. ua-cam.com/video/eCJgt2c3LwY/v-deo.html
@@easyflowing I was keeping my shoulders close to my armpits while sculling that is why I was going and down i guess. I adjusted my shoulders it seems fine but not perfect. But better that previous. Do you have any advice
If you watch the videos from my Open Water series, you might see your issue. It might be that you are not turning your hands enough in or out, or you might work with your whole arms, instead of your forearms. I can’t help you, unless I see you sculling. But if you watch these videos, you might be able to correct yourself.
@@easyflowing thank you so much I've only started learning how to swim for two months now and I've only understood how to not get my body tense when lying on my back even then, I'd still need to kick and scull I can't float on my back I'd love it if you explained how to do it thanks
In this playlist, I worked with a guy, who was afraid of water, when we started and at the end, he was swimming in deep open water (releasing tension was a big issue we had to work on): Swimming Lessons In Open Water. From Fear Of Water To Swimming In Deep Water ua-cam.com/play/PLlni5Zb5tjJmZhWlFRqkpHdQOdy_eNzGC.html We worked on everything you mentioned in your comment. You can Watch this playlist and I am sure you can find your answers. Please keep your questions coming!
It is called a wetsuit and it's 3 mm. Yes, it does help with floating, however, the skill I am teaching here is for treading water without anything that helps with floatation. As a former synchronized swimmer, I have the proficiency to teach it. I am wearing this suit because I filmed for ten hours straight and I needed to be warm.
In this playlist: Open Water Swimming Lessons [From Fear Of Water To Swimming In Deep Water In 10 Lessons]: ua-cam.com/play/PLlni5Zb5tjJmZhWlFRqkpHdQOdy_eNzGC.html, I taught swimming to my client, who had a fear of water. He was wearing a 5mm wetsuit, which adds even more buoyancy. If you watch the videos, you'll see that without proper swimming skills, a wetsuit doesn't help with swimming, not even with floating, and neither with treading water.
By the way, in this video ua-cam.com/video/DB91s_hmlRw/v-deo.html, I am wearing a regular polyester suit, which doesn't help with floatation. I believe, I used sculling and eggbeater kick for treading water at some points of the video.
First, thumbs up for working on it and not giving up 👍👍 Second, since you sink, it means that something is wrong in your execution. Here are some tips that may help: 1. Work on it in shallow water, so that it's not stressful. 2. Learn sculling first, so that your arms could support you, too. Sculling - Swimming Lessons.: ua-cam.com/play/PLlni5Zb5tjJksa9gyNU5KzbHR_A9rn4jE.html 3. Make sure that both feet move inward. 4. Make sure that the bottom of your foot is always facing down, that's what pushes you up (that's what that additional circle with the foot should be accomplishing, keeping the bottom of your foot facing down). 5. Get your knees wide and higher up to the level of your hips. You might find some helpful tips in this video: ua-cam.com/video/Oou2pxsKeVA/v-deo.html 6. It takes A LOT of practice for your body to get it and to feel the movement, A LOT! Keep practicing, your body will get it as you fix the little issues. You got it!
@@easyflowing my problem is when I'm trying to do both hands and feet movement, only my hands is doing the sculling correctly which i think is correct, not sure, then my feet is moving like pedaling a bicycle.
@@easyflowing is it possible to float with just the hands only doing the sculling, without the help of feet?, Do i need to perform breathing technique together?
It's definitely possible to tread water with just sculling. Although, it would be problematic if you had to fix goggles or to get something out of your eye, etc.
Holding breath or controlling it is important while floating without the help of sculling. For treading water with Eggbeater kick and/or with sculling, it is unnecessary to hold one's breath because the legs and/or the arms help with staying afloat.
Learning swimming as an adult is a great experience. It's like learning a whole new body language. If you want to learn, you can start here, in this order: Breathing Exercises For Swimming: ua-cam.com/video/bRBsBee8MHs/v-deo.html ua-cam.com/video/fSm6J8rpyUU/v-deo.html Strength Exercises For Swimming: ua-cam.com/play/PLlni5Zb5tjJmib-12WS1zD7KncCryC3pp.html Floating In Water Tutorials #swimminglessons: ua-cam.com/play/PLlni5Zb5tjJnVjBowbF8JPdwvSBAURdbv.html Treading water: ua-cam.com/play/PLlni5Zb5tjJnkZSrp2aYOGNTEhlsmCPS8.html
Love your video’s iT helps anyone who did not learn sculling and so with treading. Thank you.❤️❤️❤️
Marina, thank you very much for watching my videos and commenting! ❤️ I am happy that you chose me as your teacher in learning new skills. One can have much more fun in water if he/she learns more new skills 🌊
Thank you for this video.. you are very good in teaching and patient in explaining your moves. I am really happy to learn from you.
I am very happy to know that my videos are helpful in your process of falling in love with water!!!
Thank you for watching and for taking your time to comment ❤️
the video is very helpful and now reading the comments I see that besides the fact that your an incredible teacher, you are such a sweet and nice person. keep doing what your doing 😄💕
Thank you very much for your encouragement!
Show must go on 😉❤️
Best sculling video on UA-cam thanks. I see my self going back while I attempt to replicate your movements. I can't seem to stay at one place
Thank you. I am glad you found this video helpful!
If you are moving backwards, it means that your palms are close to being vertically oriented instead of 45 degrees on the way in. Check your palm position and try keeping your palms at 45 degrees both ways, on the way in and on the way out. It should fix the issue.
Your explanation is on point, thank GOD for a real teacher!!! 💯
Thank you, I am glad that you found my explanation helpful!
Have you seen this playlist, where I taught actual lessons? ⬇️ There, you can see these tips working in real lessons.
Open Water Swimming Lessons [From Fear Of Water To Swimming In Deep Water In 10 Lessons]: ua-cam.com/play/PLlni5Zb5tjJmZhWlFRqkpHdQOdy_eNzGC.html
We've known about sculling but in my opinion your sermon has been the best!
Thank you! I am glad you found my lesson helpful!
I love how you always end your videos by motivating us. Thank you
Thank you for always watching my videos to the end! ☺️💕
You are the best to show perfect technicality
Thank you for watching this video and for your comment.
I am happy that you found my instructions most helpful.
You're a wonderful teacher! I'm going to try again tomorrow
Thank you 😊 Practice makes perfect!
Thank you for a very informative video. I never knew how to tread water and will mostly definitely try this technique
You are very welcome.
It will be the easiest way to tread water after you master this technique. Please, ask if you have any questions, when you try it.
I comment very very rarely to any of the videos. But then, things got changed when I visited your channel..
Such an informative channel. All the videos are excellent for the beginners and also the advanced swimmers..
In love with the way you teach.. please don't stop making such useful videos.
Love from India!!
Hello Rahul Reddy from India 🇮🇳 👋
Thank you for taking your time to comment and for your wonderful compliments!
I do have a lot to offer and will do my best to continue.
Just to put it out there: I’ll be able to do a better job at it if I have my own pool ☺️
My goal for next year is to raise money and to build a pool on my property
🤲 here you go, Universe, do with it what you will 🤗
💝
Awesome video. Clear and simple. I like that you mentioned situations when you'd use this technique and how to strengthen yourself with it. Only thing is you said 45 degrees in motion from elbow when you meant 90. Looking forward to seeing more wisdom you're willing to share.👍
+Tony Kay Thank you. Yes, about 45/90 degrees, I did have an afterthought. I still posted the video because for light treading the movement can also be 45 degrees. I like the fact that in video it is possible to pinpoint mistakes in verbal delivery and learn correctly from visual display.
My sculling is just another word for pretty drowning :P
I'll try her techniques
You must be a comedian 🤣
After you try sculling with my instructions, please let me know how it went.
how did it go?
I'm learning it now and man, its difficult to even get my hands to be strong and level with my wrist. I'm basically sinking slower than before! It's a crucial step to learn so I wont feel bad for finding it difficult to learn. Sorry late reply.
Woooo this video helpful , Thanks for you .
I am glad!!! Thank you very much for your comment!
Great video and explanation..Thank you!
Thank you very much for watching my video. You are very welcome!
Thanks for the lessons very helpful!!!!
You are welcome!!! I am so happy that you found my lessons helpful!! Thank you for commenting ❤️
Thank you very much for your wonderful tips.
Thank you for watching! I am glad to be of help!
Now in September 2023 just started watching your tubes, helped me a lot getting more and more confidence and comfortable in the water, also you make the pretty complicated things so easy to do!
Keep going and thank you very much!
I am super happy that my videos help you in improving your swimming skills!
What are you working on in the pool these days?
@@easyflowing
Now I’m focusing on treading water especially with sculling technic
But still sinking so need more practice i guess
Have you seen this playlist of mine?
Fear of Water (Lessons in Open Water): ua-cam.com/play/PLlni5Zb5tjJmZhWlFRqkpHdQOdy_eNzGC.html
Here, my student with a fear of water was treading deep open water by the 10th lesson. We worked a lot on sculling. The videos are a bit slow because I wanted to show the whole process of learning how to swim... Nevertheless, you might find a few interesting things.
I am watching your videos again and again , they are much much helpful , some tips are golden for me , thank you very much for sharing
@chaitsathe
I am so happy you find my videos helpful!
Thank you for taking the time to let me know.
Which swimming skills are you learning these days?
@@easyflowing
Well these days trying to correct freestyle breathing with swordfish ( Your "Humming" tip helps a lot here ) ,
Particularly today I tried water treading just like above video ( 4.20 ) , but seems I need more practice
like others said in comments , you are a good teacher and please continue to share your knowledge as its worth devoting time. Thanks.
PS: Hope your dream/goal is true and reality by now
@chaitsathe
Thank you for your encouragement!
Yes, my dreams always come true, I'm living through a manifestation of a big one these days.
Practice sculling while standing in shoulder high water and look for that little water tornado. You gotta feel for the movement of water. Do practice that exercise with the kick board because it will help you feel how much pressure you have to exert upon the water.
You'll get it, just keep practicing! 🙌
You will find a lot of helpful practical information in this playlist:
Fear of Water (Lessons in Open Water): ua-cam.com/play/PLlni5Zb5tjJmZhWlFRqkpHdQOdy_eNzGC.html
This was very helpful. Thank you.
I am glad it was helpful! Thank you for watching and commenting ❤️
Girrrrl. I'm subscribing right away. You are informative, straight to the point, and your instructions are very clear. You are an absolute delight.
OMG, thank you!!! Please keep me posted on what you are working on!!!
I'm a beginner working on my fear of the deep water, front crawl, breast stroke, and treading water. If I master the sculling and egg beater techniques, then I could tread water, hence I will not be as afraid of the deep end, since I would be able to stay afloat in case of any incident. Any advise is welcome.
Thank you so much.
It’s a good plan. I would suggest to master floating, first, if you haven’t done it already.
@@easyflowing Thank you for your quick reply. I can swim front crawl very well on the shallow end, but when I get to the deep end I keep on stopping and holding the pool edge (lol) because I'm so scared.
If you have mastered floating on your back, try turning to your back instead of grabbing onto the side or the line. Practice turning from front to back and back to the front in the shallow end. Then, try it together with your front crawl.
Please let me know how it goes.
I like her last line , never easy to learn anything new but practice makes perfect 😘
It is the truth 🤷♀️😘
@@easyflowing yeah it is 😊
Thanks you.. didn't expect such a quick reply :)
You are welcome 🙂
your explanation methods is very good.Thank you from Bangladesh.
Thank you for your comment and your compliment! Are you learning sculling for being safe in the water or for something else?
Showing and explaining is perfect. Thanhs
You are welcome!
Thank you very much for your comment and your compliment 🙏
Thank you so much🌹
Easy to understand
You are welcome ❤️
Are you working on your sculling for being safe in water or for a lifeguarding certification?
Thanks for the motivation!!
You are welcome!!!
Beautiful, great technique
Thank you, Nnamdi 🙏
Really like your video. It's so detail and so helpful. and as others said, your are always encouraging at the end of the video, which is so nice. My daughter is in her first step training, Bronze cross, toward lifesaving certificate. Your video will help her in learning treading water. Thank you!
You are welcome! Thank you for your kind words and for taking this time to comment. Please keep me posted on your daughter’s progress!
Excellent Video!
Thank you! ❤️
Great video,, thank you
Thank you. ❤️
pro tip : when sculling without kicking , you must have a full load of oxygen in lungs to increase bouyancy
Thank you for your comment and your pro tip! That’s a great point! I have a video about it 🤗
Floating [Is Filling Your Lungs With Air Important For Floating?] (Test) Swimming Lessons For Adults ua-cam.com/video/LGdYbeyCfFM/v-deo.html
And, yet, you also must exhale at some point 🤷♀️
So, for how long are you suggesting to hold that breath while sculling? It’s a bit easier to take a deep breath and hold it while floating, if one is super buoyant... what should a person with zero buoyancy do? What should one do when air in the lungs doesn’t help much? The answer is SCULLING! And as a former Synchronized Swimmer, I can say that while physically working (correct sculling takes a lot of effort and muscle work), it’s super difficult to hold breath for a long time. So, it’s better to practice sculling a lot and get so good at it that you could scull and breathe at the same time, and do both of those things easily.
I have a whole playlist on sculling:
Swimming Lessons. Sculling ua-cam.com/play/PLlni5Zb5tjJksa9gyNU5KzbHR_A9rn4jE.html
Here’s a playlist on floating:
How To Float In Water #swimminglessons ua-cam.com/play/PLlni5Zb5tjJnVjBowbF8JPdwvSBAURdbv.html
Here are full lessons in open water:
Swimming Lessons In Open Water. From Fear Of Water To Swimming In Deep Water ua-cam.com/play/PLlni5Zb5tjJmZhWlFRqkpHdQOdy_eNzGC.html
And in case that a person has a set of two working legs and if they are not restricted, there’s always Eggbeater kick!
How to Tread Water With Eggbeater Kick [From Synchro Swimmer] Swimming Lessons For Adults ua-cam.com/video/WO2dW58C7bc/v-deo.html
@@easyflowing
I am so happy to subscribe to your channel...this is a wonderful resource indeed!
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I am happy you have subscribed! Thank you for being here! Please, let me know if you have any questions.
@@easyflowing
Much appreciated😊...
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@Renee D. Gross
Thank you ❤
Awesome video!
Thank you!
So you literally taught me to tread I've always been A decent swimmer but never knew how to swim and today I went into 24 hour and they had the 8 foot pool and my friend pushed me in And I panicked until I thought of this video and I realized I was treading I'm 18 that was the first time in 18 years thank you 💌
I am happy to know that you have learned from me how to tread water, it’s definitely a crucial safety skill.
Thank you very much for taking your time to write this testimonial 🙏
Needless to say, I already posted it on Instagram and Facebook ☺️❤️❤️❤️
@@easyflowing that's awesome 👍
Un gran placer verle y escucharle cómo transmite su experiencia generosamente.
So, let’s see if I can understand your comment without google translate. You wrote that it’s a great pleasure to learn from my grand experience? If yes, then Thank you very much for your compliment!!! ❤️ If not, then thank you very much for your comment 🙏😁
Thank you for this video! I have tried treading water/sculling since childhood, but have never been able to stay afloat. I think where I’ve been going wrong is not keeping my wrists straight. It’s easy to see how others do it while in the water, but the water gives the illusion of flexible wrists. This video was very thorough, thank you!
Absolutely! Straight wrists but also pressure should be applied to the water. If you are doing it right, you should feel your forearm muscles working!
I appreciate your message, thank you for watching my video!!! ❤️
@@easyflowing ok, then yes my forearms were burning!! I can wait to try your technique. My gol is to be able to love the water and be able to talk like you were doing.
It's a very good goal!!! Please, let me know how it goes, after you try it.
very informative.thanks
You are welcome! 🙌 What are you working on in your learning swimming journey?
Thank you 💕
You are welcome ❤️☺️
Perfect
Thank you 🙏
Awsome...i hope this will help me...great input
Thank you. Are you learning treading water for anything specific?
@@easyflowing Yes, i'm learning it for My preparation of triathlon, believe me , with this your video i learned it in as single day.....Just fallowed your instructions. Now i will be doing more practice on it. this will help me in my preparation of triathlon. Once again great input and thanks for your reply.
@interactive Solutions
Did you do your triathlon?
How was it?
nice demo.thank you
You are welcome. Thank you for your comment.
Are you learning sculling for treading water just for safety or are you preparing for an open water competition?
good demonstrating
Thank you 🙏
I m struggling with this now I m learning from u
Keep practicing and you will learn.
Here is my playlist on sculling:
Swimming Lessons. Sculling ua-cam.com/play/PLlni5Zb5tjJksa9gyNU5KzbHR_A9rn4jE.html
If you watch my Open Water lessons with Akram, you might see where you are making a mistake.
Great
Thank you 🙏
Your comment was held as spam, for some reason. Sorry for taking so long to reply. I appreciate your comment and a compliment ❤️
Tomorrow is my assignment for treading water . I’m so nervous . I hope I can do it
Make sure you keep your lungs full of air as you breathe. It will help you with buoyancy. Do you have to do it with your hands in the water or out?
Very good explanation. I’m gonna try this :)
Thank you 🙏
Please let me know when you try these exercises.
Dream To Swim I’m haven’t been able to sustain floating for more than about two seconds but I will keep practicing
Mable Bird, You are unable to sustain floating on your back or treading water in a vertical position?
If you are working on floating, then this video should be helpful in addition to sculling:
Swimming Lessons For Adults: “How To Float On Your Back" (Exercises To Get Your Feet To The Surface) ua-cam.com/video/QbPbP3FED9Q/v-deo.html
In this playlist:
Swimming Lessons In Open Water. From Fear Of Water To Swimming In Deep Water ua-cam.com/play/PLlni5Zb5tjJmZhWlFRqkpHdQOdy_eNzGC.html
During lessons 7, 8 and 9, we worked a lot on sculling. It might be helpful for you to see the effort it takes to get this movement right, how long it takes and how to fix mistakes in the movement, that might happen.
In any case, Keep Practicing, Because Only Practice Makes Perfect! ❤️
Please, keep me posted on your progress.
Dream To Swim Both really. I’m not very comfortable in the water yet. Just starting to learn how to swim at age 21. No one in my family knows how to swim so figured I could be the first haha. I’ll definitely check those other vids out :)
Ok, it sounds like you also have a bit of a fear of water.
See if you find time to watch this playlist, where I got my client from being afraid of water to being very comfortable in it:
Swimming Lessons In Open Water. From Fear Of Water To Swimming In Deep Water ua-cam.com/play/PLlni5Zb5tjJmZhWlFRqkpHdQOdy_eNzGC.html
Also, you body needs to be strong enough to be able to balance in water and to learn Swimming.
I would suggest to start with these strength exercises:
Strength Exercises In The Water For Balance And Swimming ua-cam.com/play/PLlni5Zb5tjJmib-12WS1zD7KncCryC3pp.html
Also, breathing is very important. Get comfortable with these:
Swimming Lessons For Adults. Breathing In Water For Beginner Swimmers. Tutorial From Synchro Swimmer
ua-cam.com/video/bRBsBee8MHs/v-deo.html
Swimming Lessons For Adults. BOBS- Breathing In Water For Beginner Swimmers.
ua-cam.com/video/fSm6J8rpyUU/v-deo.html
very nice
Thank you
Wonderful video!
Thank you. What are you working on in your swimming lessons?
@@easyflowing Learning the buoyancy of my body in relation to water. Learning how to trust the water to hold me up. I practiced sculling today. If was really funny when I tried it going forward. Went absolutely nowhere. No problem. I'll rewatch your videos and try it again. I'll get it!
You might find this video helpful:
ua-cam.com/video/Oou2pxsKeVA/v-deo.html
Here, I cross a lake only using treading water techniques I teach.
This one should help you with buoyancy:
ua-cam.com/video/LGdYbeyCfFM/v-deo.html
This one should help you with floating if you are still working on it:
ua-cam.com/video/QbPbP3FED9Q/v-deo.html
This is the Eggbeater kick tutorial:
ua-cam.com/video/WO2dW58C7bc/v-deo.html
@@easyflowing What! Gotta watch it. Thanks.
Any time 🙌
I added a few more links in the previous comment.
I didn't know it's possible to float vertically without kicking. Lol. Good video
Now you know 😊 You are welcome.
Let me know how it goes when you try sculling, I'd love to know about your progress.
very helpful
Thank you for watching the video and for taking your time to comment.
U are awesome ! Well clarified
Thank you very much!
I am glad this video was helpful.
Swimming And Living u are welcome much appreciated 😊
U are amazing 😉
Thank you 🙏
Why are you learning treading water?
Swimming And Living absolutely. I guess it is good to lose weight and burn some fat so it does keep me motivated. What do u think ?
Oh I learned very important thing. The hand!
I am glad!!!
U are a great teacher good work where r u living ma’am
Thank you.
I am in New York, the video was filmed in Florida, USA.
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@amirsamehsaeed2790
Absolutely! It especially helps with water safety. How are you doing with your sculling?
i always make mistakes
Which mistakes do you make?
The way you explain is to easy to understand. I'm learning swimming now at the age of 39 and after 8 sessions have still not improved.
Congratulations on deciding to learn how to swim!!!
What do you want to achieve in your swimming lessons?
@@easyflowing For now need to get comfortable in water and not panic every 5 meters :). The reason I finally decided to learn is because I signed up for Ironman 70.3 which is on May 7th 2023. And I need to swim 1.9kms in open sea within 70 minutes for that :).
That's a big undertaking!!! I prepared my client for a Half Ironman in 10 sessions on dry land and later in 10 sessions in open water.
Here's our first session with Steve:
ua-cam.com/video/7MDHq5mZMGg/v-deo.html
You gave yourself plenty of time, so it's very possible to achieve it with the right guidance.
Since it sounds like you have a fear of water, I would suggest for you to study my sessions in open water with Akram and see if you could follow the instructions as if I were teaching you:
Fear of Water (Lessons in Open Water): ua-cam.com/play/PLlni5Zb5tjJmZhWlFRqkpHdQOdy_eNzGC.html
You need to teach your body how to balance in the water in order to help it relax. These exercises will do just that:
Strength Exercises In Water For Balance And Swimming: ua-cam.com/play/PLlni5Zb5tjJmib-12WS1zD7KncCryC3pp.html
If you have your doctor's clearance for exercising, practice these 3 times a week, minimum, or every day, if your schedule allows (skip Saturday). Get very good at them. (You might notice that I gave most of them to Akram, when we trained in open water.)
You got it! 🙌
I am available for instruction in the online format, if you feel that you'd like guidance from me.
Where is the Ironman going to take place?
@@easyflowing in Vietnam (Da Nang). The issue I have is finding the right trainer. Most good trainers don't speak English but I have joined them just to get additional practise and also taking help from a Russian swimmer who is training me. 8 sessions in and I have not had much improvements. I'm hoping the Vietnamese coach could help me with basic water safety training first so that I feel confident and then I can watch the UA-cam videos and train every day myself as I can take as much time I want to take it slow.
Hello! I've been trying to learn how to do it, and I can't wait to try your method. Also, is it normal to feel like sculling is more efficient than eggbeater kicks? I feel like eggbeater barely helps me staying afloat. Thanks!
Hello. Thank you for your comment.
A more comfortable stroke is always more efficient. If you worked more on sculling or it was easier to learn, then it is only normal that it is more efficient than Eggbeater kick. Eggbeater kick is necessary when you need to do something with your arms like fixing your goggles, holding your kids, or doing anything else that requires your arms. It takes A LOT of practice. While training in Synchronized Swimming, we swam 10-20 laps with only Eggbeater kick. Do you do that for practice?
There are two more videos in this playlist where I show how to propel with Eggbeater kick, you should find them helpful:
Eggbeater Kick: ua-cam.com/play/PLlni5Zb5tjJnu1wq8sRH4k3QLQVwk6CYc.html
This kick requires practice until your body starts feeling it. While practicing legs get numb from work and more practice after that is required to get it. If you spend 3 months doing laps with this kick for at least 30 minutes (after a good warm-up), at least 3 times a week, you should be able to get it. Also, practice doing laps with this kick without the help of hands- hands out of the water (at the end of each practice).
PS
Because of the necessary rotation in the spine, make sure that you strengthen your core before you get in the water.
(If you are cleared by your doctor for physical exercise)
ua-cam.com/video/h26CjFpVqVs/v-deo.html
If you have any more questions, please, let me know!
@@easyflowing Thank you so, so much for this knowledge. I love the way you attend to the minimun details for movement, strenght needed to create pressure and so on. Please, keep up the great work!
Thank you very much for such a beautiful compliment! I greatly appreciate it! 🙏
Thanks for sharing. What the depth of swimming pool?
The deep end is about 3 meters.
i have always wanted to improve my treading water and sculling but did not know how.stiff the arms must be. I could do this for about 2 minutes without tiring? I felt that I was doing something wrong. I have difficulty with the egg beater as well.
Keep practicing, your body will eventually get it!
You might find this video beneficial, too:
ua-cam.com/video/Oou2pxsKeVA/v-deo.html
How do you perform to stand still while sculling? When I do it, I somehow swim away from the place I intend to stay still. Usually backwards. I don't really mind it, as the main goal is to stay a float, but I am curious how you stay still. I do same arms movement, but I keep my knees tucked to my chest, is this why? Thanks
If your knees are tucked in to your chest, it means that you are leaning back just a bit. The angle of your body does matter.
I do show how to switch directions in sculling in this playlist:
Sculling - Swimming Lessons.: ua-cam.com/play/PLlni5Zb5tjJksa9gyNU5KzbHR_A9rn4jE.html
All of these videos will be able to answer your question.
What is the best sculling technique for a person who has dense bones and muscles and little body fat?
What I describe in this video would be it because, when done properly, it doesn’t allow bobbing and it can be used in vertical position for treading water, and for floating on your back, or transitioning between the two positions. It’s also great for working on your one-arm Freestyle exercises done on the side.
Have you tried sculling as I explained it here?
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Thank you ❤️
What are you focusing on in your swimming lessons these days?
It was helpful
I am glad! Thank you for letting me know ❤
How to swim faster under water?
It depends on the reason for swimming under water and the direction (parallel to the surface or down). So, why would you swim under water and where? Also, would you have to hold your breath or would you have some kind of an oxygen tank?
Without the oxygen tank, to swim in a big well in our area
If swimming parallel to the surface, then, there are two answers.
1. In general, dolphin kick under water is faster,
However,
Because the movement is in the hips and the trunk, it takes much more oxygen, which means that it would be difficult to swim under water far, using dolphin kick.
2. That brings us to breaststroke. If a swimmer can do breaststroke easily, then they could swim under water farther, without breathing.
I need help. I've tried this but i keep sinking.. I am not really sure what i am doing wrong. My brother tried teaching me but i fail to keep afloat. I don't know if i am not applying enough pressure but when i try so I feel like all i am doing is sweeping through water faster which looks like i am panicking. Also i can not get the rhythm and the motion of legs and cant incorporate them with my sculling.. I can only focus on one at a time.. And i feel like i am stiff most of the time and i turn into a rock and just sink down.. It looks so simple and everybody is doing it with ease but no matter how hard i try i cant do it. Any tips? Thanks
1. Please practice this exercise with your feet on the bottom, shoulder-deep in the water.
2. Palms completely flat, if you cup your hand, the surface of your stroke is too small. Your palms should be almost hyperextended at first.
3. Work only from your elbows, shoulder blades squeezed together.
4. When you start, don’t try to force it, just go through the motion and try to get little tornadoes going on both sides.
As you keep practicing with your feet on the bottom, you will start feeling the water. You do have to practice A LOT! ! !
After you get the feel, you can start bringing one knee up and balance with using sculling stroke. Switch knees. After you get that down, start bringing both knees together while sculling.
PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE REMEMBER
that only by practicing A LOT you get a feel for water.
Please let me know how it goes.
Dream To Swim I don't really have the opportunity to practice but i guess you're right, only by practicing am i going to learn it. I will try again and let you know how it goes. Thanks so much for replying!
You can practice in open water, pools, even in jacuzzi. Good luck with everything.
it easy when im watching the videos when i get to the water its a totally different scenario lol
It definitely takes practice to start feeling the water. In this playlist, I teach a complete beginner, who had a fear of water. If you look through the titles, you can find lessons, where I taught him sculling. It definitely took some time to teach it:
Swimming Lessons In Open Water. From Fear Of Water To Swimming In Deep Water ua-cam.com/play/PLlni5Zb5tjJmZhWlFRqkpHdQOdy_eNzGC.html
So basically summing up in 3 points.
1. Keep your hands straight and stretched but not stiff. They should be loose enough at the wrist end.
2. The hands will make a 45 degree turn while doing sculling both inwards and outwards.
3. For reference on how much pressure needs to be exerted, just think of the pressure required to submerge a kickboard a little beneath the top surface of water with your hand.
You almost got it.
1. Arms bend only at the elbows and the wrists.
2. Yes, easier said than done- a lot of practice is required.
3. It's about keeping the pressure constant while going through the motion of the stroke.
You watched all the way to the kick board exercise, very nice!!!
@@easyflowing I must really appreciate not only the effort that you had put in making this video but also the effort responding to each and every comment. Regarding watching the video till the last, I would say I was lucky to watch it .Since I have never seen any instructor talking explicity on the amount of pressure to be exerted let alone telling the viewer with this simple trick. So Many thanks on making this video, God bless!!!
Thank you very much for such constructive compliments! I am glad to be able to share what I know about learning swimming and my love for the water!!!
@@easyflowing One more thing, I watched the egg beater kick video too. And i must say i am just amazed how simply you have demonstrated the entire process. Firstly I don't actually remember any coach/ instructor guiding the viewers to basically start the process by sitting at one end and just dipping your legs and start the motion. I mean how easy does it make for the beginners; they won't be scared if they are not doing this in deep water and this will actually help them to build muscle memory quìckly. Secondly the way you have explained not just the rotation of the lower legs but also the circular motion of the feets themselves and syncing it with the lower leg motion is a great tip. So yes thanks once again...
Thank you very much for your feedback! Yes, there are many nuances in learning and mastering Eggbeater kick!
You also might find this video helpful, here, I crossed a lake only using Eggbeater kick:
ua-cam.com/video/Oou2pxsKeVA/v-deo.html
Hello, I know swimming but not able to tread.. can you plz tell me how long does it take to learn treading..
Hello 👋
It all depends on how much you practice. When you start, you might not feel the pressure of your feet and hands on the water. As you continue practicing, you will start feeling it little by little.
This exercise is very important:
Swimming Lessons For Adults. Exercise to Strengthen Your Sculling. Sculling Part 3. ua-cam.com/video/7HHI2SrMeKg/v-deo.html
It allows you to feel how much pressure you must exert when sculling.
This amount of pressure on the water, you should feel in pretty much every stroke.
Plus, all the angles I talk about are very important, if you don’t keep them (turning your hand 90 degrees instead of 45), it will be difficult to advance.
The body must straight or bend 45°????
The higher up your body is to the surface, the easier it is for you to stay afloat, so bent would be better. Also, it will depend on a desired direction of movement through the water. Moving backwards, your legs will come up closer to the surface infront. Moving forward, your mody will lean forward but your hips will have to open up so that your legs would stay in the back. Moving sideways, your body will lean to the side and it will have to bend in your hip joint and your waist to the side.
You can look through these videos if you'd like more visual examples, that is if your question is about treading water as a whole, not just sculling:
Eggbeater Kick: ua-cam.com/play/PLlni5Zb5tjJnu1wq8sRH4k3QLQVwk6CYc.html
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Thank you for watching my video. How is your sculling practice going?
Did anyone notice the small vortex created by her hands while sculling?
Thank you for paying close attention to the video. These vortexes are something to aim for. Since it was a ‘basic sculling’ video, I didn’t want to concentrate on too many things but did want to make sure these vortexes were visible. Thank you for your comment!
This video was so helpful! I’ve regained so much confidence in the water. These tips and techniques work very well for me. I can now stay afloat as long as I like, move in any direction, move in a circle, all using this sculling technique. And yes, I was also able to make the vortexes. Yaaay! Thank you very much!
You are welcome!!! I am happy to hear about your progress ☺️
How could you easily float with that slow sculling. Was that your swimming suit make your float better?
I was wearing a 3mm wetsuit, so yes, it did help with floatation. However, even with a regular swimming suit on, I would be able to float with slow sculling because my sculling is powerful.
In this part of this tutorial, I explain how to work on strengthening of sculling:
ua-cam.com/video/7HHI2SrMeKg/v-deo.html
With my leg up, I had to work harder:
ua-cam.com/video/aCvJykZeDGU/v-deo.html
Does it matter how fast you move your hands when sculling?
Yes, it does. When applying the right amount of tension/pressure to the water, the faster you move your hands during sculling the higher you can hold yourself up, or if your hands are at an angle, the faster you can propel yourself.
@@easyflowing Thanks for answering my question. I know this sounds like a dumb question, but can sculling hands be practiced in the bathtub? Can the whirlpools be created in a small amount of water like a bathtub? Thanks
If I tried to do it in my tub, I would probably get hurt because I would have to stand somehow sideways to try to fit my whole arm under water 😂
If you are lucky enough to have a huge tub, then, by all means, try it! If you have a big jacuzzi spa, then you are golden 👍
You can also practice with one hand at a time.
Please let me know how your sculling adventure in the bathtub goes!!!
@@easyflowing Thanks again for answering my question. It sounds like I will have to do this a the pool.
Please keep me posted.
I don't understand when I'm doing exactly the same gesture I'm going backwards in the water.
You can watch videos in this playlist. Here, I show the different positions of the hands for propelling forward or back.
Swimming Lessons. Sculling: ua-cam.com/play/PLlni5Zb5tjJksa9gyNU5KzbHR_A9rn4jE.html
If you are propelling back, it means that your fingers are pointing slightly up.
This particular video shows how to propel forward:
ua-cam.com/video/ae1jHBQcA_Q/v-deo.html
If you learn the difference in hand positions for propelling forward and back, you'll be able to find a correct position for staying in place.
Also, if you are doing sculling while treading water with eggbeater kick, your kick might be the one that propels you backwards because it's easier to keep this slanted position. Here's my video, where I show where to keep the legs for propelling in different directions:
ua-cam.com/video/FGJSdiYtlc8/v-deo.html
Please keep me posted on your progress.
@@easyflowing Thank you very much! My hands were not facing the other direction when I was movin them back during the sculling part. I'm going to try again next Saturday and tell you if I made some progress.
2:36 she's making a whirlpool with her left hand!! :0
At 4:24 she's making whirlpools with both hands! :0!!
Thank you for noticing.
This is something to strive for because it shows that you actually move the water 🤗
Whenever I do skulking, my head is always under water. In shallow pool too. Why is this? It never works for me. I’m frustrated.
That's while doing sculling on your back or in a vertical position?
@@easyflowing in vertical position. As I lift my knees closer to my body and attempt to skull, I end up hovering in the water with my whole head in the water.
Ok. It sounds like you need to work on your balance in the water. Do these exercises 3 times a week for a month (if your doctor allows you to exercise.)
Strength Exercises In Water For Balance And Swimming: ua-cam.com/play/PLlni5Zb5tjJmib-12WS1zD7KncCryC3pp.html
Also, watch this video to understand how important your lungs filled with air while swimming are:
ua-cam.com/video/LGdYbeyCfFM/v-deo.html
This playlist might be very useful, too because we worked on sculling a lot:
Fear of Water (Lessons in Open Water): ua-cam.com/play/PLlni5Zb5tjJmZhWlFRqkpHdQOdy_eNzGC.html
I'm struggling with swimming :((( i need to learn fast because if not, i will failed our subject hays. :( but I'm afraid to swim huhu
Thank you for your comment.
In swimming, holding a streamline position in water is crucial and your body needs to be prepared physically for it. I suggest to do exercises from this list: Strength Exercises In Water For Balance And Swimming ua-cam.com/play/PLlni5Zb5tjJmib-12WS1zD7KncCryC3pp.html
Talk to your doctor, first, to make sure that these exercises are appropriate for your health.
Good point..."what will you do if you have a cramp in the middle of a swim triathlon?"
A cramp where? In your Gastrocnemius muscles?
@@easyflowing Cramp anywhere...but the point is to be able to float on water until help arrives...which is where the sculling comes to rescue as you demonstrated...
@ Ramy G
Of course, treading water by using sculling and eggbeater strokes will allow staying afloat. However, in order to get rid of cramps, one needs to know how to stretch those particular muscles groups. Since a cramp is an involuntary muscle contraction, if it's not an extreme case, just stretching the muscles will help, all the while treading water. (That's why treading water is one of the most important skills in surviving in open water, besides proper breathing.)
Massaging muscles, also helps with getting rid of cramps.
I have heard that in extreme cases, pricking the muscles with a needle can alleviate the cramps, too (it probably won't be a good idea in the ocean, since bleeding will occur, and who would have a needle in the ocean, anyway 😅).
Are you learning treading water for a triathlon?
@@easyflowing No, I am not even close to a Triathlon. But it is one of the things I want to do down the line may be in a couple of years. I am still perfecting my swimming motions. Sculling with my hands is easy than with my legs.
Yes, eggbeater kick is a bit more complicated than sculling. Keep practicing, though, your body will get it eventually.
Are you holding your breath while you scul?
I am breathing while I scull.
No, you breathe breathe breathe breathe
How many feet is that pool ?
I don’t know in length but depth, it’s probably 8ish feet in its deepest part.
Dang, I thought you were standing in 3 feet or 4 lol.
Great video… but she did the egg beater the whole time 😂
Thank you for watching and for the compliment. Did I really do the Eggbeater kick the whole time?
I tried treading water for a couple of weeks now and I still can't do it.
Rigid hands, huh? I'll try that later.
How is your upright balance in the water?
You might want to watch this playlist to see the full process of learning how to tread water.
Fear of Water (Lessons in Open Water): ua-cam.com/play/PLlni5Zb5tjJmZhWlFRqkpHdQOdy_eNzGC.html
@@easyflowing when I try to do it without floating devices, I tend to lose my uprightness and lean backwards to a backfloat, or lean forwards to a front float….
I tried the rigid hands today. I think it was really tiring because I kept my wrists straight and fingers together, but I think I managed to tread with hands only…. But it was really tiring…
Yes, learning sculling is very tiring, since it’s not exactly a natural movement for your body. Keep at it, though!
Do these exercises to work on your upright balance. ⬇️
Strength Exercises In Water For Balance And Swimming: ua-cam.com/play/PLlni5Zb5tjJmib-12WS1zD7KncCryC3pp.html
I can't bend my left knee at all ..I tried to practice egg beater kick (sort of) for two hours...made a bit of progress...
If you cannot bend your left knee, means that only your right leg does most of treading and this means that your left arm has to scull harder than your right arm to keep you balanced. Is this the case?
@@easyflowing I will practice with kickboard tomorrow to understand the amount of strength I need in my arms...
Is it important to make anticlockwise circle? Generally everyone teaching makes anticlockwise...I have more strength in clockwise...actually with my left knee....
Right leg should be moving counter clockwise and left, clockwise. However, people with some kind of bodily dysfunctions, find other ways of performing skills that are more comfortable for them. Just make sure that you are not further damaging your knee. Eggbeater kick is not the best kick for people with knee problems. Please listen to your body and maybe consult with your doctor.
@@easyflowing I did it...I did it...haha....yeyeyeyye.....I was able to do it ..I again practiced for 1.5 hours... floating...sculling...getting tired....backfloat...again...treading water practice...and now...I can tread easily... without panicking...it's all I had to trust my bouyancy...calm breathing...and fixing my elbow...for sculling...I watched your video...where you were correcting Akram arms and elbows...for sculling....😃😃😃
I am happy!!!
Congratulations!!! 🥳
Practice makes perfect ☝️🤷♀️😁
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Thank you 🙏
Every time I try to do this in deep water I fall and panic because there is no ground under my feet
It's Important to get comfortable with every exercise in shallow water before moving deeper.
You can watch this playlist to see how I worked with my client and see how long it took us before going deeper:
Open Water Swimming Lessons (Fear Of Water): ua-cam.com/play/PLlni5Zb5tjJmZhWlFRqkpHdQOdy_eNzGC.html
3:32 brilliant demo!
Thank you!
Have you tried this one?
@@easyflowing yes! Long way to perfection though.
Is it possible to use just hands for sculling? I can't seem to float without moving both hands & legs.
With a lot of correct practices, yes, it is possible to learn how to stay afloat with just sculling. Keep in mind that keeping your lungs filled with air is very important, too.
Have you seen this video about the importance of the air in the lungs for floating? ua-cam.com/video/LGdYbeyCfFM/v-deo.html
@@easyflowing Thanks a lot! Moreover, do you have any videos for learning propulsion while sculling?
I do teach it in this Basic Sculling video.
Also, here I show a few more things:
ua-cam.com/video/Oou2pxsKeVA/v-deo.html
I am going up and down while sculling what can be the reason
The reason might be that your forearms are moving either up and down instead of side to side, or that they are not turning in and out but doing more of a jelly fish movement.
In these videos, I used the tips from this lesson on sculling to teach my client. He had the same issue you have described.
Please let me know if you find your answer here:
S1 E7 Swimming Lessons In Open Water. FROM FEAR OF WATER to SWIMMING IN DEEP OPEN WATER.
ua-cam.com/video/b8Hg3Q6Cm04/v-deo.html
S1 E8 Swimming Lessons In Open Water. FROM FEAR OF WATER to SWIMMING IN DEEP OPEN WATER.
ua-cam.com/video/eCJgt2c3LwY/v-deo.html
@@easyflowing I will try it today :). Thank you so much.
@@easyflowing I was keeping my shoulders close to my armpits while sculling that is why I was going and down i guess. I adjusted my shoulders it seems fine but not perfect. But better that previous. Do you have any advice
If you watch the videos from my Open Water series, you might see your issue. It might be that you are not turning your hands enough in or out, or you might work with your whole arms, instead of your forearms. I can’t help you, unless I see you sculling. But if you watch these videos, you might be able to correct yourself.
cannot tell if you are standing or floating. 👍
It's great, isn't it?
How is it going in your learning experience?
@@easyflowing It is so great! Hope one day I can do it gracefully like you do.
@@easyflowing I can tread water, but not with eggbeater kick. Really need to learn from your videos. Thanks for all the great videos.
It take A LOT of practice and then, it just clicks.
Keep practicing, please, your body will get it!!!
1:08 can you show us how to do so
I go over this here:
How to Propel and Keep Afloat with SCULLING [Sculling Part 6] Swimming Lessons For Adults ua-cam.com/video/aCvJykZeDGU/v-deo.html
But you might want to go over the progression in this playlist:
Swimming Lessons. Sculling ua-cam.com/play/PLlni5Zb5tjJksa9gyNU5KzbHR_A9rn4jE.html
Thank you for your comment.
@@easyflowing thank you so much
I've only started learning how to swim for two months now
and I've only understood how to not get my body tense when lying on my back
even then, I'd still need to kick and scull
I can't float on my back
I'd love it if you explained how to do it
thanks
In this playlist, I worked with a guy, who was afraid of water, when we started and at the end, he was swimming in deep open water (releasing tension was a big issue we had to work on):
Swimming Lessons In Open Water. From Fear Of Water To Swimming In Deep Water ua-cam.com/play/PLlni5Zb5tjJmZhWlFRqkpHdQOdy_eNzGC.html
We worked on everything you mentioned in your comment. You can Watch this playlist and I am sure you can find your answers.
Please keep your questions coming!
i think u wearing buoyancy suit
It is called a wetsuit and it's 3 mm. Yes, it does help with floating, however, the skill I am teaching here is for treading water without anything that helps with floatation. As a former synchronized swimmer, I have the proficiency to teach it. I am wearing this suit because I filmed for ten hours straight and I needed to be warm.
In this playlist: Open Water Swimming Lessons [From Fear Of Water To Swimming In Deep Water In 10 Lessons]: ua-cam.com/play/PLlni5Zb5tjJmZhWlFRqkpHdQOdy_eNzGC.html, I taught swimming to my client, who had a fear of water. He was wearing a 5mm wetsuit, which adds even more buoyancy. If you watch the videos, you'll see that without proper swimming skills, a wetsuit doesn't help with swimming, not even with floating, and neither with treading water.
By the way, in this video ua-cam.com/video/DB91s_hmlRw/v-deo.html, I am wearing a regular polyester suit, which doesn't help with floatation. I believe, I used sculling and eggbeater kick for treading water at some points of the video.
Thank you for your comment 🙌
Why are you learning sculling?
Drtr
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its frustrating, i cant execute the tutorial correctly, whenever i try it i will sink to bottom in seconds
First, thumbs up for working on it and not giving up 👍👍
Second, since you sink, it means that something is wrong in your execution.
Here are some tips that may help:
1. Work on it in shallow water, so that it's not stressful.
2. Learn sculling first, so that your arms could support you, too.
Sculling - Swimming Lessons.: ua-cam.com/play/PLlni5Zb5tjJksa9gyNU5KzbHR_A9rn4jE.html
3. Make sure that both feet move inward.
4. Make sure that the bottom of your foot is always facing down, that's what pushes you up (that's what that additional circle with the foot should be accomplishing, keeping the bottom of your foot facing down).
5. Get your knees wide and higher up to the level of your hips.
You might find some helpful tips in this video:
ua-cam.com/video/Oou2pxsKeVA/v-deo.html
6. It takes A LOT of practice for your body to get it and to feel the movement, A LOT!
Keep practicing, your body will get it as you fix the little issues.
You got it!
@@easyflowing my problem is when I'm trying to do both hands and feet movement, only my hands is doing the sculling correctly which i think is correct, not sure, then my feet is moving like pedaling a bicycle.
@@easyflowing is it possible to float with just the hands only doing the sculling, without the help of feet?, Do i need to perform breathing technique together?
It's definitely possible to tread water with just sculling. Although, it would be problematic if you had to fix goggles or to get something out of your eye, etc.
What do you mean by "performing breathing technique together"?
My understanding is that when we are sculling or treading, we need to hold our breath, but this person is talking effortlessly.
Holding breath or controlling it is important while floating without the help of sculling.
For treading water with Eggbeater kick and/or with sculling, it is unnecessary to hold one's breath because the legs and/or the arms help with staying afloat.
others just float better
Yes, you are correct! People have different degrees of buoyancy.
Im a grown ass man and i cant swim
Learning swimming as an adult is a great experience. It's like learning a whole new body language.
If you want to learn, you can start here, in this order:
Breathing Exercises For Swimming:
ua-cam.com/video/bRBsBee8MHs/v-deo.html
ua-cam.com/video/fSm6J8rpyUU/v-deo.html
Strength Exercises For Swimming:
ua-cam.com/play/PLlni5Zb5tjJmib-12WS1zD7KncCryC3pp.html
Floating In Water Tutorials #swimminglessons: ua-cam.com/play/PLlni5Zb5tjJnVjBowbF8JPdwvSBAURdbv.html
Treading water: ua-cam.com/play/PLlni5Zb5tjJnkZSrp2aYOGNTEhlsmCPS8.html
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