What Is The Correct Way To Swim Backstroke?

Over the last few Fridays we have been working on our explanation writing. I chose to write about backstroke. Here is my writing.

What is the correct way to swim backstroke?

What is the proper way to swim backstroke?

How can you get faster at backstroke?

Have you mastered the right style?

Do you know how to do the correct hand, arm and leg movements?

Read on to find out.

Firstly the hand movement.

As your hands enters and exits the water

make sure your pinky finger enters and exits the water first.

The easiest way to remember this is pinky in pinky out.

To move faster through the water,

when your hands are in the water use your hands to push the water

and propel you forwards.

While you are swimming try to keep your body

streamlined to reduce drag and go faster.

Next the legs, while kicking use your whole leg,

and bend slightly at the knees,

keeping them just them below the surface.

Make sure to do large, long kicks, this is called a flutter kick.

Make sure they are loose and don't do small tight kicks.

Lastly the arms, the arms are the easiest to master.

While booth arms are going at the same time

neither are both in the air or in the water at the same time.

Think of it as a game of cat and mouse,

as one hand enters the water, the other one exits the water

and the other way around.

Keep them in tight circles next to your body.

When one hand is in the water it is the power stage, 

and when it is in the air it is in recovery.

Backstroke is one of the beginners strokes that you learn,

as a beginner, and is more of a triathlon sort of stroke.

Backstroke is normally the second stroke that you learn the first being freestyle.

My favourite part is my interdiction, but I probably could have added more technical words in my writing.