What are the essentials of breaststroke?

Swimming is a form of exercise that many people like. Many people swim regularly. There are many swimming pools now. It feels very cool to go swimming in the summer. There are many ways to swim. Breaststroke is a way of swimming that many people often try. However, many people cannot master the key points when they first start breaststroke. I will teach you today.

Both arms are naturally extended forward, with palms open and facing down, parallel to the horizontal plane, and the body is in a naturally straight position.

Straighten your elbows, slowly turn your palms from downward to outward, tilt your palms at about 45°, and push your entire arms diagonally outward and downward while turning your palms. There is no forward propulsion effect at this time, so you don't need to use too much force to avoid wasting energy.

When your palms and arms feel pressure, start to grab the water. This is the most critical step in grabbing the water and generating propulsion. Grabbing the water too early will shorten the inward stroke distance and affect the speed.

When the arms are opened at about 45°, the wrists begin to bend, with the palms moving from outside to inside. The arms drive the elbows to accelerate inward paddling, pushing the water toward the inside of the body. At this time, due to the thrust of the water, the upper body can be in a higher position. When the movement is completed, the elbows will be collected under the armpits and the arms will be close to the body to reduce water resistance. At the same time, the palms will move from outside to above (towards the chest) and be placed in front of and below the head.

The palms turn from upward to facing each other, and then to merge. As the palms turn, slowly straighten the elbows and use hidden force to stretch forward. Try to stretch them as far as possible to tighten the shoulder width, reduce resistance, create a better assembly line, and increase the gliding speed. Before the end of the last movement, the palms slowly turn downward to prepare for the next outward stroke.

There is one very important thing you must pay attention to when swimming, which is to do warm-up exercises before swimming, and try to choose warm-up exercises for more than 5 minutes. If the time is longer, your whole body can be warmed up and your muscles and bones can be stretched. Otherwise, it is easy to cause calf cramps while swimming, which is very dangerous.