Butterfly Swimming Technique | Stroke

Improve your butterfly swim technique with our series of Speedo Fit videos - created with an elite swim coach to help you get more from your swim. Using a combination of underwater, above, front, side angles, slow motion and animations to capture the best angles for learning butterfly swimming technique.

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[ahmedop]

I’m not a professional swimmer and it took me 6 months of constant every day training to be able to do one lap of butterfly swimming and another 6 months just to be comfortable with it. It’s not easy but with practice you can do it.

[nathanriggle]

Don't be afraid of this swim stroke. I swam competitively in my younger days, but never performed the butterfly stroke till a couple weeks ago. I watched a couple videos and I didn't know how I was doing, but someone at the pool last night said :did you use to swim competitively?" I asked why he asked and he said my butterfly stroke looked good! Now at 45, I'm swimming for my workouts vs weights and love it. Feel so much better, but love the butterfly stroke! It's such a workout!!!

[gybx]

I only respectfully disagree with breathing rules. For longer distances, breathing every stroke is required. For a short sprint, hypoxic breathing patterns are fine. Most coaches are traditionalists and demand every-other-stroke for breathing. Phelps and all other professionals tend to breathe every stroke. I'll trust the pro's.

[AlvinDarmawan]

6+ years of swimming classes, still can't do the butterfly. 15 years have passed and I'm looking forward to learning it once more.

[chocolateccm]

And he looks so awesome doing that butterfly technique! A pro! 

[jbp]

watching this isnt helping my self esteem lol

[vnty_]

this is a very, very helpful video! ive been having swimming classes for the last few days, and ive been struggling to do this. thank you!

[MBison-imqy]

thank you speedo, , for allowing me to swim faster AND advertise my junk in public

[trojanusc]

Favorite stroke and best stroke since childhood. Full body mechanics

[d]

Wowww the trapezoid Love this, will swim it to the point of perfection.

[gokhanguneysu]

After a longish swim, I try to leave the pool as they do in speedo clips. But I am usually just too tired and weak to look that good and "intact".

[TheWoundedNinja]

Swimmers doing the butterfly in slowmotion looks like a fucking beast. especially when the camera is right infront of them

[barneytycoon]

I'm amazed the speedo brand don't focus more on breathing when talking about technique. Breathing is essential in swimming, so to have a video where the guy seldom takes a breath is not a good example.

[zeking]

I was mainly swimming in the 25 meter pool with decent butterfly technique. Did 2 laps without stop. Got transferred to the 50 meter pool and it just kills me to do one lap of butterfly. Need to rest a minute after each lap. Tried to do one lap butterfly and then, without stop, another lap freestyle to go back to the start point, but man, it`s just brutal. I guess I need to adjust and get used to the 50 meter nonstop drills

[slifer]

0:40 Thanks, those white dots really helped me to improve my butterfly😮

[eileenfisher]

Beautiful! Technique! Bravo. Is this total Immersion ? Will watch again and again . Thankyou ! EiLEEN

[rebeccareid]

@Eve Beer this video is right because i train for team gb and ur hands turn so that if they were flat they would splash down and catch the water but when you turn your hands it makes u bring ur hands through the water quicker 

[kamrantariq]

I’ve been trying to perfect this stroke…out of curiosity…should there be a lot of splashing? Arms out at the front and flicking legs back?

[hredhanbhuyan]

This helps me a lot. I’m a professional swimmer, and I have been trying to learn this. This video helped me a lot to master it. THANKS!

[arnoldgarryug]

It's all about constant practice. You can watch as many videos as these but without practice, you'll never do it correctly.