Head-lead side balance drills are the next swimming drills in our sequence of drills to learn to swim backstroke. Now you’ll practice floating more on the side rather than floating flat on your back. You’ll use a supple flutter kick for propulsion.
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If you observe a back stroke swimmer with attention, you’ll notice that he doesn’t keep his back flat in the water, but that he instead rolls from to side to side towards the pulling arm. If you are new to back stroke this might surprise you, but there are several good reasons to do this:
But let’s get back to our side balance drills. Arm movements will be covered in subsequent drills.
The side position you are aiming for is somewhere between being flat in the water with the back and being rotated 90° away from the water surface. The exact position will be different for each swimmer but for most people the angle lies somewhere between 30 and 45°.
Here’s a video of the first drill:
The drill starts exactly like head-lead supine balance:
Once you are comfortable on your back, roll more into a side position:
Once you can comfortably keep your side balance for the whole length, try to roll from side to side every few kicks. This will add a dynamic component to the swimming drill where you must adjust your balance as you roll from side to side.
Take your time to master this drill until you feel comfortable rolling from side to side. Remember to look straight up towards the ceiling all the time.
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The main difficulty when you learn to swim backstroke is to keep your balance while floating on the back. Once you have mastered the swimming drills up to the ones on this page, you’ll already be a long way towards that goal. The next step we will be to add arm movements, which we’ll cover in the next few drills.
Have fun while practicing!
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