Breaststroke for Beginners

[@madbadbooks]

I'm so grateful this video is here. During the pandemic, I've been trying to "teach myself" how to swim. Most days, I look awfully pathetic in the water, really struggling. I've watched dozens of KZbin videos, but illustrations of the strokes and the kicks and the breathing are hard to make sense of - something always seems obscured in the water and instructors often go through the moves way too fast. This is *the* clearest, most helpful instruction I've found. You've made my day!

[@Oxford322]

I can swim but never learned any proper technique growing up! I’m trying to learn lap swim ( in my 50’s ) I have searched high and low for help ! Bought books etc but until I found this simple video I was not doing anything right !!Bc of Covid I can’t take lessons but thanks to you ! I’m in the pool this pm to do my kicks (w board ) the ♥️is genius !! I’ve never seen that and been in masters swim a year!! Bless you!

[@ChrisBurtonSwims]

Good luck!

[@alexandrefigueiredo7541]

I'm about to start swim this style, and definitely, this is the best video I've watched. Thanks a lot!!

[@priyankagandhi5510]

Alexandre Figueiredo baby Baby

[@kritikool]

Thank you for your detailed videos ! Very easy to understand. They have helped me with the breast stroke kick when no other video could .

[@DeepaDwivedi-y7y]

This is the best ever tutorial, I keep falling apart, your clip gate such a detailed breakdown in all possible ways. thank you

[@moniquewhite1058]

You're a good teacher, Mr. Burton. Your visuals contrasting stokes and diagrams really helped me see and understand what others were trying to explain. Thank you.

[@Wasabi9111]

Thank you for this video!!! My 8 yo son has been going to swim camp for the past 3 summers and still can’t swim properly. It’s so frustrating for both the kid and the parents. Since there’s no swim camp this summer due to Covid, I decided I teach him to swim myself. I watched other videos but it was still not clicking for him. I finally watched your video and you covered all the issues he had. After 3 days he improved drastically and passed our local lake swim test. Thank you!

[@ChrisBurtonSwims]

WooHoo!

[@joefaulkner22]

Thanks Chris! That reverse heart visual really helped.

[@DeKempster]

By far best video. I see now what i'm doing wrong. Only swimming for 3 weeks now (after 14 years of no sports what so ever). I was putting my arms what to far to the side. Will try these instructions, hope it will go much easier.

[@khedens]

This is very helpful and much better than commercial tips videos

[@juanasantoya3403]

Amazing teaching techniques! I am currently enrolled in swim class for beginners and was looking for videos where I can understand and follow. I found it. Thank you

[@TheLillianYoung]

I haven't taken swimming lessons since childhood (I'm an adult now). Today I was swimming laps, and barely making it halfway without running out of breath. I'm horrible at breathing while swimming. I don't know if it was the swimming God or a YMCA childhood memory, but suddenly I started doing this technique. It felt more natural for me (than hand strokes) and I was able to swim a lot longer and further. I only stopped because it started getting crowded. I came to KZbin to see if I what I was doing had a name and behold! This is it! It feels great to know that there are different styles of swimming and to have found one that works for me. Thanks for sharing.

[@gswpower7098]

Lillian I'm taking lessons at they Y but I can't do it because they make us use the boards so its harder

[@Not_Chen]

This is my first time seeing a barbell for swimming Wish i had that one back then to teach 😅

[@triumphman]

i like the tip of pushing off the side to get your feet in the right orientation. i always kept my toes pointed for the glide. i’ll try it tonight after work.

[@melanieinthecity]

Best video on this I’ve found.

[@Gizmojan]

Thank Chris Burton! I will do the drills with a board. This helps a lot. I seem to kick and move the arms at the same time.

[@parttroll1]

The stroke that was the bane in preventing me advancing to do the fun stuff in school swimming all because my leg action wasn't correct. Wish KZbin was around back in the late 70's / early 80's Good instructional video that might tempt me to learn this stroke and add it to my front crawl and backstroke

[@teachersimpactpodcast]

best video ever! finally got it with the upside down heart analogy.

[@apivailala4059]

I'm so glad I found your channel. One of the best teachers I've found coming from an adults perspective. Thank you shout out from New Zealand

[@asdfssdfghgdfy5940]

This is an awesome video. Straight to the point and no filler. Some great practical exercises here for me to try in hydro while my back heals before I can get into lame swimming.

[@laurel7135]

as a competitive swim coach this is so helpful. I know how to swim but oven it’s hard to put into words

[@HandsomeNamed]

I've been searching through many instructional videos but this one is the most helpful. I'm required to swim 400m fully clothed with shoes, and it must be a forward stroke. So breaststroke seemed the most sensible given how much freestyle seems to exhaust with the added drag. But of course I first need to learn breaststroke.... thanks for the help.

[@thedeck1627]

Pengwin Why with clothes and shoes?

[@jwilliam3153]

He is most likely in/joining the military, I may be wrong however.

[@pillowmaster2570]

THAT'S HILARIOUS

[@emailman5694]

it was so helpful😊 thank you

[@thremoore]

Thank you for posting this and other videos. Your dry land examples are very helpful.

[@toodlypip77]

Thanks for posting. I couldn't get my legs right, this video has helped ALOT 😎👍🏼

[@mitzirinahklein9412]

I have enjoyed this video. I would recommend it to others! Way to go!

[@gtocit]

Great video!! This helped me so much, better explained then those posted by speedo and stuff. thank you!

[@T.dub00]

This man is a genius

[@T.dub00]

@WAFFLES AND PEEPS thanks dude :D

[@manimurugupandian8904]

Good easy technics sir early to Learn with your videos. Thanks from India

[@ramyg5037]

2:03 - Pull Breath Kick Glide - I'll keep that in mind and practice is this winter...ThQ

[@haratrocio6156]

Very good demonstration

[@amydenton9010]

This was very useful for me and the first one that actually helped I am actually a swimmer of 6 years and I've been swimming since I was 6 I was taught all the strokes when I was six and was just expected to remember all the strokes. I've remembered them all for the last 5 years but this year for some reason I had just completely forgotten breaststroke, it used to be my fastest stroke and I was the fastest in the group but cause I forgot it now I'm the slowest and my coach doesn't realize that I've forgotten the kick and just thinks I can't do it and I would ask for their help but there isn't any time cause our practice is very rushed so there is no time to ask for them to reteach it to me so I just keep struggling with it and then I found this video and I finally understand how to do the kick, thanks!

[@pleepluu]

well this must be the best explanation video i have ever watched thank you very much 👍👍👍👍

[@umama5531]

I love your videos it helped me so much simple and well explained I didn't get what my instructor was telling me until I watched your videos thank you so much I'm still having hard time with the breathing.

[@ChrisBurtonSwims]

+Uma Ma - Keep working at it. Breaststroke requires a good feel for the water. I have a lot of different breaststroke drills because it's tough to learn. This video (kzbin.info/www/bejne/mGGbeKOYdq2Mjdk) has a couple more. Timing the breathing can be difficult for some people. Face down bubbles/exhale during the glide. Look for your breath early in the stroke.

[@umama5531]

+Chris Burton thank you so much finally I can swim all the way in but I still have problems with my breathing techniques thank you again your videos helped me so much.

[@ChrisBurtonSwims]

I'm glad that you are making progress. Great Job!

[@Crazy-yr3rt]

This video was very helpful and it explains how to do it!

[@fastration9136]

This really makes it simple, awesome video!

[@get102ew1]

thank you I have used your videos and learned how to swim! aiming for perfection !

[@78Showboat]

Great video. I got some weird looks though when I was lying on the side of the pool practising

[@ItsDarkRightNow]

old video but better then all the new ones. ty

[@bullohsemak8959]

Thank is really clear what i miss before

[@tohirizulkifli7369]

Very clear explanation...thanks for sharing this vid!

[@julianliu406]

It's really helpful, and you can do practice & exercise at home too. Thanks a lot!

[@jessicagalvan9843]

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[@babygirljer]

So technical. Thank you!

[@queenkizkurt]

this actually helped a lot! thank youuuuu

[@elizabethantenucci1848]

it did help a little. thanks!

[@apfitz]

Easily the best video!

[@ChrisBurtonSwims]

Wow, thanks!

[@sharmileemayekar6290]

Thank You Very Much ❤️🙏🏻

[@ChrisBurtonSwims]

You’re welcome 😊

[@pinkpanther749]

Great video. I'm an adult who has learned to float and do the back stroke but I can't do the free style. I just sink when I want to do the lifeguard swim or tread water. Wish I had a coach like you near me. My goal would be to do lady laps or breast stroke.

[@SwimmingGearsdotcom]

This is awesome ! Great tips! I use similar method to teach private lessons

[@tomjens2046]

Took me eight 45 minute lessons to learn to swim 25m pool length by front crawl and then after that took me only 5-10 minutes to learn to swim the same 25m length by breast stroke. Much much much much much easier than front crawl for me. Or maybe we can take into acount that I learned crawl first (8 lessons). If I took breast stroke before crawl maybe I would have taken more than 10 minutes to swim 25m. But still I am sure it would have taken much less than 8 lessons. So it is super easy compared to crawl. Of course the problem with crawls is not the movements, but learning to breathe correctly. With breaststroke breathing is easy :)

[@LShihFan]

very useful .thanks for teaching

[@banafshehsamimi2991]

The best one I've ever seen thanks a lot 🙏🙏

[@BhaveshPatel-yz8xt]

very nice videos swimming thanks so very much,

[@azizarfo8431]

thank you for this video ... it really help it me to swimming

[@elyasavo3587]

I love swim is my favorite and iam watching videos like this video is great i can learn more on this video

[@sandorkocso1798]

ok so i saw this and saw you reply to comments. i'm 250 lbs and learning to swim with just a friend and no real instructor, i can't afford it right now, just the pool pass. i'll be watching ALL of your swimming lessons and try to do better next time at the pool. i heard it takes time to learn so i won't be too desperate. i just can't get over the fear of drowning and losing my breath or something. i never swam. it may be in my head but i lose my balance really fast. hope to learn at least breaststroke and freestyle till april... oh, and a question, till i watch your videos, do you have one for my problem with the fear? thak you for the videos!

[@ChrisBurtonSwims]

I don't have any videos that discuss fear directly. Generally, the fear subsides as you get more comfortable and confident in the water. In many of my videos, I try to show you what not to do as well as the proper way. While learning freestyle and breaststroke is a good goal, backstroke is often the easiest to learn since you don't have to time your breathing, so give that a try as well. Here are a few videos to get you started: Preparing Beginning Swimmers for Freestyle - kzbin.info/www/bejne/aIm0qmamm9Ocgc0 , Freestyle - Adult Beginners kzbin.info/www/bejne/haDKnIiDjd10bLM , and Backstroke for Beginners - kzbin.info/www/bejne/pJOqaKiBptRleaM Good luck!

[@RockyValentino2013]

Great video. Has helped me so much, thank you!

[@elisabethgustawsson360]

Excellent advice (but awful sound)! I teach the breaststroke to beginners and recognise many of the mistakes and look forward to trying the drills to amend such problems! Thanks!

[@sanajacob3983]

best video to explain breaststroke. thanks

[@myeshajohnson8526]

Dude u are so helpful thanks god. bless you

[@ahsai1]

This is an extremely good video. It really helped me a lot!! Thank you! Keep making more swimming tutorials! Your videos are really great :)

[@rivo1306]

Hi! I learned breaststroke through your tip for drawing a heart. Thank u ❤🏊🏻‍♂️

[@ChrisBurtonSwims]

Great job!

[@phongnguyen007]

good video for beginner

[@tacoz1229]

This helped so much!! thanks!!

[@martin-johnsaaiman4278]

Really'Really'Really helpful!! Thank you!

[@lilalila7620]

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[@pablojimenez5736]

Nice….I like breast stroke because it stress less my shoulder rotation. It is for a swimmer with shoulder issue a recovery style, instead of the back stroke

[@rituparanjape650]

Really good demonstration thanks

[@mahendrajeena4686]

thanks to share perfect swimming techniques videos

[@UnderdogTactics]

You have a gift sir.

[@KhoiNguyen-gr2ie]

Thanks ❤

[@silversharky3258]

Great tips tho....finally got the hang of it😊

[@freedomfighter8074]

best Video. Thanks a lot

[@nevayal7208]

this video is very helpful

[@promisedparadise9173]

Really helpful. Thanks

[@hamidgaber3957]

thanks a lot

[@yogipratama3911]

trimaksih iNi sangat membantu saya ...

[@_shining_star2320]

thank you so much it is very useful to the beggingners

[@silverkitsune1003]

Thanks for telling me, my breast stroke is terrible. I haven't swam in months. I need to work on my chest muscles and pectoral muscles as I need to.

[@hananeam2500]

so helpful thank you from #Morocco

[@violetroy5838]

Thank you for breaking it down! The kick finally makes sense to me.

[@laurastandley4834]

I love the bar method. It's very helpful.

[@FruityFarterSG]

best advice..hold breath, kick, fly

[@RajeshKumar-pn8xl]

liked the way u explained

[@ruth_hadikin]

Very helpful - thank you!

[@jameerbagwan2637]

simply great

[@shannonfrye3797]

Thanks for this!

[@emamirohi9786]

good job

[@misscharmente2388]

very good

[@subhaanullah4507]

Top man!!

[@ahentingbisayastudio9333]

Good swimming lesson realy love swimming but only 1 type of swimming i learn

[@michaelmcgill8104]

Very good video. would you still recommend a beginner to push off the wall with their feet to get their momentum going? Or does it matter? Can you just start from standing? I started practicing this on my last swim session and I have a hard time getting my face out of the water. It looks like the swimmer is doing a push-up in the water and that that force is pushing them out of the water but when I try it, my hands and body and head all seem to just sink down, I feel like I still need some momentum. My first stroke seems to be ok but then I slow down and start to sink. I like the part when you recommend transitioning from treading in the breast stroke style and then transitioning to the breast stroke. I will try that.

[@ChrisBurtonSwims]

You can certainly push off the wall to get you momentum going. The tough thing about breaststroke pull is that you're not really pulling straight back and you're not pushing straight down. It's a finning/sculling motion. Try to stay smooth and fluid throughout the pulling motion. How's your kick? If you can get good thrust from your kick, that'll help you keep your momentum going. Keep working at it. Good luck!

[@michaelmcgill8104]

well, I've just started to learn it. I can't say my kick is good yet but I go back and forth between trying it and scrutinizing videos of it paying attention to timing and the position and angle of every part of the body. I'll get the hang of it soon. Thanks.

[@johncharlton7208]

Michael McGill

[@civil10a]

this is perfect thank you!

[@katherinemarino4197]

Thank you

[@cheznheiazjham]

Wow awesome

[@nsl776]

Thank you verry much ! i just start to how to swimming breakstrok this vedio really helpfull.

[@mahmoudmustapha9353]

Think you

[@Naomi-rf1bl]

im quite a weak swimmer, but for some reason i really want to be a lifeguard. so in preparation for the swim test and training i focused all my energy into learning freestyle.... smh I wish I had learned this one instead so i didnt get so exhausted doing the lap portions of the swim test! I almost died hahaha

[@kenwhite8004]

Is bending the knee and opening the legs wide a wrong technique?

[@ChrisBurtonSwims]

From a competitive perspective, the more narrow knee position "whip kick" provides more power than a wide-kneed "frog" kick technique. Years ago, they used to teach both techniques as different kicks, but both are functional for for recreational swimming.

[@iberia7376]

love the idea

[@radziahradzi]

very good instruction, thanks for sharing

[@chocoholic5645]

Hi I am writing a report about the drills of kick and pull timing of breaststroke. and I have thought your barbell pulling can help improve kick and pull timing, but I have to mention the reason,.,,, so I wrote, when a swimmer uses barbell, they tend to spend less time to breath, and that will lead to a right time kicking by shortening the between time from the moment with your both hands ahead of your head and kicking. I don't think this is what you meant to use barbell.. but do think my theory makes sense??

[@ChrisBurtonSwims]

I'd say that the barbell drill helps keep the student from pulling too far underneath their body. Many novice breaststrokers breathe too late in the stroke, so they end up extending the pull beneath their hips in order to keep their head up longer. This messes up the timing. Plus, it's not legal to pull past your hips during the stroke (only once during the pullout).

[@chocoholic5645]

@@ChrisBurtonSwims Thanks alot ^^ I already handed out my lame report TTTTT.