How to Tread Water Step By Step

Swimming tutorial for treading water with eggbeater kick for beginners.
Necessary skills: sculling (Here is link to my HOW TO DO BASIC SCULLING video: • How To Do Basic Sculli... )
Please, take time with allowing your muscles to memorize the movements. As this alternating leg movement becomes natural for your muscles, you can start adding speed and power. Keep practicing, and you will not remember a time when you were unable to tread water with ease!!! I am very happy that you have allowed me to be a part of your learning process.
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[@ScottElblein]

The odd thing about the egg beater kick is to anyone watching you tread water, it looks almost like you're panicking, and having trouble treading, lol. It also feels kind of like trying to rub your belly and pat your head at the same time.

[@easyflowing]

Yes, a new learner might look a bit distressed while learning eggbeater kick. However, I wouldn't say that anyone would feel like jumping in to save a Synchronized swimmer or a Water Polo player while they tread water 🤷‍♀️ Absolutely, it definitely feels like trying to rub a belly and pat the head, especially when doing eggbeater kick together with sculling.

[@b.f.burton6888]

This video on egg-beater sculling is simply, well explained. Thanks for taking the time to do it. I'm just starting off ... first got started sitting on a noodle ... and I didn't get such detailed demonstration .. Now I think I'm better prepared to try it.

[@easyflowing]

Thank you very much for taking time to comment and express your appreciation 🙏 Please keep me posted on your progress! ❤️

[@subhrajitdey5513]

Please do it with your instructor. I foolishly tried to do it alone on the deepest part of pool and just drowned. Saved by God's grace. But yes swimming is great

[@easyflowing]

I am glad you are safe. In this video or in the description, I did suggest that one first needs to learn how to do sculling. Plus, new skills in deep water can be tried only if you can get yourself to and from a floating position and in a presence of a lifeguard. Also, you can always learn Eggbeater kick in the water that is chest deep. It’s unnecessary to try it in a deep end of a pool.

[@subhrajitdey5513]

Swimming And Living absolutely. Your vids are inspiring. Just as I said my foolishness

[@easyflowing]

Thank you 🙏

[@marinavanwoerkom1901]

Thanks for your video, I believe ITS helpfull not only for a beginner like me but to everyone learning. Thanks for the tip as Well.

[@easyflowing]

+Marina Van Woerkom You are welcome, I am glad that it is helpful!

[@ramcaransingh1399]

Thank you for showing the slow and precise movements of the feet. Excellent explanation .

[@easyflowing]

Thank you very much! I am glad that you found my video helpful and useful.

[@iamannego]

I am really having a hard time combining the “infinity sculling” and egg beater kick. It gets the other way around😂😂

[@easyflowing]

Yes, it’s like tapping the top of your head with one hand and drawing circles on your stomach with the other 😅 Very true, it’s not easy! It’s fine to try working one hand at a time to mimic your feet. See if it gets easier. The only thing that’s going to be difficult with alternating your hands is figuring out when to angle hands and which way ☺️ Good luck. Please let me know how it goes 🙏

[@jilibido]

exactly!

[@easyflowing]

@Jill I am glad to see that you are still at it!

[@uslav3052]

@@easyflowing I got a little too excited and almost killed my self I skipped through the patience and went diving in I was floating but the second I laughed I started sinking and drinking water I had to use the doggy paddle to get back to 5 feet

[@easyflowing]

@Uslav That's exactly why it is necessary to practice in shallow water until certain water safety skills can be performed. Laughing is a different matter altogether, though. When you laugh, you exhale explosively and with no air left in your lungs, the body does sink if sculling isn't used. I am glad you were able to get to safety! Interestingly, in stressful situations, we tend to regress to the skills that are more embedded in our muscle memory (hence the doggy paddle) and new skills can partially get erased. That's why when I teach my clients, I ask them not to swim while practicing on their own until their new skills get firmly written into their muscle memory.

[@strawhat9179]

I like how this video is explained it helps but after trying to learn it after 3 days I got better but I still end up sinking and need my hands to stay afloat

[@easyflowing]

I am glad you can see your progress! It definitely takes longer to practice, in order to be able to do it without the help of your hands.

[@alingligaya390]

Going swimming next week and I'm definitely trying this. I hope I get an a-ha moment this time. I've wanted to learn how to tread water for so long. Thank you for this video. 😊

[@easyflowing]

You are welcome. Keep in mind that as you keeeep praaaactiiiiciiing, eventually, you definitely get that A-ha! moment 🤗 Continue working on your rhythm.

[@moneekodunze7602]

@@easyflowingppp pop poo😂l

[@plutonchen5591]

Cannot wait to practice what I learned.

[@easyflowing]

Great! Please, let me know how it goes!!!

[@dzhwar1356]

One of the best explains I'll do practice tomorrow.

[@easyflowing]

I am glad you found my video helpful! Are you practicing for water safety or for a lifeguarding certification?

[@emmanuelmumo7355]

Thanks for the tutorial it works

[@easyflowing]

You are welcome. I am glad you found my guidance helpful!

[@nelucarpaciu75]

Very efficient - simple and very good explanation! From yours video I keep learning with good results! Thank you very much!

[@easyflowing]

Thank you very much for watching my video and for leaving a comment! I am glad that you are getting better at treading water with tips from my video!

[@nelucarpaciu75]

I practiced for 2 weeks, started to work very well. It's a very good knee exercise. The key is to always practice! Thank you!

[@tomergotliv]

Hi there! My goal is stay above the water 3 minutes with 3kg in my right arm, how much time i need to practice this ? All day ? And how much time? I have competition more 3 weeks. Thank you

[@easyflowing]

In Synchronized Swimming, we practiced twice a day, six days a week... it's up to you how good you are to be. You can practice by doing laps treading water, with arms, sculling, with one arm out of the water, with both arms out of the water, with the weight...

[@tomergotliv]

@@easyflowing If I'll practice hour every single day during 3 weeks it's enough ? (I have basically muscle and good fitness.)

[@easyflowing]

I don't know your swimming and treading skill level. If I taught you face to face, three weeks probably would be enough. Otherwise, I cannot be sure, I have too little information.

[@hebakhalil5611]

Every time I try to do this in deep water I fall and panic because there is no ground under my feet

[@easyflowing]

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): kzbin.info/aero/PLlni5Zb5tjJmZhWlFRqkpHdQOdy_eNzGC

[@Sarju017]

hey this was a really good video.....simple easy instructions to follow.....jus gotta keep practicing now

[@easyflowing]

Hey, thank you for watching my video and for your kind comment! Yes, it is all about going through the motion over and over again until you start feeling the water, and as you do it, you learn how to use this magical substance. Practice makes perfect!

[@milahh34]

İ am learning a Lot of things with your great teaching.thank you 😊 and also you are so beautiful a woman 😊😘

[@easyflowing]

Thank you 🙏

[@sunalharbi]

One of the best explaination. thank you

[@easyflowing]

You are welcome. I am glad to be of help 😊

[@georgewashington7982]

I can swim fine, my cardio overall is great and I’m generally fit But I know im dojng something wrong cus I get tired treading lol. Not sure how I can make this click in my brain

[@easyflowing]

Well, there are many different reasons for getting tired while treading water. Number 1 is the fact that breathing in the water is more tiresome because of water pressure. Number 2 is because this movement is unusual for the body and it is in an unusual position, and muscles have to work harder. Plus, until the movement becomes a second nature to your body, it's going to continue to be tiresome. So, in order for your Eggbeater kick to become easier, you have to keep practicing. Also, you have to overload your body during the exercise (when the movement is perfected). For example, your kick can be practiced with hands in the water but not sculling. Then the hands can be gotten out of the water while treading. Then, the forearms can be lifted up while treading. Then, the arms can be lifted out of the water completely. Then, treading can be practiced with holding a dumbbell. Every level should be done when the previous one becomes easy. Also, general fitness should be continuously improved, and movement specific strength exercises should be done. I hope this helped.

[@georgewashington7982]

@@easyflowing ah thank you! Ye I figured I should just keep doing it more. I guess I got a bit cocky starting off cus I can run a 6 min or less mile, but it’s a completely different ballgame in the water lol

[@easyflowing]

Oh yes, the water is a special environment and everything changes in it!!!

[@awesome-ei2eb]

I am definitely going to practice this routine. I confuse myself during practice. It's not easy for me to look at my instructor underwater. I also read another viewer comment regarding being nerves at the deeper end. I agree with this comment. You stated to practice in shallow water first. When I tried in the past, I continued to til backward or go underwater. My instructor told me to push my pelvis upwards and still continue to til backward. Any recommendation? Thank you so much for your videos. It's so helpful to start fresh and remind calm.

[@easyflowing]

This one isn't an easy skill to learn, so keep practicing. Since you aren't able to keep your body in a vertical position, it tells me that you are unable to keep balance in water. I would suggest for you to practice these exercises, they will help you with strengthening your muscles for balancing: Strength Exercises In Water For Balance And Swimming: kzbin.info/aero/PLlni5Zb5tjJmib-12WS1zD7KncCryC3pp PS some videos don't have sound. I have to figure out how to fix this issue.

[@hboyofficial2364]

Yes yes yeeees! Thank you very much i did it!!! I'm able to trend now in water!!! You're awesome

[@easyflowing]

I am so happy! 🙌 Thank you for your feedback 🙏

[@AGeeez]

I would like to also one day trend in water not just on the internet

[@easyflowing]

@AGeeez I am with you, just the opposite, I'd like to trend also online. The eyes see what the brain expects.😊

[@AGeeez]

@@easyflowing 😂😂😂

[@kitlojosh]

I was so confused by the leg movement. This helped out a ton. i almost drowned 3 times back when i didnt know how to tread water. this was really helpful. I also have a question, Do you recommend floating in your back or treading water?

[@easyflowing]

I am glad you have survived the water when you didn't know how to tread it! It is great to hear that my instruction video was helpful in your learning process. I recommend learning both treading water and a back float. The sequence does matter, though. I prefer to teach how to balance in water vertically first and only afterwards I teach floating. Because one cannot survive in open water without knowing where to go, and being able to keep the head upright in water (just enough to figure out where safety is) is a priority in a survival situation in my opinion.

[@delalves1279]

congratulations great class!! I have difficulty in this movement. I have to train more. Thanks for the class...😗😘

[@easyflowing]

Thank you. It’s all about getting the movement into muscle memory by practicing, first, in slow motion. After a while, you’ll get a feel for it. Good luck with your training!

[@sirtoasty9293]

This is very useful for beginners in waterpolo, as eggbeater is the sole rudimentary skill that keeps you from drowning. Good job!

[@easyflowing]

Thank you! It’s fun to jump out of the water from it, too☝️

[@_mureithi]

Amazing tutorial,i'm in love with you and your channel,you've replied to every single comment,you really care about your viewers .I'll practice this tomorrow,you explain it so well.Thank you.

[@_mureithi]

I'LL subscribe to your channel for future content.

[@easyflowing]

Thank you for your comment and for your kind words. More content will come after I fix all the technical issues with my, already filmed, videos. Please keep me posted on your progress with treading water.

[@srivatsanvatsan9445]

Hi madam my name is srivatsan from India. Very interested and nice tutorial. Ur method of step by step techniques is easily understood. Please post more videos 🙏

[@easyflowing]

Hello Srivatsan. I am glad you find my tutorials helpful. Thank you for your encouragement. What are you learning at the moment?

[@rosepetalaysha]

Thank you for explaining soo clearly!! :-)

[@easyflowing]

You are welcome! You might find this video helpful, too: kzbin.info/www/bejne/haDYY6OuqLCYjKM Here, I used only Eggbeater kick to get to the other side of a lake, explaining some aspects of the kick in the process.

[@animalworld_349]

Without hand 🤚 Tread water..Do you have Training videos…please

[@easyflowing]

I explain a bit more in this video. See if you find it useful. kzbin.info/www/bejne/haDYY6OuqLCYjKM

[@inteldruid]

Stupid question: if you rotate your feet in the opposite direction, do you get the same efficiency? :)

[@easyflowing]

No, you don't get the same efficiency when working in the opposite direction. In sports, it’s all about getting the best results with the least amount of energy expenditure. The way I describe it in my video is the optimal way to tread water. That’s why Synchronized swimmers and Water Polo players use it. A few comments back, I answered a similar question, you might want to look it up to get a fuller explanation. Please keep me posted on your progress ❤

[@OrcunYolasigar1905]

teşekkürler güzel detaylı anlatım için 🙏

[@easyflowing]

You are very welcome!

[@kcnot9837]

This is the BEST one!!Thx！👍👍👍

[@easyflowing]

I'm glad my video was helpful in your swimming practice!

[@easyflowing]

I'm glad my video was helpful in your swimming practice!

[@brianc8840]

Personally i think this is the best intro video i have watched, why? because it shows the turning of the leg and foot also, it shows both legs moving and then the rhythm for both the opposite directions, so thankyou.

[@easyflowing]

Thank you very much for such a wonderful feedback about this tutorial! Are you learning how to perform this skill or looking for different ways of teaching it?

[@marouane2525]

تبارك الله عليك شاهدت عدة فيديوهات ولم ارى مثل هدا الشرح

[@easyflowing]

Thank you! I am glad you found my explanation helpful!

[@VickysTuition]

Awesome tutorials filled with progressions from easy to hardest !!

[@easyflowing]

Thank you! I am glad you found it logically sound. Have you tried the exercises?

[@VickysTuition]

@@easyflowing I'm going to try from tmrw.. only yesterday I watched the video. I'll update you with my progress. Thanks a lot 😊

[@easyflowing]

I'd love to hear from you with the update and questions if any rise up!

[@xrizhxzchzx3693]

youre the best swimming teacher Madam ..thanks for your video

[@easyflowing]

Thank you very much 🙏 I am glad you found my video helpful!

[@Ricobaca]

Man I learned nothing in swimming lessons in 1970's. I always stood in the corner and people would come over and dump chlorine where i would be...everyday went home with red eyes and a fear of having my head underwater.

[@easyflowing]

Did anything change since the 1970's? Were you able to learn swimming?

[@jessielabesto2438]

❤ awesome,thank you for your tutorial..help a lot

[@easyflowing]

Hey Jessie, I am glad you found my tutorial helpful! Why are you learning treading water, for water safety or for lifeguarding?

[@sumitpaudel9846]

After watching your video, I have finally understood the movement of legs in egg beater kick. But I am still having a hard time sculling and kicking simultaneously. Can you give me any advice for that?

[@easyflowing]

I am glad it finally clicked for you! Master each of these strokes separately, first. Then, practice slowly. Then, you can try alternating your sculling when you do Eggbeater kick. It probably will start occurring naturally as you keep working on it and start getting relaxed (when it becomes second nature for your body). Enjoy your practice. Keep me posted!

[@sumitpaudel9846]

@@easyflowing Thank you for your kind advice. I will definitely follow it and master this skill.

[@naimatayo8300]

Thank you so much for helping me learn how to tread water. You are such an excellent teacher ❤

[@easyflowing]

I am ecstatic to hear about your achievement!!! It's great to know that I could help, thank you for letting me know! ❤️ How long did it take you to get it and how much did you have to practice?

[@tubeyrich]

This is fantastic: thank you so much for explaining so patiently, step by step. And emphasizing learning slowly. 🙏💚

[@easyflowing]

It's my pleasure! ❤ Why are you learning how to do the Eggbeater kick?

[@tubeyrich]

@@easyflowing I've learnt swimming in dribs & drabs over the years, and I still remember this one moment when I found myself in the 20-metre deep end of a pool and was very scared! I've started practising swimming again and wanted to learn this necessary skill of treading water :)

[@easyflowing]

Yes, this one can definitely save a life! Are you good at switching from floating on your back to floating on your stomach?

[@tubeyrich]

@@easyflowing I find the back float the most relaxing position. So, I now tell myself while practising freestyle that I can do that any time I get tired or am in the deep end, so there's no need to panic! :D But I haven't tried the opposite: switching to swimming freestyle from the back float. Also, I kind of think of it as simply flipping over. Is there a specific technique to doing either switch?

[@easyflowing]

There are a couple ways to do it. One of them is the one you described, just flipping over the side. The other one is getting into a vertical position (Eggbeater and/or sculling) and lying down to float on the back, getting up into a vertical position and lying down to float on the stomach. I usually use it for working on balance in the water. We worked a lot on it here: Fear of Water (Lessons in Open Water): kzbin.info/aero/PLlni5Zb5tjJmZhWlFRqkpHdQOdy_eNzGC

[@sisi11122]

Good info. Did not know about the feet moving like that. Thank you

[@easyflowing]

You are welcome ☺️ Thank you for your comment!

[@abdessalembekri9205]

Well executed. I have watched many different other videos not yours. But your videos are the top of my list I must say that. Your accent is amazing too 😊

[@easyflowing]

Thank you. Please let me know about your improvements in this kick, as you work on it. Tell me about the issues, too, so I can address them.

[@abdessalembekri9205]

Swimming And Living I will. Just waiting for my local gym to be open soon, as u know the cause of COVID 19 things here are getting gradually opening

[@abdessalembekri9205]

Swimming And Living u are remarkable. I wanna thank u so much for being so kind and helpful. 😊

[@easyflowing]

Of course! Being able to swim is liberating. I love seeing people improve, especially after trying exercises from my videos.

[@abdessalembekri9205]

Swimming And Living absolutely true. Thanks 😊

[@MrAdvaitdhar]

Thank you ma'am , I'll practice this, also could you please try uploading treading without hands , that would be a major help, thank you :)

[@easyflowing]

Thank you for your suggestion! I’ll keep it in mind when I start filming, again. Please keep me posted on your progress. Thank you for your comment.

[@chrisjohn9]

i try it to day in swimming pool really it works well thank you so much

[@easyflowing]

Thank you for your feedback! I am glad that exercises in my video worked for you!

[@run3426]

You are so beautiful! You are so beautiful! You do not need to be skinny to be Beautiful! You are so beautiful! You are important and you do have worth and meaning! Jesus loves you! To everyone!

[@easyflowing]

Thank you ❤

[@nathanmeredith308]

This one will take some for me to learn. Great visuals tho! I gott'em planted in my head. Thxs, will put the time in to practice this movement.

[@easyflowing]

Thank you for your comment and a compliment. Practice makes perfect!

[@aSm0jUiCe]

This looks so easy until you are in the pool.

[@easyflowing]

Yes and yes. It does get easier as one keeps practicing. It’s the weirdest thing, all of a sudden, you start feeling it.

[@stepsidemicheal5108]

I joined water polo for my school and it’s actually my first time doing it soo any more tips?

[@easyflowing]

Congratulations! High School or University?

[@easyflowing]

In any case, spend a lot of time on working with the ball on dry land on a handball half court or in a gymnasium with walls. Learn to throw and catch the ball with dominant and non dominant hands. If you want to become the best, you will have to do a lot of work on your own. If the pool isn’t available to work on your own, find dry land training and train on your own. Your legs, arms and core have to be very strong to do well, plus, you need to protect your joints by strengthening Water Polo specific muscle groups.

[@easyflowing]

Another thing, watch a lot of professional games to understand the game with it’s different tactics.

[@exoduscake5060]

Why is it called egg beater? 🤔 Thank for the lesson though.

[@easyflowing]

Because the movement is just like in an egg beater mixer.

[@easyflowing]

You are welcome. Thank you for your comment.

[@holynoob3602]

is this method better than the breathstroke method?

[@easyflowing]

Thank you for asking. The best method is the one that keeps you afloat with more ease. This method, if perfected, doesn't make your body bob, keeping your at the same level, which is energy conserving. Synchronized Swimmers and Water Polo players use this method because it's the most efficient.

[@alhajiabdullahi5668]

I feel I have holes in my body which is making me sink despite my best effors lol. This technique gives me hope that one day I will stand on water 👍😀

[@easyflowing]

Well, if that happens one day, then the whole world might think that the Messiah came back... let's first learn how to stay upright IN Water. (I really truly hope that you have a sense of humor that can resonate with mine! 🙏 😅) Keep practicing, it takes some time. Eventually, it all clicks together!

[@exinmate]

I watched thousand of videos, and they all make it seemed so simple. It's not! I've been trying every summer, and still trying...

[@easyflowing]

Kudos to you for your persistence! I am pretty sure that none of the teachers, whose videos you watched, said that it was an easy stroke to learn. It’s the most complicated stroke in water sports because it involves work of multiple joints in multiple plains of movement. What we could’ve said is that when perfected, this is the easiest way to tread water. With that said, I always suggest to perfect sculling, before trying to learn Eggbeater kick. Here is my playlist for sculling: Swimming Lessons. Sculling kzbin.info/aero/PLlni5Zb5tjJksa9gyNU5KzbHR_A9rn4jE You gotta make the movement of eggbeater kick to be like a second nature for your body, which requires hours upon hours of practice. After you get comfortable with the movement itself, you’ll be able to start feeling movement of the water under your feet. Don’t give up. Keep practicing and you’ll get it eventually! Please, keep me posted.

[@76muhammad76]

A question: Is it fine if left leg rotate counter clockwise and right clockwise?

[@easyflowing]

As you described the motion, it isn't the optimal way to tread water with the eggbeater kick. The best way to tread water is the one that gives you the best result with the least amount of energy spent. The kick where the left leg goes clockwise and the right leg goes counter clockwise is the most optimal way, that's why Synchronized Swimmers and Water Polo players do it this way.

[@76muhammad76]

@@easyflowing Thanks! I asked because I learned it wrong and have trained myself to rotate left leg counter clockwise and right clockwise. And now I am struggling to correct the technique

[@easyflowing]

You are welcome. Yes, it takes time and practice to break incorrect habits because it's necessary to reset muscle memory.

[@oursavior9339]

Thank you

[@easyflowing]

You are welcome

[@randorguy4113]

Thanks to you for showing what you did between 3:41 and 3:50. I guess that is the key and probably what I am missing in my eggbeater.

[@easyflowing]

It is definitely easier to learn with two limbs working together. I'd love to know how it goes for you, when you practice this one!

[@sumeetkeluskar5589]

I have seen the lots of videos but it says do like breaststroke and then alternate it. I am confused now

[@easyflowing]

The kick I teach here is the real athletic Eggbeater kick. We use it in Synchronized Swimming and in Water Polo. As far as teaching this complicated kick, transferring a stroke that you already understand is an easier way to teach/learn a new stroke. After getting alternating movement with breaststroke kicks, you would perfect your Eggbeater kick by doing it the way I teach here. Or, you can right away learn it correctly. It all depends on each individual style of learning and abilities. For example, when I work with a beginner swimmer and want to teach them Eggbeater kick for water safety, I start teaching the way I teach here because it wouldn't make any sense for me to teach a completely different stroke first. However, when I teach a swimmer who already knows how to do breaststroke kick properly, I base my teaching on what they already know and move forward from there. If you learn on your own, you can always choose exercises that are easier for your body and advance from there.

[@sumeetkeluskar5589]

thanks I have started working as per the video

[@easyflowing]

Great! Please, keep me posted on your progress.

[@monkeyman1505]

Hi! I'm a 31 year old beginner. I tried to tread water today but it felt so exhausting I can only do it for 10 seconds. What could be possibly wrong with my movements?

[@easyflowing]

I am happy to know that you decided to learn swimming!!! Thank you for watching my video and for subscribing to my channel!!!

[@easyflowing]

What can I say, swimming is a set of a specific type of skills in a very special environment. So, your body must be prepared for it more than for any other physical activity. If we are talking just about swimming, then you have to have a general physical fitness because water relaxes muscles, tendons and even your ligaments, so you have to make sure that your muscles are extra strong in order to protect your joints. Plus, there are swimming specific muscle groups that need to be strengthened in order to be able to float, to keep a streamline position and to propel yourself as fast as you would like to and as long as you want to. Swimming specific muscles (just for freestyle) include but not limited to: your core (abs, obliques, erector spinae, glutes, upper back), your medial deltoids, triceps, lats, gastrocnemius, inner thighs, forearm muscles, etc. In this particular video, you are learning to tread water, so, in addition to all of those, your hamstrings, tibialis anterior, tibialis posterior and peroneus muscles have to be strong... In short, what I am trying to say, any type of exercise is a science, if you want to stay healthy as you learn these wonderful new skills, take it seriously. And, as my client, whose training sessions I am going to post in the near future said: ‘being fit is one thing BUT being fit for swimming is a whole different level of fitness’. Meaning: it will be difficult and you will have to work on your strength and endurance through a lot of muscle ache!!!

[@easyflowing]

To start strengthening your muscles, you can follow exercise in this playlist: First Steps to Swimmingkzbin.info/aero/PLlni5Zb5tjJn7jCl1Senai_MSqN6s7hGp

[@monkeyman1505]

Thank you so much for your prompt reply! Your videos are very helpful to me. I'll keep on practicing. I couldn't even go 1/2 lap when I started but now I'm improving slowly but surely. Swimming has done wonders for my physical and emotional health so I don't want to stop doing it. I have been watching plenty of videos to improve my skills and you are one of my favorites. More power to you! 👐😀

[@easyflowing]

It’s great to hear that you are improving and thank you for choosing me as one of your guides! Now I am actually in the process of filming my work with a client who has a fear of water, so we took it from the very beginning. We are using a lot of exercises from the playlist First Steps To Swimming and adjusting them for open water. Stay tuned for more valuable videos 😊

[@thomascho8975]

How fast can you learn the egg beater kick?

[@easyflowing]

It all depends on how comfortable you are in water to begin with, on how strong your core and leg muscles are, and on the amount of time and effort you put into learning this movement. First, you will learn the mechanics of the movement, then you’ll have to make this move a second nature (by practice, practice, practice) and then, you’ll start feeling it, meaning that you will start feeling actually using the water to tread water easily. Of course, after that, you can start working on your endurance to get even better at it.

[@sukhjindersingh3614]

I see underwater legs are of different lady

[@easyflowing]

😂 I wish I had a team to film with me. Nope, all mine. Water does distort the picture, just look at a rose in a clear vase, filled with water. You should see the thumbnail of this video: Flutter Kick For Beginners And For Swimmers Whose Kick Feels Forced [Swimming Lessons For Adults] kzbin.info/www/bejne/aafdnqqGjdh7mdE Here, it’s as if I got legs and a waistline of a model 🤣🤣🤣 Thank you for your comment, you made me laugh! Was the video helpful, though?

[@paulthesquid3595]

The best video i have seen yet on the eggbeater kick i am getting better fully master'd when i can lift my hands out of the water i think there.

[@easyflowing]

Thank you! To be able to tread water with hands out of the water, the kick has to be very fast. Keep practicing to make it stronger. Do whole laps of doing Eggbeater kick from one side of the pool to the other and in different directions. Work up to doing 10-20 laps only Eggbeater kick first with sculling and then with your hands hugging you so that your legs would work alone. This video will be helpful with changing directions: kzbin.info/www/bejne/fHithJefjtmfmZo

[@patriceh8444]

You are the only person I found that breaks down the move me I will let you know if I did it in my swimming lessons thanks

[@easyflowing]

Thank you for your feedback! Yes, please, let me know how it goes during your swimming lesson and if you have any questions.

[@donicomitre]

The best video I've ever seen abut this subject. Congratulations.

[@easyflowing]

Thank you 🙏 I am very happy that you found this video helpful.

[@므하핫-x6t]

Dear Ma'am, is it more like breaststroke kick or rather swirling the water?I was confused very much while I was practicing.

[@easyflowing]

It’s like a breaststroke kick. However, because one leg is working at a time, your hips slightly twist and that makes the movement look and feel circular. If it’s easier for you to understand the movement as an alternative breaststroke, then do it as you understand it. Some tutorials do teach it as such. Although, when you do your breaststroke, the foot doesn’t move inside, in eggbeater, it does. But again, it’s because of extra hip movement and movement of your thighs in a transverse plane... It gets too complicated if you try to analyze it. So, at first, do it the way you can understand it the best. Later on, you will feel what makes your stroke stronger.

[@fghkufzc9833]

I tried it but my head keep sinking

[@easyflowing]

It's good to start practicing this kick in shallow water, after getting good at sculling (kzbin.info/www/bejne/j2qWZ5WVd6aWf6M)

[@chrisjohn9]

thank you so much really y made it very easy. next time i ll practice. thank you again

[@easyflowing]

I am glad that you found my video helpful. Please let me know about your progress!

[@pahanin2480]

I have one good knee and this is great

[@easyflowing]

This exercise doesn't bother your knees?

[@pururum3590]

Thank you for speaking slowly🙏🏻🤧🤧

[@easyflowing]

Thank you for appreciating it 😊 this is the only way I can speak to control my accent. 😅

[@pururum3590]

@@easyflowing 😁😁😁 that's good for non-native listeners like me, thank you 👍🏻

[@easyflowing]

It's my pleasure!!! 😊❤

[@automatster]

That was awesome. Thank you

[@easyflowing]

You are welcome! I am glad you found this video helpful.

[@deddykurniawansaputra395]

I will try this exercise tomorrow and I will tell if I succeed or not later

[@easyflowing]

Sounds great, I'd love to hear how it goes!

[@deddykurniawansaputra395]

remains difficult on leg movements. do I have to repeat this exercise every day or every few days?

[@easyflowing]

I am glad to hear back from you. The more you practice consistently, the faster this kick will become second nature to you. After awhile, you won't have to think about what you do in this kick, you'll just do it. So, practicing every day will get you desired result faster. Keep up the good work!!!

[@z01z02]

I'm turning 10 and I know how to tread water! I can swim deep and can do normal swimming

[@easyflowing]

That is very good! Which is your favorite style of swimming?

[@bookiehillbilly]

I was fully prepared to write a meme comment but this is actually great information. Good job.

[@easyflowing]

Thank you, I am happy you found this video helpful!

[@easyflowing]

@bookiehillbilly Just out of curiosity, how does one write a meme comment on KZbin? What am I missing? 🙈

[@oof-oo5sm]

@@easyflowing a meme is a joke that many people know so basicaly she was most likely going to make a reference to a mainstream joke or something well known

[@easyflowing]

@oof Thank you ☺️

[@user-pl9rn4jt4k]

I love your teaching. Thanks

[@easyflowing]

I am glad that you find my teaching helpful 🙏 You are welcome!

[@lucasgraham3480]

just drowned pal thanks

[@easyflowing]

Can you explain your comment?

[@shr8859]

Hello. Thank you very very much💐

[@easyflowing]

Hello. You are very welcome! Have you tried these exercises?

[@shr8859]

Dream To Swim . Yes and it was really really helpful, thanks alot🙏🏻

[@easyflowing]

I am glad!!!

[@livchesy6007]

Most helpful video. Most videos i see is the instructor is already submerged and I can’t figure out exact position of my legs. I’ll try this technique. I’m not new to swimming and I even took swimming lessons (that’s a long story) but I still didn’t conquer my fear of swimming in the deep end of the pool

[@easyflowing]

Thank you for your compliment ❤ You might benefit from the series I did in open water, where I taught my client who had a fear of water when we started but was comfortable at the end. Open Water Swimming Lessons (Fear Of Water): kzbin.info/aero/PLlni5Zb5tjJmZhWlFRqkpHdQOdy_eNzGC Keep in mind that my editing wasn't the best, I am re-editing these series. The first video is done, you can watch it here: Fear Of Water to Comfort In Deep Open Water: kzbin.info/aero/PLlni5Zb5tjJmvtg5X4YtOxLHXLj4ow586

[@livchesy6007]

Thank you so much. I’ll watch it

[@easyflowing]

Great!

[@nyyy__]

Thanks now I could float don’t judge I’m watching this in the pool

[@easyflowing]

You are welcome. I hope your device is waterproof or at least in a ziplock bag 😊

[@herrp8765]

Thank you so much for making this video. Excellent job. Can't wait to get to the pool at the gym and check this out!! All the best

[@easyflowing]

You are very welcome! I am glad you found this video helpful. I'd like to know how it goes when you try these exercises in the pool. Keep in mind that it takes A LOT of practice to get the Eggbeater kick into your muscle memory. Have a great practice!

[@herrp8765]

@@easyflowing Life, it seems, also takes a lot of practice. 😃 Thanks for the reminder. I'm at the pool every day, so any excuse to stop freestyling and work on treading, is very welcome. Cheers

[@easyflowing]

​@@herrp8765 very true, about life and practice that is. Enjoy it all!

[@faslasworld4810]

I am a swimming trainer for ladies and kids in dubai

[@easyflowing]

It is great! How do you choose to teach?

[@gotahgemini6415]

You are awesome! Just subscribed. Love the way you explain things!

[@easyflowing]

I am glad you are here! Thank you for subscribing and for your compliment!!!

[@dibya8590]

A very nice explaination and easy to follow practicing tip.. thanks ..am trying tommorow..

[@easyflowing]

Great! Please let me know how your practice goes and if you have any issues with it. Thank you for your comment!

[@abbetu]

beautiful explaination will practise tommorow was doing it different the feet part is the main part tc bye lovely wetsuit thx

[@easyflowing]

Thank you very much! Please let me know how your practice goes.

[@limeyslimes7234]

Can u do a vid on the flutter thing I'm 11 and don't know how to float swim or tread

[@easyflowing]

Hello. Thank you for your comment. In my playlist named: “Falling In Love With Water”, you can find videos that cover all of these topics. If you start with the fourth video “Adult Swim Lesson. Strength Exercise For Balancing In Water” and practice exercises in all of the following videos, you will learn how to float, and do flutter kick and you will prepare your body for swimming. Please let me know how you progress.

[@rehanansari5674]

Hi, I tried your egg beater sculling technique and shockingly I was spinning on the spot unlike you are stationary and turns at your will. What could be the problem?

[@easyflowing]

It’s either one of your legs works harder than the other, with a higher range of motion, or you are working both legs in the same direction. The motion should be just like in an eggbeater mixer, always inside.

[@rehanansari5674]

@@easyflowing always inside, really than may be I was doing outside. I'll try again today. I need some swimming help from you, how can I get in touch with you?

[@easyflowing]

The best and fastest way is here. You can DM me on Instagram @lifeasisandbeyond or message me via Messenger facebook.com/elena.sinitsynlifeasisandbeyond

[@smainbenhemine4251]

Thanks you are the best

[@easyflowing]

Thank you! Are you learning for water safety or for a lifeguarding certification?

[@nass6212]

Nice video, I tried practicing in shallow water , but when I do the egg beater my feet keep touching on and off the ground, any tips ??

[@easyflowing]

If you lean back a little bit, your feet will come up. Just make sure that you control where you are moving, don't go to deep water if you are not a strong swimmer. You can see the different angles in this video: kzbin.info/www/bejne/haDYY6OuqLCYjKM And here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/fHithJefjtmfmZo Also, keep your knees higher up, closer to the surface.

[@nass6212]

@@easyflowing Thanks for very quick reply I appreciate it, , but I need practise first in shallow water so if I lean back, you mean I will move in a direction and not stay in one place?I mean I want to tread in one place and not moving

[@easyflowing]

Yes, if you lean back, you'll move backwards. If you want to stay in place, bring up your knees to hip level and make sure that your legs and feet make circular movement in a transverse plane, instead of kicking down. Make circles, not alternating breaststroke kicks.

[@saidyamine2138]

I just discovered your chain, and I hope it's not too late, because I learned to do the egg beater but backwards (I turn my right foot clockwise and my left foot anti clockwise, unlike what you do) I wonder if it's not correct ??

[@easyflowing]

Think of the Eggbeater kick as an alternating breaststroke kick. Next time you are in the pool, try doing a breaststroke kick, the way you described it. Please let me know how far and how fast you’ll be able to go. After that, try to do your breaststroke kick vertically correctly and alternate the movement. When I first learned how to do Eggbeater kick, I simply went through the motion, without feeling the power. Eventually, I just started feeling movement of water under my feet. See if you could correct your movement, even if it feels weird, at first. Tiger Woods changed his golfing style after he became a pro and see where it got him 😉 In sports, it’s all about getting best results with least amount of energy expenditure. The way I describe it here is the optimal way to tread water. That’s why Synchronized swimmers and Water Polo players use it.

[@saidyamine2138]

@@easyflowing Okay, I understood what you wanted to say, I agree, so I'll start tomorrow to train to correct my foot movement, it will not be easy but I will do it by following the steps on the video, and once acquired I will let you know, thank you for everything

[@saidyamine2138]

@@easyflowing Okay, I understood what you wanted to say, I agree, so I'll start tomorrow to train to correct my foot movement, it will not be easy but I will do it by following the steps on the video, and once acquired I will let you know, thank you for everything

[@easyflowing]

@Said Yamine Sounds good. I’d love to hear back from you!!!

[@theprocrastinator1.095]

Man for me (just started XD) I would b overthinking the circles and I would be left with doing the doggie paddle or one leg doing circles

[@easyflowing]

One legged circles are a good strategy for beginners!!! You are on the right path!!! Do practice Sculling, please. This way you won't have to do doggie Paddle. Sculling - Swimming Lessons.: kzbin.info/aero/PLlni5Zb5tjJksa9gyNU5KzbHR_A9rn4jE

[@theprocrastinator1.095]

@@easyflowing bruh I thought waterpolo would be easy but I was dead wrong 🥲 I was dying thru practice and practice game

[@theprocrastinator1.095]

@@easyflowing also Tyy I’ll check out the video

[@easyflowing]

Water Polo is not an easy sport... well, there are no easy sports. It's fun, though, after you get a hang of the skills.

[@theprocrastinator1.095]

@@easyflowing yeah I was with my friend and Like a bunch of kids- ish XD like they seemed like 8 and such, but ya they were impressive, they had so much stamina and wasn’t scared of being drowned lol

[@MrAdvaitdhar]

Greetings ma'am I've been practicing. I just had this one doubt, are we supposed to make the circles only directed inwards i.e. clockwise for the left leg and anti clockwise for the right? Thank you (because in frog kick of breast stroke both the legs direct outwards, so it get's confusing) Thank you :)

[@easyflowing]

It’s a great question and you are not the first one to ask it. It’s almost exactly like a frog kick just alternating. One must have strong core muscles and overall strong frame in order to stay injury-free when learning any specific athletic skill.

[@easyflowing]

And it’s almost like a frog kick because since the legs work with an alternating motion, much more rotation movement happens in hip joint and even some in the spine. You can see it in my underwater shots.

[@rizka1288]

Thank you for the video ms..

[@easyflowing]

You are welcome!

[@ramyg5037]

Nice video....slow and clear instructions. Good voice.

[@easyflowing]

Thank you 🙏 Are you learning how to tread water for a triathlon?

[@baksi1929]

Abla o nasıl bi hay aklımı aldın

[@easyflowing]

Sorry, I don’t speak Turkish. Is that the language?

[@easyflowing]

But my friend on Facebook does ☺️ I am glad that you found this video useful 👍 Let me know how it goes, when you practice, please.

[@R4ifu]

just the type of video i was looking for, thanks! :)

[@easyflowing]

You are welcome! I am glad this video was helpful. Why are you learning Eggbeater kick?

[@sibykurian1862]

Thanks for the great explanation Kerala India

[@easyflowing]

You are welcome. I am glad you found the video helpful. Are you learning to tread water for an open water competition or for survival?

[@meghaverma6126]

Beautiful explanation

[@easyflowing]

Thank you ❤️ Are you working on treating water for safety in water or for a lifeguarding certification?

[@jilibido]

like daaaammmmnnn!! putting em both together is so confusing! but I'm head over heels bonkers to learn this stuff! wish me luck guys!

[@easyflowing]

Wishing you lots of practice because that’s the only thing that will get you there! 🤗

[@STUPIDYOUTUBE_HIDINGMSGS]

@Jill I know, right? It's like doing some kind of new dance moves using arms and legs, confusing! Lol

[@jilibido]

Tried it and i totally failed! oh,well..its hard to know what i might be doing wrong without a spotter! oh well, i dont give up easy though..so..maybe nxtym,id get it right!

[@jilibido]

@@STUPIDKZbin_HIDINGMSGS Omigosh! its so hard! i tired myself out but still to no avail! well, maybe nxtym though! #neverGivin'UpTilİGetİtRight

[@STUPIDYOUTUBE_HIDINGMSGS]

@@jilibido yep, hahaha, don't worry, we'll get there, I'm struggling, but practicing constantly even while sitting on a chair, might help. Kaya natin ito. :)

[@Auggie486]

Very helpful. I’m learning this for water polo

[@easyflowing]

You are learning and practicing on your own outside of practice, that is key in becoming the best!!! Good luck with everything! Thank you for your comment.

[@traveller70]

Thanks i learn

[@easyflowing]

You are welcome! I am glad you learned from me 🙌

[@virat82]

superb explanation ..

[@easyflowing]

Thank you!

[@marinavanwoerkom1901]

Love your video, l am trying to do iT my self. And Right confusing l can still do iT. Thank you so much for sharing this video. 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻❤️

[@easyflowing]

I am so glad to hear it!!! Thank you for your feedback. Just keep practicing and eventually your muscles will remember the move so that you won’t even have to think about it. 💪

[@ninja4O5]

Thanks a lot ma'am!

[@easyflowing]

You are welcome!

[@STUPIDYOUTUBE_HIDINGMSGS]

Hi, how to coordinate the sculling with the movements of the legs during egg-beater? This is challenging. Thanks

[@easyflowing]

Yes, it's like rubbing your stomach in circles with one hand and tapping your head with the other. If your sculling is strong, then you could try alternating the movement of your hands. However, your sculling will be stronger if you work your hands together in unison. It takes practice

[@easyflowing]

Basically, each leg circle is a full sculling stroke.

[@STUPIDYOUTUBE_HIDINGMSGS]

@@easyflowing LOL, I tried doing that rubbing the stomach thing and it's much easier and I can do it no problem, but the sculling while doing the egg beater sitting down on a chair is hard... :)

[@easyflowing]

Wow! On a chair!? That's the next level of practice 🙌 Practicing it on a chair is definitely difficult. -Warm up, first. -Go slowly. Exercise #1. Eggbeater kick with R arm sculling. Exercise #2. Eggbeater kick with L arm sculling. Exercise #3. Eggbeater kick with both arms sculling going alternating (one moves in, the other out). Exercise #4. Very slowly, Eggbeater kick with both arms going simultaneously (both arms move in at the same time and out at the same time). In the water it will feel differently anyway because body position and the pressure will not be the same. Please let me know how it goes.

[@STUPIDYOUTUBE_HIDINGMSGS]

@@easyflowing @ 1:10 kzbin.info/www/bejne/m5yVhpKihbOqlcU :)