How To Swim Backstroke | Technique For Back Crawl Swimming

Backstroke can be challenging to learn, it's the only stroke where you can't see where you're going and it requires good coordination and timing. With a bit of practice, however, you'll be swimming backstroke confidently in no time, and this video is a great place to start when learning the stroke!

The key to good backstroke starts with head positioning - maintaining a neutral head position looking upwards and not looking down. Following on from that, a good catch position and body rotation aid good propulsion in the water and a strong leg kick helps maintain good balance. It's hard to learn all of these things together so try picking one element and working on that till you have it mastered before moving on to the next skill.

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[rjm]

wow, i literally had NO idea you are meant to rotate that much. Here's me trying to keep flat and still and wondering why im splashing my face and making a mess!

[nicholasmasi]

Wow backstroke is way more technical than I imagined! Those rotations!

One stroke at a time suppose!

[bambi]

started swimming again after being forced to quit 6 years ago, I felt as if I was dying. Today is my second day and I wanna make sure I do things properly this time.

[MarcosSoni]

One of my favorite channels for swim workouts and tutorials. Backstroke is my stroke I want to perfect. Right now, I swim backstroke like a sinking ship.

[megablademe]

I enjoy doing backstroke to relax. I find it the least exhausting way to swim, however I usually don’t do this to go fast, just slowly swimming in the pool.

[ShadowGaminglife]

I was struggling so much in this stroke because I couldn’t swim straight without knowing where I was going and your tip about head position really helped thanks a ton! 🙏❤

[xsg]

Backstroke is my most comfortable and confident swim style as I struggle with breathing. Thank you for this video, it'll certainly help me refine my techniques.

[michaelgrove]

I'm a swim instructor for little kids and I watch alot of your videos to help

[charlenegray]

I love to backstroke, it’s pretty relaxing and mostly I don’t even use my arms, just mostly my legs to push me further, and sometimes my arms to lightly stay afloat❤

[nataliecunningham]

Me thinking this is my strongest technique and realising that I’m not even doing it 😂

[DanielMooreDJ]

I nearly drown swimming backstroke today for the first time in our triathlon club Swim 😂

[zammich]

Thanks for this! I am trying backstroke for the first time tomorrow and I feel like remembering a few of these tips (particularly the head one) will help me struggle less than I would otherwise. At this point, I'm also just glad to have anything that helps me to get a feel for the overall image and mechanism for the stroke.

[haidernaqvi]

I tried this but the water didn't cooperate

[majarrah]

I innovate the backstroke stroke pull by not bending the arms but keeping very straight under water while pulling which provides 2 advantages 1. Generate power to the stroke 2. Helps in controlling body imbalance.

[KevinChao-zwgm]

Nice video! There was me, swimming backstroke pretty bad, bumping my head on the walls of the swimming pool. After this video, I swam gracefully through the water.

[victorlwd]

finally, wanted to learn this for couple of weeks now but had seriuosly no idea how or where to even start keep them comming gtn

[Whitney]

I’m a beginner triathlete and I suffer from SVT, so my heart rate goes sky high during my competitions. My front crawl isn’t great, so my breathing suffers, which exacerbates the heart rate. I’m looking to alternate between front crawl and back stroke for my next triathlon to counter act this, because once my HR reaches over 200bpm, it doesn’t want to come back down much for the rest of the race. Sucks that swimming is first! This helps a lot, so thanks!

[Mentesenot-rl]

subscribed and now i am done with the front with even freestyle, now learning backstroke from you. Thank you.

[Duchess_Van_Hoof]

Excellent video, detailed instructions, not a bunch of loud nonsense or ads. Just on point and helpful, I appreciate it.

[Rahul_bhardwaj]

This is so much fun to relax with backstroke. You can swim in this position even without moving your hand. But, This is the only method i know for swimming :( .. I found the free style method on your channel to be helpful. Somehow i don't know how to losen my body. I keep myself stiff as a log most of the time.