Thank you, Nnamdi. Swimming is a great way to exercise, it's therapeutic for the body and for the mind. Learning swimming would definitely be a great choice!
Excellent exercise thank you for sharing this video! I was looking for such video , very helpful to learn to do back floating , do you have a video how to move with legs on back floating?
Thank you very much! Do you mean how to do flutter kick on your back? If yes, see if these two videos can be helpful: th-cam.com/video/RbmBUmaLSBY/w-d-xo.html th-cam.com/video/JmvTyNgrnzA/w-d-xo.html Вы говорите по русски?
Wow, how Long did you practice to be a pro like this? You are make everything look easy. Yes it is when you watching. So difficult when you try to do it.
I float like a stone, and drop slowly to the bottom of the pool and stay there until I swim back up. Swimming is a bit harder for some. Please do not make assumptions. Not everyone floats naturally.
No assumptions are made here. That’s why I suggest to learn sculling to those people who have 0 or low buoyancy. With lungs full of air (held), sculling and correct muscle control, you’ll be unstoppable ☝️
And for your convenience, I have created a playlist that has to do only with sculling: Swimming Lessons. Sculling th-cam.com/play/PLlni5Zb5tjJksa9gyNU5KzbHR_A9rn4jE.html
Some of us do sink like a stone. It is true that a full chest of air will keep us on top, BUT, at some point you have to exhale. At that point I too sink like a stone to the bottom. It is hard to breath properly if you can only hold your lungs full of air. I can indeed stay on top with just my mouth sticking out of the water if I am sculling and moving my legs. That lasts until a wave washes over my face just as I take another breath. I swim under water very well, but would drown quickly in the deep end. I can only scull so long. Hard to understand if you are a cork.
Last week I talked to a guy from Jamaica who can’t float but is a great swimmer 🤷♀️ Endurance is trained. It’s difficult to tread water at the beginning for everyone. As a matter of fact, absolutely everything is difficult at the beginning. You can either make excuses or find a way to learn the skills you want to learn. In swimming, one exhales slowly and not completely, and inhales fast. If you breathe for floating, exhale has to be fast with a faster inhale. Imagine this, even correct breathing doesn’t come naturally and must be practiced 😳 JUST LIKE EVERYTHING IN THIS LIFE THAT HAS VALUE. Everything that has value is earned.
@Doug and @Merlyn When I teach my clients who have a fear of water, I do suggest to use a wetsuit. With the fear, the body isn’t able to relax and buoyancy is lost. It’s a little easier to learn when there is that extra layer of protection or buoyancy. When the body learns correct positioning, it gets easier to get to the next level. In any case, I am in Upstate New York. I can teach you to float (with sculling) and to tread water in 10 sessions. If you are up for it, I am ready for this exciting challenge. If you choose to be filmed, I will give you a 50% discount. I hate empty talk, I can prove that what I teach, works.
@bibinc5203 I am glad that my video gives you confidence in your ability to succeed in this skill!!! It's such a wonderful compliment. Thank you. ❤️ I'd love to know how it goes when you try these exercises.
You are welcome. I am glad you found this advice useful. Thank you for your comment. Please, keep me posted with your progress, after trying these exercises.
Another excellent instructional video i arch my whole body and head back pressing DOWN in the water to float on my back , i float like a cork then. Even if i blow all the air out of my lungs i only sink a little my face is still out of the water i am neutral boyancy which is common for most men i think, i do pilates exercising which is very good for swimming i find. Another drill i practice is to roll over on my back & flip and float, i practice the eggbeater kick but still have to scull to stay afloat.
Also, in this series, we work on most issues that come up in learning how to swim. You get to see the issues and how we fixed them: Fear of Water (Lessons in Open Water): th-cam.com/play/PLlni5Zb5tjJmZhWlFRqkpHdQOdy_eNzGC.html
This is the video I've been searching for. Floating on my back is very difficult for me. I'm 6'4" 220lb muscular and my legs are dropping when I try to float and also during backstroke. I think the wetsuit is likely helping you float a bit but fundamentally the tips appear sound so I'm going to work on the tips in this video at my local public pool. Thank you!
Yes, these exercises will definitely help you! In this video, I am wearing a simple polyester full body suit, so no, it doesn't help me float... my fat does, though 😊 so yes, the right skills make all the difference because without the correct skills, neither a wetsuit, nor some extra fat won't help all that much. You can see it in these series, where my beginner swimmer student was wearing a 5 mm wetsuit but until he learned the skills, the suit didn't do much: Fear of Water (Lessons in Open Water): th-cam.com/play/PLlni5Zb5tjJmZhWlFRqkpHdQOdy_eNzGC.html
@@easyflowing Your tips helped. I already have the strength but I wasn't applying the correct techniques. As soon as I started working on the correct body position and engaging the correct muscle groups for me (V-Up / Hip flexors, core and glutes) everything fell into place. My legs aren't sinking when I swim in glide on my back (rocketship) or in backstroke anymore. There are still things I need to work on for sure but I'm feeling like I've broken through a barrier finally! Thanks.
Thank you so much for those helpful and clear tips!! That’s exactly what I need. And I realized the reason why I can’t float properly is because i used the wrong part of my body to float!I’ll do more practice for it! :)
Also people are either floater or sinker something a swimming coach will almost never tell you..none of us struggle with floating we struggle with moving and propelling at first and then we learn it as long as we can float...so if you struggle with floating chances are youre a sinker so stop wasting your time and get yourself a cute live-vest and jump into the deep end and have fun.
@Omar9inchShatty Floating can be a complicated skill for many reasons, including the one you mentioned. That's why I never start teaching my students floating until they can balance themselves vertically. But suggesting for a new learner to jump in at the deep end, even with a floatation device, is simply unwise.
This video is very helpful, All my doubts got cleared, Thank you very much for this video, pls do post these kind of encouraging videos, thanks a ton 😊👍
What about back pain problem? Doctor said we should learn back floating, and I find this techniquie great. But we should do dry land exercise first, I worry that dry land exercise risking the back pain. What should I do ? Please help me 😁
Somewhere in the video, I think that I did mention that with back problems, it’s better to do everything in the water, from warmup to strength exercises.
In this playlist, exercises that are done with both legs up or down should be a good beginning for strengthening. Do not do anything with alternating legs. Before you do any exercise programs, consult with your doctor, please. Beat Fear Of Water. First Steps Toward Swimming. th-cam.com/play/PLlni5Zb5tjJn7jCl1Senai_MSqN6s7hGp.html
Are exercise i usually done daily in Pilates, Yoga HIIT, Abs exercise Inspire es by pilates, only i'll have to add raise my arms around ears on top my head. I have to do more exercise like i usually done before i go started swimming class.
Everything pertaining to treading water can be found in this playlist: Treading Water- Swimming Lessons: th-cam.com/play/PLlni5Zb5tjJnkZSrp2aYOGNTEhlsmCPS8.html
These series of mine might be beneficial for you Swimming Lessons In Open Water. FROM FEAR OF WATER to SWIMMING IN DEEP OPEN WATER. Lesson 1 of 14 th-cam.com/video/UsgysbYR9IQ/w-d-xo.html
Very interesting. I will surely try it. I am a natural sinker. I can stay afloat enough to keep my head at the surface like most people can . I try to stay horizontal on top of the water as it is the position of least resistance when moving forward. I guess one step at the time. I like the idea of a V position to start with and than slowly changing it to an horizontal position. Thank you for your recommendations. I like water and feel comfortable in it, this is a very good start I guess.
I would suggest for you to watch this video: th-cam.com/video/DB91s_hmlRw/w-d-xo.html Notice that I kept my arms above my head in the water. This helped me keep my feet higher up by changing my center of buoyancy. Do try this trick and let me know if it helps you.
This is a good one, too. Here you can see how even I, a very buoyant person, went to the bottom without the air in my lungs. th-cam.com/video/LGdYbeyCfFM/w-d-xo.html
Keep up the good job. I know how to swim now, but I'm deathly scared of swimmng in the deep end. I can swim free style from 9ft (local pool goes to 10 ft) going towards the shallow, but not from the shallow end towards the deep end. Any advice? Thank you in advance.
It means that you don’t know how to tread water and you are unable to stop, change positions from floating on your stomach to your back, and back to your stomach. You are unable to switch from swimming to treading. I would suggest to work on eggbeater kick: Adult Swim Lesson. How to Tread Water With Eggbeater Kick. Tutorial From a Synchro Swimmer. th-cam.com/video/WO2dW58C7bc/w-d-xo.html Work on basic sculling: Adult Swim Lesson. How To Do Basic Sculling for Treading Water, Water Survival, Triathlons. th-cam.com/video/Y936b_BAcIA/w-d-xo.html Work on turning from front crawl to a basic back stroke and back to front crawl. If after learning all of these skills, you are still afraid, then I would suggest to swim with your eyes closed or without goggles. This way you will not see the change in depth. Good luck. Please keep me posted on your progress!
Thank you for your comment and for your suggestion! Here it is: Dry Land Exercises: th-cam.com/play/PLlni5Zb5tjJkvo65IRG2vJIRatkAysS-l.html If you see any other videos, where I have dry land exercises, please point them out to me, and I'll add them to this list. Cheers
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Thank you for your comment. Just in case if I can't get to it for a while, you can watch my playlist, where I taught my student how to get up from a back and a front float as I taught him swimming: Fear of Water (Lessons in Open Water): th-cam.com/play/PLlni5Zb5tjJmZhWlFRqkpHdQOdy_eNzGC.html As you watch this playlist, you'll see which exercises were done to prepare the body for the necessary skills. First 5 videos definitely cover your question.
Of course! It was one of my first swimming videos 😁 Here it is: Adult Swim Lesson. How to Tread Water With Eggbeater Kick. Tutorial From a Synchro Swimmer. th-cam.com/video/WO2dW58C7bc/w-d-xo.html Please keep me posted on your progress!
That's excellent! However, I try my best and it doesn't work with me, I feel so afraid to lose control while floating on my back. How can I get over it, please?
You can get good at these exercises: Strength Exercises In Water For Balance And Swimming: th-cam.com/play/PLlni5Zb5tjJmib-12WS1zD7KncCryC3pp.html They will help your body to balance in the water with more ease. Afterwards, floating on your back should be easier.
In this playlist, we worked a lot on floating and on getting up from the floating position: Open Water Swimming Lessons [From Fear Of Water To Swimming In Deep Water In 10 Lessons]: th-cam.com/play/PLlni5Zb5tjJmZhWlFRqkpHdQOdy_eNzGC.html
IMHO, it should be said that the desire for one's feet to be at the surface is a misplaced one in almost all instances. A good float does not require a person to be horizontal. A diagonal or vertical float while on the front or back is perfectly okay. Anyone who thinks that their float is "wrong" or missing something if it's not horizontal does not understand floating. The position your body naturally takes when you do nothing is your correct float. If your feet are on the bottom in shallow water, that's fine. If you end up lying on the bottom, then right, you're not floating. But trying to get your feet to be at the surface won't help.
Whatever you are saying would be correct if floating were the end of learning how to swim. When people learn floating your way, they later struggle while learning actual swimming skills since feet below the surface create drag. When feet are below the surface, core muscles are relaxed, a person has little control of their body and their balance in the water is limited... I prefer not wasting neither my time, nor the time of my clients, my friend.
@@easyflowing I like your confidence! However, we have different definitions of "learning to swim." Yours is learning freestyle. Mine is learning to be comfortable and safe in deep water. My career has taught me that people want to overcome their fear and be safe in the deep first. Then, once they can swim, they want to know how to swim efficiently: with strokes. Your espousing tension and work just to learn a float is what keeps people from becoming comfortable. It is not true that learning freestyle will take away their fear or make them comfortable. It's the other way around: learning to be comfortable in the water, including the deep end, enables them to learn strokes that are viable in any depth. The water holds them up with no effort on their own. Every person needs to know that. I suspect that many people who are afraid in water are paying attention to your recommendations here and it is leading them down an unfortunate road...the one of Thinking And Trying rather than feeling and being. A float should be listless and effortless. If they start with that, they'll breathe a sigh of relief that floating can be so easy. When it's time for posture and position for learning a stroke, then it will be added at the right moment. And it will be easy, effortless, and fun.
1.It's interesting that you come to my channel and give me lectures based on one video that was a response to a request from my subscriber who asked me to teach them how to keep feet at the surface. 2. If you watched my other videos, you would see that making sure that getting rid of the fear of water, being comfortable and safe in deep water are my number one priorities, and that I actually don't even have full Freestyle tutorials on my channel. 3. Try telling people with low buoyancy about just resting in the water... Whatever you described at the end of your comment simply tells me that you and I are on different levels of knowledge, experience and education, and that we have very different goals and different styles of teaching so, there's no reason for me to even argue with you... Just out of curiosity, how many lessons exactly does it take you to get an adult with a fear of water to be comfortable in deep open water? ... Ellen?
@@easyflowing Perhaps you deleted something. Not sure. Yes, it's true, learning to swim begins on land. Very few people know that. And comfort comes first- before posture-so my 39 years of teaching solely adults who are afraid in water have taught me. Posture doesn't take away fear. Please understand, I'm not fighting with you.
In that, you are right 😅 You can start with exercises in this video: Adult Swim Lesson. Dry Land Exercises For Practicing Streamline Position For Swimming. th-cam.com/video/h26CjFpVqVs/w-d-xo.html Here, I give a progression of exercises, too. Please exercise safely and make sure to warm up, first.
Dry land exercises are extremely important for preparing the body for swimming! As a matter of fact, when people try to learn Swimming with unprepared bodies, they often get injured.
Hello Beautiful Sister! I am going to pool to learn how to swim! I am very confident and I believe in myself! I can do this! So can everyone else! One question, as long as I have air in my lungs, I will always be able to float naturally? I am going to learn freestyle! Please answer my question! Also, I posted an inspiring message! Please find it, and always stay positive!
Enjoy your swimming practice! Regarding air in your lungs, it's a manifold answer. 1. Air in your lungs will help you to stay afloat if you have high buoyancy. 2. It is impossible to keep Air in your lungs constantly because you do have to exhale every so often. Please stay in shallow water while learning swimming and it's preferable if you practice with a lifeguard or other people nearby. If you are a complete novice, I suggest starting with breathing and strength exercises in water, not with actual swimming. Exercises In this playlist will be utmost useful: Strength Exercises In Water For Balance And Swimming: th-cam.com/play/PLlni5Zb5tjJmib-12WS1zD7KncCryC3pp.html Breathing For Beginner Swimmers: th-cam.com/play/PLlni5Zb5tjJnryxxTNOUw0nUQvLa391F2.html
You also might find helpful watching this playlist because in it, I teach my client from zero swimming skill to starting learning Freestyle: Fear Of Water (Open Water Swimming Lessons): th-cam.com/play/PLlni5Zb5tjJmZhWlFRqkpHdQOdy_eNzGC.html
Tomorrow I am going to go swimming and yesterday I did not go swimming because it was the holidays and I did not go to school on Monday beacause my mum said then I went to school but I brang my position slip. Then I forgot to get my swimming togs and then we went on a bus and that was my class that was on thebus once we made it to the swimming pools it smelled like chlorine then the other people were swimming and I do not know how to swim that's why I'm watching how to swimm😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😀😀😀😁😁😁😁😁😂😂😂😅😅😅😅 and that's good you know how to swimm and guess what I also do not Know how to float on my back hahahahahahahah that's why I am going to swimming tomorrow just to learn how to swimm and thank you for the tips. Keep up the good work
I am glad you are learning by watching my videos, thank you @sara Tavake! Yes, the smell of chlorine will always be in clean pools, even in salt-water pools. If you have any questions, please, let me know, I'd love to help you out ❤
If you could practice these exercises to strengthen your body to prepare it for your work in aquatic environment, it would help with floating: Strength Exercises In Water For Balance And Swimming th-cam.com/play/PLlni5Zb5tjJmib-12WS1zD7KncCryC3pp.html Filling your lungs with air and holding your breath would be helpful, too. However, it’s important to exhale through your nose to keep water out. Using a nose plug, might be helpful in keeping your stress level down. Breathing For Beginner Swimmers th-cam.com/play/PLlni5Zb5tjJnryxxTNOUw0nUQvLa391F2.html
Hello @JB In this playlist, you can find everything that was needed for learning getting up from a supine and a prone float. Fear of Water (Lessons in Open Water): th-cam.com/play/PLlni5Zb5tjJmZhWlFRqkpHdQOdy_eNzGC.html My client Akram was a begginer swimmer with a fear of water and we spent a lot of time on this particular issue. You should find lessons 1-5 very helpful.
@@easyflowing you are the best. And one thing more, pool has got chlorinated water. Any advice for using ear plugs, nose clip etc. Also chlorinated water is not good for hair. So ur opinion on these. Is it ok if water gets into ear nose or mouth once in a while. Thanks and regards
Yes, chlorine isn't the best for the hair or the skin. You can definitely use protective hair lotions specially for chlorine, and skin lotions before and/or after the pool. Wearing a swim cap will also protect your hair. As for the nose clips, it would be preferable if you learned how to breathe correctly in the water. You can check out this playlist: Breathing For Beginner Swimmers: th-cam.com/play/PLlni5Zb5tjJnryxxTNOUw0nUQvLa391F2.html
Good luck!!! Enjoy!!! To prepare emotionally, you can watch this playlist: Swimming Lessons In Open Water. From Fear Of Water To Swimming In Deep Water th-cam.com/play/PLlni5Zb5tjJmZhWlFRqkpHdQOdy_eNzGC.html 🤗
You don't need to go to Gym in order to float...exercises to strengthen your body just to float?!...what else a special Diet?...my cousin's last day of her $200 swimming class was 2 days ago and she swers she learned nothing...people who are teaching swimming these days are not qualified to do so...they either make the work double the amount or start with very difficult complicated techniques eg Front Crawl and side breathing...I'm good swimmer and still sometimes find it difficult to side breathe and I have alternatives that I taught myself so imagine a beginner trying to do that...of course my cousin didn't learn anything..and I bet she's not alone.
I agree with you on starting with simple skills for learning swimming. However, yes, the body does need to be strong for floating because some muscle need to contract and other ones need to relax. There also should be a good body awareness...
Not sure about this, keeping feet up on both front and back is not important. Unless your some sort of alien, you don't breathe through your feet so if they sink then I couldn't care less lol. Legs up are important for swimming/travelling though the water, not floating.
It's a good point. It all depends on the end goal for learning how to float. My clients usually hire me to teach them how to swim, that is why I am teaching the proper body position and muscle work for floating that will lead to a streamline position and to swimming with ease. Floating is never the end goal. Also, when core muscles aren't engaged, there's no proper control of the body, which means that extra energy is exerted for such a menial skill as floating. When skills are learned incorrectly, it bites in the process because people either progress too slowly and get discouraged or they get injured. So, yes, one can choose to learn floating with feet under water... just... why? I appreciate your role as the devil's advocate, thanks, man!
I remember you! We had a whole dialog about teaching how to float with a wetsuit on. How is it going with teaching? Any new discoveries? Are the pools open again in the UK after the lockdowns? Did you start teaching online? I'd love to see your stuff.
I teach with half a wetsuit because the pools so cold lol. I've had a fair amount of interest and taught several new one to one's. I probably teach around about 150-200 students a week but that's mainly employed/self employed. Most of my 121's are adults, but you can see me rant anout floating and Buttefly on my unpopular channel lol.
Oh yes, that's why a wetsuit is a must- cold water!!! Even the students should wear one because they need to be comfortable in order to be able to relax in order to learn!
In order to be able to 'relax' while floating, core muscles must be contracted, otherwise, it's impossible to float flat on the surface. Plus, there are many other reasons for floating besides relaxation such as safety, desire to learn swimming, etc. Also, if one wants to release tension, it's enough to just submerge the body up to the neck upright because water itself relaxes muscles.
I see that you just want to argue with someone. "The moment you start arguing with an ignorant 'person' you already lost" - Imam Ali. Talk to me after you get a degree in Exercise Science or Swimming Coaching, or get an MRI vision.
@@easyflowing I have the first adult category in track and fild. I ran 800 meters in 2 minutes. True it was 10 years ago. But the knowlege remains. But to be honest, i 'm only writing this to practice my English. So thank you for you attention.
Я- кандидат в мастера спорта по синхронному плаванию. Вы хорошо пишите на английском. Спасибо за комментарии, это повышает видимость моего видео. Лёгкая атлетика пишется Track and Field. Ещё, разряды и звания достижений в спорте имеют значимость только в странах бывшего Советского Союза. Вне стран бывшего Союза, ваш разряд никто не поймёт. А вот ваша скорость будет более понятна. Или ещё, в Америке вас поймут, если вы скажете: "I did Track and Field in High School or I was in Varsity Track and Field in University/College".
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You are such an excellent coach
Thank you 🙏
Got no interest in swimming but after this class gat to rethink, sure ur a good teacher
Thank you, Nnamdi. Swimming is a great way to exercise, it's therapeutic for the body and for the mind. Learning swimming would definitely be a great choice!
Excellent, Thank you !
You are welcome! I am glad this video was helpful in your swimming practice.
Excellent exercise thank you for sharing this video! I was looking for such video , very helpful to learn to do back floating , do you have a video how to move with legs on back floating?
Thank you very much!
Do you mean how to do flutter kick on your back? If yes, see if these two videos can be helpful:
th-cam.com/video/RbmBUmaLSBY/w-d-xo.html
th-cam.com/video/JmvTyNgrnzA/w-d-xo.html
Вы говорите по русски?
@@easyflowing yes flutter kick on the back! Thank you!
@@easyflowing yes I do
Awesome, so do I! Do you live in the States or in a Russian/other speaking country?
@@easyflowing no I live in Ohio
Wow, how Long did you practice to be a pro like this?
You are make everything look easy. Yes it is when you watching. So difficult when you try to do it.
Yes, it definitely takes a lot of practice for these skills to become easy! I did Synchronized Swimming for 6 years back in the former USSR.
I float like a stone, and drop slowly to the bottom of the pool and stay there until I swim back up. Swimming is a bit harder for some. Please do not make assumptions. Not everyone floats naturally.
No assumptions are made here. That’s why I suggest to learn sculling to those people who have 0 or low buoyancy. With lungs full of air (held), sculling and correct muscle control, you’ll be unstoppable ☝️
And for your convenience, I have created a playlist that has to do only with sculling:
Swimming Lessons. Sculling th-cam.com/play/PLlni5Zb5tjJksa9gyNU5KzbHR_A9rn4jE.html
Some of us do sink like a stone. It is true that a full chest of air will keep us on top, BUT, at some point you have to exhale. At that point I too sink like a stone to the bottom. It is hard to breath properly if you can only hold your lungs full of air. I can indeed stay on top with just my mouth sticking out of the water if I am sculling and moving my legs. That lasts until a wave washes over my face just as I take another breath. I swim under water very well, but would drown quickly in the deep end. I can only scull so long. Hard to understand if you are a cork.
Last week I talked to a guy from Jamaica who can’t float but is a great swimmer 🤷♀️
Endurance is trained. It’s difficult to tread water at the beginning for everyone. As a matter of fact, absolutely everything is difficult at the beginning. You can either make excuses or find a way to learn the skills you want to learn.
In swimming, one exhales slowly and not completely, and inhales fast. If you breathe for floating, exhale has to be fast with a faster inhale. Imagine this, even correct breathing doesn’t come naturally and must be practiced 😳 JUST LIKE EVERYTHING IN THIS LIFE THAT HAS VALUE. Everything that has value is earned.
@Doug and @Merlyn
When I teach my clients who have a fear of water, I do suggest to use a wetsuit. With the fear, the body isn’t able to relax and buoyancy is lost. It’s a little easier to learn when there is that extra layer of protection or buoyancy. When the body learns correct positioning, it gets easier to get to the next level.
In any case, I am in Upstate New York. I can teach you to float (with sculling) and to tread water in 10 sessions. If you are up for it, I am ready for this exciting challenge. If you choose to be filmed, I will give you a 50% discount.
I hate empty talk, I can prove that what I teach, works.
Very helpful. Imma try this when I'm at the pool next week. Finally I feel like I can do it
@bibinc5203
I am glad that my video gives you confidence in your ability to succeed in this skill!!! It's such a wonderful compliment. Thank you. ❤️
I'd love to know how it goes when you try these exercises.
@@easyflowing sure, I'll keep you posted 😀
@bibinc5203
Awesome 🙌
Thank u somuch i like this
You are welcome ❤️
Useful advice thank you very much 👍
You are welcome. I am glad you found this advice useful. Thank you for your comment.
Please, keep me posted with your progress, after trying these exercises.
Another excellent instructional video i arch my whole body and head back pressing DOWN in the water to float on my back , i float like a cork then. Even if i blow all the air out of my lungs i only sink a little my face is still out of the water i am neutral boyancy which is common for most men i think, i do pilates exercising which is very good for swimming i find. Another drill i practice is to roll over on my back & flip and float, i practice the eggbeater kick but still have to scull to stay afloat.
Thank you.
The drills you mentioned are good!
Keep working on your Eggbeater kick, it will click at some point.
I sink when I blow the air out and I am very buoyant. Have you seen my video where I show it?
Thank you very much.
It's my pleasure!
Excellent tips.. Could you please give some EXERCISE for "LIFTING LEGS & HIPS" ---in FRONT FLOATING 💕🙏💕
Thank you 🙏
This exercise should help:
th-cam.com/video/5BOS_HuieVg/w-d-xo.html
Also, in this series, we work on most issues that come up in learning how to swim. You get to see the issues and how we fixed them:
Fear of Water (Lessons in Open Water): th-cam.com/play/PLlni5Zb5tjJmZhWlFRqkpHdQOdy_eNzGC.html
Excellent it’s very important lesson
Thanks
Thank you, I am glad you found this lesson helpful!
This is the video I've been searching for. Floating on my back is very difficult for me. I'm 6'4" 220lb muscular and my legs are dropping when I try to float and also during backstroke. I think the wetsuit is likely helping you float a bit but fundamentally the tips appear sound so I'm going to work on the tips in this video at my local public pool. Thank you!
Yes, these exercises will definitely help you!
In this video, I am wearing a simple polyester full body suit, so no, it doesn't help me float... my fat does, though 😊 so yes, the right skills make all the difference because without the correct skills, neither a wetsuit, nor some extra fat won't help all that much. You can see it in these series, where my beginner swimmer student was wearing a 5 mm wetsuit but until he learned the skills, the suit didn't do much: Fear of Water (Lessons in Open Water): th-cam.com/play/PLlni5Zb5tjJmZhWlFRqkpHdQOdy_eNzGC.html
I'd love to know how it goes after you do these exercises three times a week for about a month.
@@easyflowing Your tips helped. I already have the strength but I wasn't applying the correct techniques. As soon as I started working on the correct body position and engaging the correct muscle groups for me (V-Up / Hip flexors, core and glutes) everything fell into place. My legs aren't sinking when I swim in glide on my back (rocketship) or in backstroke anymore. There are still things I need to work on for sure but I'm feeling like I've broken through a barrier finally! Thanks.
Congratulations!
I am super excited to hear about your improvements!!!
Thank you for your feedback.
I am here, if you need any more pointers.
Thank you so much for those helpful and clear tips!! That’s exactly what I need. And I realized the reason why I can’t float properly is because i used the wrong part of my body to float!I’ll do more practice for it! :)
You are very welcome!
I’d like to hear about your further progress. Please keep me posted ❤️
Also people are either floater or sinker something a swimming coach will almost never tell you..none of us struggle with floating we struggle with moving and propelling at first and then we learn it as long as we can float...so if you struggle with floating chances are youre a sinker so stop wasting your time and get yourself a cute live-vest and jump into the deep end and have fun.
@Omar9inchShatty
Floating can be a complicated skill for many reasons, including the one you mentioned. That's why I never start teaching my students floating until they can balance themselves vertically.
But suggesting for a new learner to jump in at the deep end, even with a floatation device, is simply unwise.
This video is very helpful, All my doubts got cleared, Thank you very much for this video, pls do post these kind of encouraging videos, thanks a ton 😊👍
I am glad you learned a great deal from this video. What were your doubts before?
What about back pain problem? Doctor said we should learn back floating, and I find this techniquie great. But we should do dry land exercise first, I worry that dry land exercise risking the back pain. What should I do ? Please help me 😁
Somewhere in the video, I think that I did mention that with back problems, it’s better to do everything in the water, from warmup to strength exercises.
In this playlist, exercises that are done with both legs up or down should be a good beginning for strengthening. Do not do anything with alternating legs.
Before you do any exercise programs, consult with your doctor, please.
Beat Fear Of Water. First Steps Toward Swimming. th-cam.com/play/PLlni5Zb5tjJn7jCl1Senai_MSqN6s7hGp.html
Are exercise i usually done daily in Pilates, Yoga HIIT, Abs exercise Inspire es by pilates, only i'll have to add raise my arms around ears on top my head.
I have to do more exercise like i usually done before i go started swimming class.
Yes, it's important to warm up the body before swimming lessons!
Wow your way of teaching amazing
Thank you! ❤ What is the most helpful in the way I teach?
@@easyflowing you explain everything nicely
@@easyflowing i did not find your stand i mean treading skill in swimming pool in slow motion.
Everything pertaining to treading water can be found in this playlist:
Treading Water- Swimming Lessons: th-cam.com/play/PLlni5Zb5tjJnkZSrp2aYOGNTEhlsmCPS8.html
@@easyflowing Thanks
Thank you so much for this. I'm on my way to practise
You are very welcome! How was your practice?
Do you have any questions?
@@easyflowing yeah, do I have to practise on land to get it right, I struggled. I think it's because of fear :(
Yes, dry land practice is very important!
These series of mine might be beneficial for you
Swimming Lessons In Open Water. FROM FEAR OF WATER to SWIMMING IN DEEP OPEN WATER. Lesson 1 of 14 th-cam.com/video/UsgysbYR9IQ/w-d-xo.html
Very interesting. I will surely try it. I am a natural sinker. I can stay afloat enough to keep my head at the surface like most people can . I try to stay horizontal on top of the water as it is the position of least resistance when moving forward. I guess one step at the time. I like the idea of a V position to start with and than slowly changing it to an horizontal position. Thank you for your recommendations. I like water and feel comfortable in it, this is a very good start I guess.
Yes, it is a good start!
I would suggest for you to watch this video:
th-cam.com/video/DB91s_hmlRw/w-d-xo.html
Notice that I kept my arms above my head in the water. This helped me keep my feet higher up by changing my center of buoyancy.
Do try this trick and let me know if it helps you.
This is a good one, too. Here you can see how even I, a very buoyant person, went to the bottom without the air in my lungs.
th-cam.com/video/LGdYbeyCfFM/w-d-xo.html
If you haven't learned sculling, yet, here's a tutorial for this skill:
th-cam.com/video/Y936b_BAcIA/w-d-xo.html
This is simply magic!
Keep up the good job. I know how to swim now, but I'm deathly scared of swimmng in the deep end. I can swim free style from 9ft (local pool goes to 10 ft) going towards the shallow, but not from the shallow end towards the deep end. Any advice?
Thank you in advance.
It means that you don’t know how to tread water and you are unable to stop, change positions from floating on your stomach to your back, and back to your stomach. You are unable to switch from swimming to treading. I would suggest to work on eggbeater kick:
Adult Swim Lesson. How to Tread Water With Eggbeater Kick. Tutorial From a Synchro Swimmer. th-cam.com/video/WO2dW58C7bc/w-d-xo.html
Work on basic sculling:
Adult Swim Lesson. How To Do Basic Sculling for Treading Water, Water Survival, Triathlons. th-cam.com/video/Y936b_BAcIA/w-d-xo.html
Work on turning from front crawl to a basic back stroke and back to front crawl.
If after learning all of these skills, you are still afraid, then I would suggest to swim with your eyes closed or without goggles. This way you will not see the change in depth.
Good luck.
Please keep me posted on your progress!
@@easyflowing Thank you so much.
I like it you swim with great skill. Congratulations.
Thank you 🙏
Years of practice ☺️
I wish I could understand what you mean. I would like to help you but I just don't understand what you said @sarah tavake
Can you make a playlist for all the dry land exercises you do including warmup exercises?
Thank you for your comment and for your suggestion!
Here it is:
Dry Land Exercises: th-cam.com/play/PLlni5Zb5tjJkvo65IRG2vJIRatkAysS-l.html
If you see any other videos, where I have dry land exercises, please point them out to me, and I'll add them to this list.
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Hi can you teach us how to get up from a back float?
Thank you for your comment. Just in case if I can't get to it for a while, you can watch my playlist, where I taught my student how to get up from a back and a front float as I taught him swimming:
Fear of Water (Lessons in Open Water): th-cam.com/play/PLlni5Zb5tjJmZhWlFRqkpHdQOdy_eNzGC.html
As you watch this playlist, you'll see which exercises were done to prepare the body for the necessary skills.
First 5 videos definitely cover your question.
I am envious of your eggbeater kicks. Do you have a tutorial of this?
Of course! It was one of my first swimming videos 😁
Here it is:
Adult Swim Lesson. How to Tread Water With Eggbeater Kick. Tutorial From a Synchro Swimmer. th-cam.com/video/WO2dW58C7bc/w-d-xo.html
Please keep me posted on your progress!
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That's excellent! However, I try my best and it doesn't work with me, I feel so afraid to lose control while floating on my back. How can I get over it, please?
You can get good at these exercises:
Strength Exercises In Water For Balance And Swimming: th-cam.com/play/PLlni5Zb5tjJmib-12WS1zD7KncCryC3pp.html
They will help your body to balance in the water with more ease. Afterwards, floating on your back should be easier.
Also, try floating with water dumbbells in your hands, just like this:
th-cam.com/video/ua5HbwObJ3c/w-d-xo.html
Also, you can work on sculling stroke from this Playlist:
Treading water: th-cam.com/play/PLlni5Zb5tjJnkZSrp2aYOGNTEhlsmCPS8.html
In this playlist, we worked a lot on floating and on getting up from the floating position:
Open Water Swimming Lessons [From Fear Of Water To Swimming In Deep Water In 10 Lessons]: th-cam.com/play/PLlni5Zb5tjJmZhWlFRqkpHdQOdy_eNzGC.html
@@easyflowing thank you so much, I'll try them 😍😍
IMHO, it should be said that the desire for one's feet to be at the surface is a misplaced one in almost all instances. A good float does not require a person to be horizontal. A diagonal or vertical float while on the front or back is perfectly okay. Anyone who thinks that their float is "wrong" or missing something if it's not horizontal does not understand floating. The position your body naturally takes when you do nothing is your correct float. If your feet are on the bottom in shallow water, that's fine. If you end up lying on the bottom, then right, you're not floating. But trying to get your feet to be at the surface won't help.
Whatever you are saying would be correct if floating were the end of learning how to swim.
When people learn floating your way, they later struggle while learning actual swimming skills since feet below the surface create drag.
When feet are below the surface, core muscles are relaxed, a person has little control of their body and their balance in the water is limited...
I prefer not wasting neither my time, nor the time of my clients, my friend.
@@easyflowing I like your confidence! However, we have different definitions of "learning to swim." Yours is learning freestyle. Mine is learning to be comfortable and safe in deep water. My career has taught me that people want to overcome their fear and be safe in the deep first. Then, once they can swim, they want to know how to swim efficiently: with strokes. Your espousing tension and work just to learn a float is what keeps people from becoming comfortable. It is not true that learning freestyle will take away their fear or make them comfortable. It's the other way around: learning to be comfortable in the water, including the deep end, enables them to learn strokes that are viable in any depth.
The water holds them up with no effort on their own. Every person needs to know that. I suspect that many people who are afraid in water are paying attention to your recommendations here and it is leading them down an unfortunate road...the one of Thinking And Trying rather than feeling and being. A float should be listless and effortless. If they start with that, they'll breathe a sigh of relief that floating can be so easy. When it's time for posture and position for learning a stroke, then it will be added at the right moment. And it will be easy, effortless, and fun.
1.It's interesting that you come to my channel and give me lectures based on one video that was a response to a request from my subscriber who asked me to teach them how to keep feet at the surface.
2. If you watched my other videos, you would see that making sure that getting rid of the fear of water, being comfortable and safe in deep water are my number one priorities, and that I actually don't even have full Freestyle tutorials on my channel.
3. Try telling people with low buoyancy about just resting in the water...
Whatever you described at the end of your comment simply tells me that you and I are on different levels of knowledge, experience and education, and that we have very different goals and different styles of teaching so, there's no reason for me to even argue with you...
Just out of curiosity, how many lessons exactly does it take you to get an adult with a fear of water to be comfortable in deep open water? ... Ellen?
Here's my video response to your lectures to me:
th-cam.com/video/OcMdXhU7ki0/w-d-xo.html
@@easyflowing Perhaps you deleted something. Not sure. Yes, it's true, learning to swim begins on land. Very few people know that. And comfort comes first- before posture-so my 39 years of teaching solely adults who are afraid in water have taught me. Posture doesn't take away fear.
Please understand, I'm not fighting with you.
It appeared quite easy but I realized that it needed basic strength in my core.I'm afraid the "basic strength" seems to be much more than "basic".
In that, you are right 😅
You can start with exercises in this video:
Adult Swim Lesson. Dry Land Exercises For Practicing Streamline Position For Swimming. th-cam.com/video/h26CjFpVqVs/w-d-xo.html
Here, I give a progression of exercises, too.
Please exercise safely and make sure to warm up, first.
Also, if you have mastered sculling, you can always start these exercises in the water and then do them on dry land.
Dry land exercises are extremely important for preparing the body for swimming! As a matter of fact, when people try to learn Swimming with unprepared bodies, they often get injured.
You yourself mentioned basic strength. Where do you get it if not on dry land?
😂 Please swim in the water, prepare for swimming on the ground ☝️
Hello Beautiful Sister! I am going to pool to learn how to swim! I am very confident and I believe in myself! I can do this! So can everyone else! One question, as long as I have air in my lungs, I will always be able to float naturally? I am going to learn freestyle! Please answer my question! Also, I posted an inspiring message! Please find it, and always stay positive!
Enjoy your swimming practice! Regarding air in your lungs, it's a manifold answer. 1. Air in your lungs will help you to stay afloat if you have high buoyancy. 2. It is impossible to keep Air in your lungs constantly because you do have to exhale every so often.
Please stay in shallow water while learning swimming and it's preferable if you practice with a lifeguard or other people nearby. If you are a complete novice, I suggest starting with breathing and strength exercises in water, not with actual swimming.
Exercises In this playlist will be utmost useful:
Strength Exercises In Water For Balance And Swimming: th-cam.com/play/PLlni5Zb5tjJmib-12WS1zD7KncCryC3pp.html
Breathing For Beginner Swimmers: th-cam.com/play/PLlni5Zb5tjJnryxxTNOUw0nUQvLa391F2.html
You also might find helpful watching this playlist because in it, I teach my client from zero swimming skill to starting learning Freestyle:
Fear Of Water (Open Water Swimming Lessons): th-cam.com/play/PLlni5Zb5tjJmZhWlFRqkpHdQOdy_eNzGC.html
It's nice to be inspired, thank you, however, I almost missed your question because of long previous comments from you.
I needed to learn how to swim
You might benefit from these series:
Fear of Water (Lessons in Open Water): th-cam.com/play/PLlni5Zb5tjJmZhWlFRqkpHdQOdy_eNzGC.html
Tomorrow I am going to go swimming and yesterday I did not go swimming because it was the holidays and I did not go to school on Monday beacause my mum said then I went to school but I brang my position slip. Then I forgot to get my swimming togs and then we went on a bus and that was my class that was on thebus once we made it to the swimming pools it smelled like chlorine then the other people were swimming and I do not know how to swim that's why I'm watching how to swimm😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😀😀😀😁😁😁😁😁😂😂😂😅😅😅😅 and that's good you know how to swimm and guess what I also do not
Know how to float on my back hahahahahahahah that's why I am going to swimming tomorrow just to learn how to swimm and thank you for the tips. Keep up the good work
I am glad you are learning by watching my videos, thank you @sara Tavake!
Yes, the smell of chlorine will always be in clean pools, even in salt-water pools. If you have any questions, please, let me know, I'd love to help you out ❤
@@easyflowing thank you so Much. I appreciate your request thanks once again and I well let you know when I need help with swimming 🏊 thx!!😊
@sarah tavake Any time 🙌
Amazing Excellent
Thank you 🙏
Have you tried these exercises?
@@easyflowing im about to do next time i visit pool this is more understandable
How did the exercises feel? How’s your progress?
Tomorrow, we are going to do backstroke and I can't even float huhu i can't relax.
If you could practice these exercises to strengthen your body to prepare it for your work in aquatic environment, it would help with floating:
Strength Exercises In Water For Balance And Swimming th-cam.com/play/PLlni5Zb5tjJmib-12WS1zD7KncCryC3pp.html
Filling your lungs with air and holding your breath would be helpful, too. However, it’s important to exhale through your nose to keep water out. Using a nose plug, might be helpful in keeping your stress level down.
Breathing For Beginner Swimmers th-cam.com/play/PLlni5Zb5tjJnryxxTNOUw0nUQvLa391F2.html
You are amazing
Thank you 🙏
Have you tried these exercises?
Does your wet suite do any help in your float?
In this video, I am wearing a polyester full body suit which doesn't help with floating. In most of my other videos, I wear a 3mm wetsuit, which does.
How to get back on to the feet after floating on back like this....... I can float but feel difficult getting back on foot.
Hello @JB
In this playlist, you can find everything that was needed for learning getting up from a supine and a prone float. Fear of Water (Lessons in Open Water): th-cam.com/play/PLlni5Zb5tjJmZhWlFRqkpHdQOdy_eNzGC.html
My client Akram was a begginer swimmer with a fear of water and we spent a lot of time on this particular issue. You should find lessons 1-5 very helpful.
@@easyflowing many thanks
Any time 🙌
@@easyflowing you are the best. And one thing more, pool has got chlorinated water. Any advice for using ear plugs, nose clip etc. Also chlorinated water is not good for hair. So ur opinion on these. Is it ok if water gets into ear nose or mouth once in a while.
Thanks and regards
Yes, chlorine isn't the best for the hair or the skin. You can definitely use protective hair lotions specially for chlorine, and skin lotions before and/or after the pool. Wearing a swim cap will also protect your hair.
As for the nose clips, it would be preferable if you learned how to breathe correctly in the water.
You can check out this playlist:
Breathing For Beginner Swimmers: th-cam.com/play/PLlni5Zb5tjJnryxxTNOUw0nUQvLa391F2.html
Tomorrow I have a swimming lesson with my class and I can’t even swim. I am prepared for humiliation. Wish me luck please!
Good luck!!! Enjoy!!!
To prepare emotionally, you can watch this playlist:
Swimming Lessons In Open Water. From Fear Of Water To Swimming In Deep Water th-cam.com/play/PLlni5Zb5tjJmZhWlFRqkpHdQOdy_eNzGC.html
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Thank you!!
You are welcome 👍👍👍
how did it go? (two years later lol)
Beautiful.
Thank you.
@@easyflowing i am learning swiming these days. Out of all the youtube videos i watched recently, yours are the best. Wish you could be my trainer 😊
I am glad you find my teaching style helpful. 😊 I wish I could be your trainer, too! Just out of curiosity, where are you located?
@@easyflowing i am from pakistan and you ?
I am usually in the USA but now I am elsewhere.
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You are welcome 🙌 How's your floating?
Lovely lady.
Thank you 🙏
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i just learned how to get 6 pack on my bed.
6 pack on your bed?
@@easyflowing i can do that core exercise on my bed n get a 6 pack 🤣
Oh, yeah! Absolutely!!! 😁🙌
Another thing to enjoy in bed! 😊
You don't need to go to Gym in order to float...exercises to strengthen your body just to float?!...what else a special Diet?...my cousin's last day of her $200 swimming class was 2 days ago and she swers she learned nothing...people who are teaching swimming these days are not qualified to do so...they either make the work double the amount or start with very difficult complicated techniques eg Front Crawl and side breathing...I'm good swimmer and still sometimes find it difficult to side breathe and I have alternatives that I taught myself so imagine a beginner trying to do that...of course my cousin didn't learn anything..and I bet she's not alone.
I agree with you on starting with simple skills for learning swimming. However, yes, the body does need to be strong for floating because some muscle need to contract and other ones need to relax. There also should be a good body awareness...
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I wish, I could understand what your comment says...
@@easyflowing soory
@@easyflowing translate to arabic
If TH-cam doesn't do it automatically, I wouldn't even know how to do the translation. Any suggestions?
Not sure about this, keeping feet up on both front and back is not important.
Unless your some sort of alien, you don't breathe through your feet so if they sink then I couldn't care less lol.
Legs up are important for swimming/travelling though the water, not floating.
It's a good point.
It all depends on the end goal for learning how to float. My clients usually hire me to teach them how to swim, that is why I am teaching the proper body position and muscle work for floating that will lead to a streamline position and to swimming with ease. Floating is never the end goal.
Also, when core muscles aren't engaged, there's no proper control of the body, which means that extra energy is exerted for such a menial skill as floating.
When skills are learned incorrectly, it bites in the process because people either progress too slowly and get discouraged or they get injured.
So, yes, one can choose to learn floating with feet under water... just... why?
I appreciate your role as the devil's advocate, thanks, man!
I remember you! We had a whole dialog about teaching how to float with a wetsuit on. How is it going with teaching? Any new discoveries? Are the pools open again in the UK after the lockdowns?
Did you start teaching online? I'd love to see your stuff.
Keep in mind that my main focus is health and injury prevention while teaching swimming in the shortest possible time.
I teach with half a wetsuit because the pools so cold lol.
I've had a fair amount of interest and taught several new one to one's. I probably teach around about 150-200 students a week but that's mainly employed/self employed.
Most of my 121's are adults, but you can see me rant anout floating and Buttefly on my unpopular channel lol.
Oh yes, that's why a wetsuit is a must- cold water!!! Even the students should wear one because they need to be comfortable in order to be able to relax in order to learn!
And what's the point? After all, a person lies on the water for the sake of relaxing the muscles, and not for the sake of tension.
In order to be able to 'relax' while floating, core muscles must be contracted, otherwise, it's impossible to float flat on the surface. Plus, there are many other reasons for floating besides relaxation such as safety, desire to learn swimming, etc. Also, if one wants to release tension, it's enough to just submerge the body up to the neck upright because water itself relaxes muscles.
@@easyflowing th-cam.com/video/pfCitGiCnQA/w-d-xo.html I don't see any muscle contraction here
I see that you just want to argue with someone.
"The moment you start arguing with an ignorant 'person' you already lost" - Imam Ali.
Talk to me after you get a degree in Exercise Science or Swimming Coaching, or get an MRI vision.
@@easyflowing I have the first adult category in track and fild. I ran 800 meters in 2 minutes. True it was 10 years ago. But the knowlege remains. But to be honest, i 'm only writing this to practice my English. So thank you for you attention.
Я- кандидат в мастера спорта по синхронному плаванию. Вы хорошо пишите на английском.
Спасибо за комментарии, это повышает видимость моего видео.
Лёгкая атлетика пишется Track and Field.
Ещё, разряды и звания достижений в спорте имеют значимость только в странах бывшего Советского Союза. Вне стран бывшего Союза, ваш разряд никто не поймёт. А вот ваша скорость будет более понятна.
Или ещё, в Америке вас поймут, если вы скажете: "I did Track and Field in High School or I was in Varsity Track and Field in University/College".