Learning the correct technique for swimming can not only improve your speed and efficiency in the pool – it could save your life.
For true beginners in the water, a good swimming technique starts with basic skills, such as:
- Getting comfortable in the water – feeling at ease in and around the pool
- Learning how to float – relaxing and floating with gentle arm and leg movements
- Blowing bubbles and submerging the face – confident breath control is important for progressing to propulsion skills
- Sculling technique – this is the basis of all swimming strokes and is extremely important for survival skills
- Treading water – this combines the eggbeater and sculling techniques and enables children to stay afloat in deep water for periods of time
- ‘Doggy’ paddle – combining basic kicking with paddling arms (most often with head out of the water)