How To Swim For Beginners

this is how to swim with professional swimmer Simon Moe and this video is for troubled beginners you're gonna learn how to float like a ball how to float like a star how to glide through the water how to kick how to do the breaststroke [Applause] and then how to combine the restroom and the kick to swim this is not a video for professionals that is for people who have no idea about swimming who just wants to learn how to swim first looking like a ball many people who can't swim have the feeling they will drown as soon as they get their head underwater if this is you and floating like a ball sounds too scary then you can make it your only goal that day to just dip your head on the water five times when you've done that check that you're still alive and yes you will be alive then just keep doing this until you're comfortable with it then stand in the water take a deep breath bend your knees and try to float face down with your feet touching the bottom of the pool as you can see as long as your lungs are full with air you are able to float in the water whenever you want you can just stand up now do the same thing but curl up like a ball and just like magic you float like a ball unless you blow out the air in your lungs then you will think so don't do that now that you got that down you're gonna float like a star from the ball position spread your wings and become the star of the pool when you're comfortable being a superstar you can stand next to the edge of the pool then straighten your hands forward kick from the pole and glide like an arrow if you're worried you will sink down and go too deep remember with four lungs you will float up you can also try it float on your back this is very convenient if you're swimming you get tired and you need to take a break to practice this just breathe in and with four lungs you lay on your back in the water your legs might sink down a bit but that's okay remember don't breathe out all the air then you'll sink just do shallow breathing with a lot of air in your lungs if you just do this you will flow through the head off for sure and then you try to control put the head up above you like this okay just feel that your head is not sinking when you do it to begin with to practice this you can rest your legs on the edge of the pole the more of your legs are on the edge of the pool the easier it is to float and once you've found the technique for breeding and you feel safe floating you can put more and more of your body into the water all the way until you're no longer touching the edge of the pole that was not so difficult now we're gonna learn how to kick to practice this you hold on to the edge of the pool and do these three steps one pull your legs in bend your knees and flex your feet two kick your feet out in a circular motion collect your legs and point your feet keep doing these three steps until it feels natural then make it a smooth motion practice till you can do all three steps in a smooth motion without thinking about it to practice this you can use a paddle board to push you around in the pool without having to think about your upper body sinking down got it kicking now now we're gonna learn the breaststroke and how to move your arms one straighten out your arms in front of you and over your head two with straight arms you pull your open hands out and to the side with your palms leading the way three when they're straight out to the side you bend your elbows and rotate the arms in till they touch in front of your chest four point them out over your head again repeat this till the motion feels natural automatic and you don't have to think about the steps now that you've got all that down we're gonna combine the breaststroke with the breast kick which is the easiest way to swim right yeah yeah yeah right to practice the timing of the kick and the arm stroke I suggest using a floating device like this in the beginning if you think it's embarrassing to use that believe me no one cares people are way too busy thinking about themselves to care what you're doing so this is the motion you want to do one kick off from the wall two fly forward like The Arrow we practiced earlier three do the arm stroke four as you collect the arms in front of your chest you pull in your legs and do the leg kick while you finish stretching out the arms then repeat this motion arm stroke leg kick arm stroke leg kick and that's all when you do the arm stroke you can direct your arms and hands a bit down to help keep your head above water professional swimmers put their head underwater when they do the kick but this is not for professional swimmers so keep it above the water till you feel comfortable swimming and that's it do this and you'll learn to swim in no time this is not difficult but it will need some practice and you can't just do overnights