Coaches: Beginner Lessons (108) - Back Float
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- Опубліковано 30 лис 2021
- Let's learn how to float on our back! Perry gives coaches the tips and tricks to accomplish one of the scary parts of learning to be comfortable in the water.
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I’m watching this as an adult beginner swimmer, not a coach. I just have to say that I find your thorough explanations and demonstrations so incredibly helpful. Thank you so much for putting these on UA-cam. I only wish I were able to have you as my instructor but alas, I’m thousands of miles away. 😔
Thanks for those kind words and that feedback Smidge. Thrilled to be able to make a difference thousands of miles away!! I hope you have a great life enjoying the water.
@@perrychristenberry1913 you’re welcome. Keep up your excellent work!
Same here! Just stumbled on this.
I swear u r the best instructor this world has ever witnessed
VERY kind words. Thank you Lilian. I hope you have a great life full of enjoying the water.
I DID IT!! I floated on my back. THANK YOU!!!
You are most welcome. That's a big milestone in the learn to swim world. Congratulations. Woohoo!!
I’m so full of gratitude for your compassionate form of teaching. You make it so comforting I get so emotional just watching You have explained all my fears and I could easily put my life in your care. I wish you were my instructor ❤God bless you Sir!
So very kind Pamela. Thank you. I am glad to be a helpful part of your swim journey. I wish you years of pleasure enjoying the water.
I just had my first swim lesson this morning, my couch asked me to float on my back straight away, I was terrified for whole half hour. Thank you for making this UA-cam channel, I will watch your video before I start my class from now on
Hi yangalice2986. I'm sorry your first class was so scary. It's unfortunate that so many programs start with that step. There are still a lot of coaches who don't quite understand the reality of that fear. I was certainly one of those coaches initially. Many of us have been in the water all our lives and we're not aware of people who have a different experience than ours. I'll mention a great book for your as well. Melon Dash's 'Conquer your fear of the water' is a brilliant book that takes scared beginners through the learning process step by step with the singular goal on being comfortable in the water. I wish you great success and I hope to hear that you've found your love for the water before long. Remember, there are a lot of swim coaches in the world. Call around and ask several about their approach to teaching adults. Find someone you feel comfortable talking with and give them a shot.
Thank you your voice sooooooooo calming 😊
Thanks to show the trick ,I’m the one who struggles with back floats
Glad you found it helpful Rosemia. Enjoy!
helped a young child swim on his back with no armbands on tonight after using this technique.his mom was nearly crying.thankyou❤ best job ever.
Well done Mel! Such is the joy of this job.
Thanks!
U made it very easy for me to float. Thank you
Amazing knowledge. Thank you very much
Thank YOU. Very kind.
Thank you for your help best instructor
Thank you Lilian. Very kind. Glad you found it helpful.
Great teaching thanks for sharing
Thank you for the kind words.
Thanks alot 🙏 you are great
Thank you Akram.
I’m learning how to swim and your videos have helped tremendously. Wish you were in Charlotte NC. Thank you
You are most welcome Tanya. Thank you for the kind comment!!
Nice lesson. I am still struggling with back floats. Will continue to practice.
Thank you. The back float is frequently the more challenging float. I wish you the very best practices.
Very nicely explained
Thank you JB.
Best swimming video ever! Thank you after years of upper body floting and legs sinking with T form arms, I was now finally able to do it as I always wanted with the Y form arms in the pool! BUT I have not mastered this at sea because ot the waves, which swish over my face. ANY ideas or helpful tipps?
I thought I had replied to you but clearly I have not, so I will now. First. hurray! I love that the Y float works for you. So simple and so effective but so unknown to most people. I learned it from a wonderful lady named Melon Dash. I'm glad it worked for you. The ocean is absolutely trickier. - no doubt about it. I talked with several friends about your situation. Most of us said that we keep an eye out for big waves and roll over to take them floating on our stomachs, then roll back to float. IF it's the small waves 'gently' swishing over your face, you pretty much have to blow out your nose as they come or hold your nose or wear a nose clip. A life vest that floats you higher might help, but then who need the Y float. Happy floating!
Hi! Hello! Finally i could do it! I don’t know what took me so long probably because I am learning on my own guided by your videos and demos. Precisely 8 days now trying trying and some more trying and yesterday I finally pushed off the wall on my back … fearlessly and stayed afloat. I was eventually relishing the star studded sky lying on water on my back. It happens! All thanx to you Coach and the lovely lady demonstrating. And of course Sigma! A big shout out to the team!🎉 I am one happy but slow swimmer now. 😊
Congratulations Anurima. I love the picture of enjoying the stars in the sky while you're floating. What a wonderful experience! So very glad to have been a part of that. Thank you for the comment and the chance to celebrate with you. I wish you many more nights of enjoying the stars!!!
Yes Sir! You were truly a part of the whole experience. Each and every sentence was sort of playing in my head and a grin played out on my lips when I remembered your reference to Michael Jackson. Thanx.!😊
🙏 MJ is one of my favorite quotes as well 😊
Another very crucial advice rendered by you during the end of the video which just clicked and set me going was…or in more precise terms….I recognised my mistake…”pulling up like in a chair….this is not a place where you pull with your hands to pull you up you really want to pull with your WAIST to pull forward” so from there I continued on to recovery on my own. It was like magic. 😊
@@anurimadey9345 Excellent clarification Anurima. I like the way you say it. That's exactly right.
Thanks coach for the video! I am one of the sinkers who cannot float without some movement. Can you elaborate more on how we should kick? (I'm always struggling with the back float... my coach asked me to keep kicking fast but it's really so tired)
Hi Keith. I love working with sinkers. Learning to kick on a backstroke is a common skill to keep feet from sinking. It can definitely be exhausting. The good news is that it you'll improve with proper practice and becomes less exhausting. I don't have a video of this currently, but there are many good backstroke kick videos on youtube. My current favorite is from the Race Club because it's succinct and provides some out of water exercises that I find helpful. Find that at: ua-cam.com/video/Fs1Fyp69rFA/v-deo.html. Again, there are a lot of good videos (search backstroke kick) and all of them will focus on loose ankles, feet close together, toes kicking up to/near the top of the water, straightish legs with small knee bends and creating power from your hips. Fins and nose clips can be really helpful when learning.
Sinkers can also practice skulling beside the hips while on your back. There are some good skulling videos as well. My favorite from Sea Hiker is at ua-cam.com/video/Nd7R9WteNjU/v-deo.html. Most of the skulling videos show the vertical skull, which is definitely the way way to learn, but few show an example of how I use it with sinkers This synchonized swimming video shows it clearly: ua-cam.com/video/0dvOdTZx6nY/v-deo.html.
Hope all of that provides some help Keith. Hang in there and remember - you don't HAVE to backfloat to swim... but it's a nice skill to have in your pocket.
@@perrychristenberry1913 Thanks so much for your feedback! I'll look into them and practise.
Are there any tips if your head does go under water during a back float and you’re it using a nose clip? Great videos by the way!
Hi Sania. As you note, nose clips keep the water out of your nose when on your back. This is true to the point that you even see Olympic swimmers in backstroke with nose clips. Without a nose clip, the best way to keep water out of your nose when on your back is to blow out gently and steadily through your nose. If you are blowing out through your nose, the water can't get in. Once your head is back up above the water you can stop blowing out. Hope that helps.
Thanks Perry!
Awesome. Do you have a center at India
Sadly, no center in India. Thank you for the kind words.
I'm really i trouble with back float. I'm so scared to do it. But i know i have to practice practice and ear selfconfident for it.
Hi Rehtse5127, you're in good company with people who are scared of the back float initially. Take it in small, easy steps and practice stopping before you are scared. Don't move to the next step until you're comfortable with the first step. The technique we use to teach the back float (standing against the wall to start) is designed to give YOU maximum control so you can stop whenever you become scared or want to stop. Do it over and over as many times as it takes to get comfortable with each step. I recommend you practice being comfortable in the water vs. getting a skill down. The skills will come once you are comfortable. I'm rooting for you. Keep me posted.
How do I back float if I sink easily?
Hi Jordan. IF you have a LOT of muscle and bone compared to fat on your body, you might be a 'sinker'. We've started a 'sinkers' series at ua-cam.com/video/UfMzoFP2HL8/v-deo.html. It's not quite to the back float skill yet, but you might find it interesting and we'll get there. Most people who think they are sinkers, are not. Their legs may sink, but their chest or face still float. But, if you're a sinker, you'll find kicking or sculling helpful. Here's a video about sculling and finning that shows how just a little movement can keep you floating on your back.
ua-cam.com/video/8AWJMcHTNDk/v-deo.html.
I’m the hard student 😢. Back float is so difficult for me; I’m way too scared.
I think you're probably the FUN student Shannon. I will mention a few options you might enjoy and find helpful. My favorite way to teach back float is to find some water that's only a foot or so deep - like a 'kiddie pool' or a large bathtub barely filled. A ramp down into the water is even better or a really calm beach slowly sloping out into the water. On a slope, start at the lowest point where your hands easily touch the bottom and begin 'slide' yourself at small increments into slighly deeper water. Eventually your legs may start to float - for many students that happens in less than a foot of water - it depends on your float. With each move deeper, wait and feel the water around you and, if you're floating, stay aware of that floating sensation. Repeat until your ready to stand. If you're alone, don't go past the point where your hands comfortably touch the bottom unless you have something else to grab. Oh, and I suggest you wear a nose clip for this. They are inexpensive and remove the chance of getting water in your nose while you play. IF the standard clip slips off you nose, consider a pair of SinusSavers at Amazon (sizing guide at Sinussavers.com). They are pricier but loved by our folks who use them.
I have a video of a lady who was really scared of the back float who used a ramp into the water to get comfortable. You can see how slowly she moves and how anxious she is. The videos show about 15 minutes over 2 days but she spend most of an hour each day on the ramp before being able to go to the side of the pool and float (hanging on tightly). She eventually was able to slide back into the water from a standing position and float and propel herself. Focus on being comfortable, not of getting the float checked off. If you are comfortable, it will come in time. Video is at: ua-cam.com/play/PLj3PIrrAlyx7zlMBKLH2I94RPhrKAYr5t.html. Stand with 1, then 2, then ...After Ramp.
@@perrychristenberry1913 i did it today, I actually got comfortable on my back.
@@shannondent7052 Woohoo!!!! Congrats Shannon!! Once you have that safe float, the rest is icing.
Don’t be. Because if you are scared you will never back float. You need to relax while in the water. Like the instructor said, know how the water holds you up but you need to relax to experience that. Being able to “swim”, and I’m not talking Olympic style competitiveness here or stroke mastery, is, in my opinion, is being 90% relaxed and 10% technique.
@@jogmas12 yes, I finally conquered this.
I’m so terrified when I try to float and get up 😢
Hi Diah, I wrote a long reply that disappeared so I'll try again. First, you are not alone. Lots of the folks we work with find the idea of being on their back (and the sinking they expect to come with it) to be terrifying. Remember that you don't start at the backfloat - there's plenty to learn before the backfloat, and remember that you do yourself a disservice to push yourself to do something you don't want to do. If it doesn't appear to be something that's going to be fun, then we vote you do something else for a while. This video is part of a series that starts at walking in the water and builds from there: ua-cam.com/video/YZdDWCYNUmQ/v-deo.html.
My favorite way to teach back float is from a 'beach entry' - just a soft slope out toward deeper water. Students can lay down so only the back of their hair gets wet and slowly move themselves toward deeper water, feeling the change in how their body interacts with the water as they move. We had a ramp at one of our pools and I loved using that because people can move at their own pace w/o the same anxiety of the 'fall'. Here's a video of a student learning on the ramp. She spent over an hour across 2 weekends playing with this float. in the end, she still wasn't quite sure she trusted it, but she was playing with it to see. ua-cam.com/video/mt_UisFhFS4/v-deo.html is the first part. ua-cam.com/video/Cxj38QaTygM/v-deo.html is the second. ua-cam.com/users/shortsEQa_meBtfEo is the final, where's she's testing her backfloat in the 1 meter section of the pool.
I wish for you great comfort in the water Diah.
You are doing less of practical.. theory of little thing can do.