Marina, thank you very much for watching my videos and commenting! ❤️ I am happy that you chose me as your teacher in learning new skills. One can have much more fun in water if he/she learns more new skills 🌊

Thank you 😊 Practice makes perfect!

Thank you for watching this video and for your comment. I am happy that you found my instructions most helpful.

I am very happy to know that my videos are helpful in your process of falling in love with water!!! Thank you for watching and for taking your time to comment ❤️

Thank you for watching! I am glad to be of help!

Thank you, I am glad that you found my explanation helpful!

Have you seen this playlist, where I taught actual lessons? ⬇️ There, you can see these tips working in real lessons. Open Water Swimming Lessons [From Fear Of Water To Swimming In Deep Water In 10 Lessons]: kzfaq.info/sun/PLlni5Zb5tjJmZhWlFRqkpHdQOdy_eNzGC

Thank you. I am glad you found this video helpful! If you are moving backwards, it means that your palms are close to being vertically oriented instead of 45 degrees on the way in. Check your palm position and try keeping your palms at 45 degrees both ways, on the way in and on the way out. It should fix the issue.

You are welcome!!! I am so happy that you found my lessons helpful!! Thank you for commenting ❤️

Thank you! I am glad you found my lesson helpful!

Thank you very much for watching my video. You are very welcome!

You are welcome!!!

I am glad it was helpful! Thank you for watching and commenting ❤️

Thank you, Nnamdi 🙏

I am glad!!! Thank you very much for your comment!

Thank you very much for your encouragement! Show must go on 😉❤️

Thank you. ❤️

You are welcome! Thank you very much for your comment and your compliment 🙏

You are very welcome. It will be the easiest way to tread water after you master this technique. Please, ask if you have any questions, when you try it.

Thank you for always watching my videos to the end! ☺️💕

You are welcome ❤️ Are you working on your sculling for being safe in water or for a lifeguarding certification?

You must be a comedian 🤣 After you try sculling with my instructions, please let me know how it went.

how did it go?

I'm learning it now and man, its difficult to even get my hands to be strong and level with my wrist. I'm basically sinking slower than before! It's a crucial step to learn so I wont feel bad for finding it difficult to learn. Sorry late reply.

You are welcome! 🙌 What are you working on in your learning swimming journey?

Thank you for your comment and your pro tip! That’s a great point! I have a video about it 🤗 Floating [Is Filling Your Lungs With Air Important For Floating?] (Test) Swimming Lessons For Adults kzfaq.info/get/bejne/gq2UjMWW3qnKdoE.html And, yet, you also must exhale at some point 🤷‍♀️ So, for how long are you suggesting to hold that breath while sculling? It’s a bit easier to take a deep breath and hold it while floating, if one is super buoyant... what should a person with zero buoyancy do? What should one do when air in the lungs doesn’t help much? The answer is SCULLING! And as a former Synchronized Swimmer, I can say that while physically working (correct sculling takes a lot of effort and muscle work), it’s super difficult to hold breath for a long time. So, it’s better to practice sculling a lot and get so good at it that you could scull and breathe at the same time, and do both of those things easily. I have a whole playlist on sculling: Swimming Lessons. Sculling kzfaq.info/sun/PLlni5Zb5tjJksa9gyNU5KzbHR_A9rn4jE Here’s a playlist on floating: How To Float In Water #swimminglessons kzfaq.info/sun/PLlni5Zb5tjJnVjBowbF8JPdwvSBAURdbv Here are full lessons in open water: Swimming Lessons In Open Water. From Fear Of Water To Swimming In Deep Water kzfaq.info/sun/PLlni5Zb5tjJmZhWlFRqkpHdQOdy_eNzGC And in case that a person has a set of two working legs and if they are not restricted, there’s always Eggbeater kick! How to Tread Water With Eggbeater Kick [From Synchro Swimmer] Swimming Lessons For Adults kzfaq.info/get/bejne/jbVil7pmnambkpc.html

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@Renee D. Gross Thank you ❤

Thank you! ❤️

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It is the truth 🤷‍♀️😘

@@easyflowing yeah it is 😊

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Thank you!

+Tony Kay Thank you. Yes, about 45/90 degrees, I did have an afterthought. I still posted the video because for light treading the movement can also be 45 degrees. I like the fact that in video it is possible to pinpoint mistakes in verbal delivery and learn correctly from visual display.

Thank you for your comment and your compliment! Are you learning sculling for being safe in the water or for something else?

I am super happy that my videos help you in improving your swimming skills! What are you working on in the pool these days?

@@easyflowing Now I’m focusing on treading water especially with sculling technic But still sinking so need more practice i guess

Have you seen this playlist of mine? Fear of Water (Lessons in Open Water): kzfaq.info/sun/PLlni5Zb5tjJmZhWlFRqkpHdQOdy_eNzGC Here, my student with a fear of water was treading deep open water by the 10th lesson. We worked a lot on sculling. The videos are a bit slow because I wanted to show the whole process of learning how to swim... Nevertheless, you might find a few interesting things.

Thank you 🙏

Thank you 🙏

Hello Rahul Reddy from India 🇮🇳 👋 Thank you for taking your time to comment and for your wonderful compliments! I do have a lot to offer and will do my best to continue. Just to put it out there: I’ll be able to do a better job at it if I have my own pool ☺️ My goal for next year is to raise money and to build a pool on my property 🤲 here you go, Universe, do with it what you will 🤗 💝

Thank you 🙏 Your comment was held as spam, for some reason. Sorry for taking so long to reply. I appreciate your comment and a compliment ❤️

@chaitsathe I am so happy you find my videos helpful! Thank you for taking the time to let me know. Which swimming skills are you learning these days?

@@easyflowing Well these days trying to correct freestyle breathing with swordfish ( Your "Humming" tip helps a lot here ) , Particularly today I tried water treading just like above video ( 4.20 ) , but seems I need more practice like others said in comments , you are a good teacher and please continue to share your knowledge as its worth devoting time. Thanks. PS: Hope your dream/goal is true and reality by now

@chaitsathe Thank you for your encouragement! Yes, my dreams always come true, I'm living through a manifestation of a big one these days. Practice sculling while standing in shoulder high water and look for that little water tornado. You gotta feel for the movement of water. Do practice that exercise with the kick board because it will help you feel how much pressure you have to exert upon the water. You'll get it, just keep practicing! 🙌 You will find a lot of helpful practical information in this playlist: Fear of Water (Lessons in Open Water): kzfaq.info/sun/PLlni5Zb5tjJmZhWlFRqkpHdQOdy_eNzGC

You are welcome! Thank you for your kind words and for taking this time to comment. Please keep me posted on your daughter’s progress!

You are welcome. Thank you for your comment.

Are you learning sculling for treading water just for safety or are you preparing for an open water competition?

OMG, thank you!!! Please keep me posted on what you are working on!!!

I'm a beginner working on my fear of the deep water, front crawl, breast stroke, and treading water. If I master the sculling and egg beater techniques, then I could tread water, hence I will not be as afraid of the deep end, since I would be able to stay afloat in case of any incident. Any advise is welcome. Thank you so much.

It’s a good plan. I would suggest to master floating, first, if you haven’t done it already.

@@easyflowing Thank you for your quick reply. I can swim front crawl very well on the shallow end, but when I get to the deep end I keep on stopping and holding the pool edge (lol) because I'm so scared.

If you have mastered floating on your back, try turning to your back instead of grabbing onto the side or the line. Practice turning from front to back and back to the front in the shallow end. Then, try it together with your front crawl. Please let me know how it goes.

Make sure you keep your lungs full of air as you breathe. It will help you with buoyancy. Do you have to do it with your hands in the water or out?

So, let’s see if I can understand your comment without google translate. You wrote that it’s a great pleasure to learn from my grand experience? If yes, then Thank you very much for your compliment!!! ❤️ If not, then thank you very much for your comment 🙏😁

I am happy to know that you have learned from me how to tread water, it’s definitely a crucial safety skill. Thank you very much for taking your time to write this testimonial 🙏 Needless to say, I already posted it on Instagram and Facebook ☺️❤️❤️❤️

@@easyflowing that's awesome 👍

Absolutely! Straight wrists but also pressure should be applied to the water. If you are doing it right, you should feel your forearm muscles working! I appreciate your message, thank you for watching my video!!! ❤️

@@easyflowing ok, then yes my forearms were burning!! I can wait to try your technique. My gol is to be able to love the water and be able to talk like you were doing.

It's a very good goal!!! Please, let me know how it goes, after you try it.

Thank you

Thank you. Are you learning treading water for anything specific?

@@easyflowing Yes, i'm learning it for My preparation of triathlon, believe me , with this your video i learned it in as single day.....Just fallowed your instructions. Now i will be doing more practice on it. this will help me in my preparation of triathlon. Once again great input and thanks for your reply.

@interactive Solutions Did you do your triathlon? How was it?

Keep practicing and you will learn. Here is my playlist on sculling: Swimming Lessons. Sculling kzfaq.info/sun/PLlni5Zb5tjJksa9gyNU5KzbHR_A9rn4jE If you watch my Open Water lessons with Akram, you might see where you are making a mistake.

Thank you. What are you working on in your swimming lessons?

@@easyflowing Learning the buoyancy of my body in relation to water. Learning how to trust the water to hold me up. I practiced sculling today. If was really funny when I tried it going forward. Went absolutely nowhere. No problem. I'll rewatch your videos and try it again. I'll get it!

You might find this video helpful: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/hdWlZdOp2LHJhnU.html Here, I cross a lake only using treading water techniques I teach. This one should help you with buoyancy: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/gq2UjMWW3qnKdoE.html This one should help you with floating if you are still working on it: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/h8iAlbNkq6uoaYU.html This is the Eggbeater kick tutorial: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/jbVil7pmnambkpc.html

@@easyflowing What! Gotta watch it. Thanks.

Any time 🙌 I added a few more links in the previous comment.

Thank you 🙏 Please let me know when you try these exercises.

Dream To Swim I’m haven’t been able to sustain floating for more than about two seconds but I will keep practicing

Mable Bird, You are unable to sustain floating on your back or treading water in a vertical position? If you are working on floating, then this video should be helpful in addition to sculling: Swimming Lessons For Adults: “How To Float On Your Back" (Exercises To Get Your Feet To The Surface) kzfaq.info/get/bejne/h8iAlbNkq6uoaYU.html In this playlist: Swimming Lessons In Open Water. From Fear Of Water To Swimming In Deep Water kzfaq.info/sun/PLlni5Zb5tjJmZhWlFRqkpHdQOdy_eNzGC During lessons 7, 8 and 9, we worked a lot on sculling. It might be helpful for you to see the effort it takes to get this movement right, how long it takes and how to fix mistakes in the movement, that might happen. In any case, Keep Practicing, Because Only Practice Makes Perfect! ❤️ Please, keep me posted on your progress.

Dream To Swim Both really. I’m not very comfortable in the water yet. Just starting to learn how to swim at age 21. No one in my family knows how to swim so figured I could be the first haha. I’ll definitely check those other vids out :)

Ok, it sounds like you also have a bit of a fear of water. See if you find time to watch this playlist, where I got my client from being afraid of water to being very comfortable in it: Swimming Lessons In Open Water. From Fear Of Water To Swimming In Deep Water kzfaq.info/sun/PLlni5Zb5tjJmZhWlFRqkpHdQOdy_eNzGC Also, you body needs to be strong enough to be able to balance in water and to learn Swimming. I would suggest to start with these strength exercises: Strength Exercises In The Water For Balance And Swimming kzfaq.info/sun/PLlni5Zb5tjJmib-12WS1zD7KncCryC3pp Also, breathing is very important. Get comfortable with these: Swimming Lessons For Adults. Breathing In Water For Beginner Swimmers. Tutorial From Synchro Swimmer kzfaq.info/get/bejne/mLhypqWWyp6xeKc.html Swimming Lessons For Adults. BOBS- Breathing In Water For Beginner Swimmers. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/nLmdaa1p19bdhYk.html

Thank you for watching the video and for taking your time to comment.

Thank you very much! I am glad this video was helpful.

Swimming And Living u are welcome much appreciated 😊

U are amazing 😉

Thank you 🙏 Why are you learning treading water?

Swimming And Living absolutely. I guess it is good to lose weight and burn some fat so it does keep me motivated. What do u think ?

Now you know 😊 You are welcome. Let me know how it goes when you try sculling, I'd love to know about your progress.

Thank you. I am in New York, the video was filmed in Florida, USA.

Hello. Thank you for your comment. A more comfortable stroke is always more efficient. If you worked more on sculling or it was easier to learn, then it is only normal that it is more efficient than Eggbeater kick. Eggbeater kick is necessary when you need to do something with your arms like fixing your goggles, holding your kids, or doing anything else that requires your arms. It takes A LOT of practice. While training in Synchronized Swimming, we swam 10-20 laps with only Eggbeater kick. Do you do that for practice? There are two more videos in this playlist where I show how to propel with Eggbeater kick, you should find them helpful: Eggbeater Kick: kzfaq.info/sun/PLlni5Zb5tjJnu1wq8sRH4k3QLQVwk6CYc This kick requires practice until your body starts feeling it. While practicing legs get numb from work and more practice after that is required to get it. If you spend 3 months doing laps with this kick for at least 30 minutes (after a good warm-up), at least 3 times a week, you should be able to get it. Also, practice doing laps with this kick without the help of hands- hands out of the water (at the end of each practice). PS Because of the necessary rotation in the spine, make sure that you strengthen your core before you get in the water. (If you are cleared by your doctor for physical exercise) kzfaq.info/get/bejne/nphmds131bzVhqc.html If you have any more questions, please, let me know!

​@@easyflowing Thank you so, so much for this knowledge. I love the way you attend to the minimun details for movement, strenght needed to create pressure and so on. Please, keep up the great work!

Thank you very much for such a beautiful compliment! I greatly appreciate it! 🙏

The deep end is about 3 meters.

Congratulations on deciding to learn how to swim!!! What do you want to achieve in your swimming lessons?

@@easyflowing For now need to get comfortable in water and not panic every 5 meters :). The reason I finally decided to learn is because I signed up for Ironman 70.3 which is on May 7th 2023. And I need to swim 1.9kms in open sea within 70 minutes for that :).

That's a big undertaking!!! I prepared my client for a Half Ironman in 10 sessions on dry land and later in 10 sessions in open water. Here's our first session with Steve: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/bbN0e9Rm0sCxd5s.html You gave yourself plenty of time, so it's very possible to achieve it with the right guidance. Since it sounds like you have a fear of water, I would suggest for you to study my sessions in open water with Akram and see if you could follow the instructions as if I were teaching you: Fear of Water (Lessons in Open Water): kzfaq.info/sun/PLlni5Zb5tjJmZhWlFRqkpHdQOdy_eNzGC You need to teach your body how to balance in the water in order to help it relax. These exercises will do just that: Strength Exercises In Water For Balance And Swimming: kzfaq.info/sun/PLlni5Zb5tjJmib-12WS1zD7KncCryC3pp If you have your doctor's clearance for exercising, practice these 3 times a week, minimum, or every day, if your schedule allows (skip Saturday). Get very good at them. (You might notice that I gave most of them to Akram, when we trained in open water.) You got it! 🙌 I am available for instruction in the online format, if you feel that you'd like guidance from me.

Where is the Ironman going to take place?

@@easyflowing in Vietnam (Da Nang). The issue I have is finding the right trainer. Most good trainers don't speak English but I have joined them just to get additional practise and also taking help from a Russian swimmer who is training me. 8 sessions in and I have not had much improvements. I'm hoping the Vietnamese coach could help me with basic water safety training first so that I feel confident and then I can watch the KZfaq videos and train every day myself as I can take as much time I want to take it slow.

@amirsamehsaeed2790 Absolutely! It especially helps with water safety. How are you doing with your sculling?

i always make mistakes

Which mistakes do you make?

I am glad! Thank you for letting me know ❤

How to swim faster under water?

It depends on the reason for swimming under water and the direction (parallel to the surface or down). So, why would you swim under water and where? Also, would you have to hold your breath or would you have some kind of an oxygen tank?

Without the oxygen tank, to swim in a big well in our area

If swimming parallel to the surface, then, there are two answers. 1. In general, dolphin kick under water is faster, However, Because the movement is in the hips and the trunk, it takes much more oxygen, which means that it would be difficult to swim under water far, using dolphin kick. 2. That brings us to breaststroke. If a swimmer can do breaststroke easily, then they could swim under water farther, without breathing.

I am glad!!!

Thank you for watching my video. How is your sculling practice going?

If your knees are tucked in to your chest, it means that you are leaning back just a bit. The angle of your body does matter. I do show how to switch directions in sculling in this playlist: Sculling - Swimming Lessons.: kzfaq.info/sun/PLlni5Zb5tjJksa9gyNU5KzbHR_A9rn4jE All of these videos will be able to answer your question.

Thank you ❤️ What are you focusing on in your swimming lessons these days?

Keep practicing, your body will eventually get it! You might find this video beneficial, too: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/hdWlZdOp2LHJhnU.html

What I describe in this video would be it because, when done properly, it doesn’t allow bobbing and it can be used in vertical position for treading water, and for floating on your back, or transitioning between the two positions. It’s also great for working on your one-arm Freestyle exercises done on the side. Have you tried sculling as I explained it here?

The higher up your body is to the surface, the easier it is for you to stay afloat, so bent would be better. Also, it will depend on a desired direction of movement through the water. Moving backwards, your legs will come up closer to the surface infront. Moving forward, your mody will lean forward but your hips will have to open up so that your legs would stay in the back. Moving sideways, your body will lean to the side and it will have to bend in your hip joint and your waist to the side. You can look through these videos if you'd like more visual examples, that is if your question is about treading water as a whole, not just sculling: Eggbeater Kick: kzfaq.info/sun/PLlni5Zb5tjJnu1wq8sRH4k3QLQVwk6CYc

It definitely takes practice to start feeling the water. In this playlist, I teach a complete beginner, who had a fear of water. If you look through the titles, you can find lessons, where I taught him sculling. It definitely took some time to teach it: Swimming Lessons In Open Water. From Fear Of Water To Swimming In Deep Water kzfaq.info/sun/PLlni5Zb5tjJmZhWlFRqkpHdQOdy_eNzGC

Thank you for noticing. This is something to strive for because it shows that you actually move the water 🤗

Hello 👋 It all depends on how much you practice. When you start, you might not feel the pressure of your feet and hands on the water. As you continue practicing, you will start feeling it little by little.

This exercise is very important: Swimming Lessons For Adults. Exercise to Strengthen Your Sculling. Sculling Part 3. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/ba54fJWE17PJe5s.html It allows you to feel how much pressure you must exert when sculling. This amount of pressure on the water, you should feel in pretty much every stroke.

Plus, all the angles I talk about are very important, if you don’t keep them (turning your hand 90 degrees instead of 45), it will be difficult to advance.

You almost got it. 1. Arms bend only at the elbows and the wrists. 2. Yes, easier said than done- a lot of practice is required. 3. It's about keeping the pressure constant while going through the motion of the stroke. You watched all the way to the kick board exercise, very nice!!!

@@easyflowing I must really appreciate not only the effort that you had put in making this video but also the effort responding to each and every comment. Regarding watching the video till the last, I would say I was lucky to watch it .Since I have never seen any instructor talking explicity on the amount of pressure to be exerted let alone telling the viewer with this simple trick. So Many thanks on making this video, God bless!!!

Thank you very much for such constructive compliments! I am glad to be able to share what I know about learning swimming and my love for the water!!!

@@easyflowing One more thing, I watched the egg beater kick video too. And i must say i am just amazed how simply you have demonstrated the entire process. Firstly I don't actually remember any coach/ instructor guiding the viewers to basically start the process by sitting at one end and just dipping your legs and start the motion. I mean how easy does it make for the beginners; they won't be scared if they are not doing this in deep water and this will actually help them to build muscle memory quìckly. Secondly the way you have explained not just the rotation of the lower legs but also the circular motion of the feets themselves and syncing it with the lower leg motion is a great tip. So yes thanks once again...

Thank you very much for your feedback! Yes, there are many nuances in learning and mastering Eggbeater kick! You also might find this video helpful, here, I crossed a lake only using Eggbeater kick: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/hdWlZdOp2LHJhnU.html

1. Please practice this exercise with your feet on the bottom, shoulder-deep in the water. 2. Palms completely flat, if you cup your hand, the surface of your stroke is too small. Your palms should be almost hyperextended at first. 3. Work only from your elbows, shoulder blades squeezed together. 4. When you start, don’t try to force it, just go through the motion and try to get little tornadoes going on both sides. As you keep practicing with your feet on the bottom, you will start feeling the water. You do have to practice A LOT! ! ! After you get the feel, you can start bringing one knee up and balance with using sculling stroke. Switch knees. After you get that down, start bringing both knees together while sculling. PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE REMEMBER that only by practicing A LOT you get a feel for water. Please let me know how it goes.

Dream To Swim I don't really have the opportunity to practice but i guess you're right, only by practicing am i going to learn it. I will try again and let you know how it goes. Thanks so much for replying!

You can practice in open water, pools, even in jacuzzi. Good luck with everything.

I was wearing a 3mm wetsuit, so yes, it did help with floatation. However, even with a regular swimming suit on, I would be able to float with slow sculling because my sculling is powerful. In this part of this tutorial, I explain how to work on strengthening of sculling: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/ba54fJWE17PJe5s.html With my leg up, I had to work harder: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/l6mmfdycv8uod4k.html

Yes, it does. When applying the right amount of tension/pressure to the water, the faster you move your hands during sculling the higher you can hold yourself up, or if your hands are at an angle, the faster you can propel yourself.

@@easyflowing Thanks for answering my question. I know this sounds like a dumb question, but can sculling hands be practiced in the bathtub? Can the whirlpools be created in a small amount of water like a bathtub? Thanks

If I tried to do it in my tub, I would probably get hurt because I would have to stand somehow sideways to try to fit my whole arm under water 😂 If you are lucky enough to have a huge tub, then, by all means, try it! If you have a big jacuzzi spa, then you are golden 👍 You can also practice with one hand at a time. Please let me know how your sculling adventure in the bathtub goes!!!

@@easyflowing Thanks again for answering my question. It sounds like I will have to do this a the pool.

Please keep me posted.

I am breathing while I scull.

No, you breathe breathe breathe breathe

Thank you for your comment. In swimming, holding a streamline position in water is crucial and your body needs to be prepared physically for it. I suggest to do exercises from this list: Strength Exercises In Water For Balance And Swimming kzfaq.info/sun/PLlni5Zb5tjJmib-12WS1zD7KncCryC3pp Talk to your doctor, first, to make sure that these exercises are appropriate for your health.

Thank you for paying close attention to the video. These vortexes are something to aim for. Since it was a ‘basic sculling’ video, I didn’t want to concentrate on too many things but did want to make sure these vortexes were visible. Thank you for your comment!

This video was so helpful! I’ve regained so much confidence in the water. These tips and techniques work very well for me. I can now stay afloat as long as I like, move in any direction, move in a circle, all using this sculling technique. And yes, I was also able to make the vortexes. Yaaay! Thank you very much!

You are welcome!!! I am happy to hear about your progress ☺️

Thank you for watching and for the compliment. Did I really do the Eggbeater kick the whole time?

I don’t know in length but depth, it’s probably 8ish feet in its deepest part.

Dang, I thought you were standing in 3 feet or 4 lol.

A cramp where? In your Gastrocnemius muscles?

@@easyflowing Cramp anywhere...but the point is to be able to float on water until help arrives...which is where the sculling comes to rescue as you demonstrated...

@ Ramy G Of course, treading water by using sculling and eggbeater strokes will allow staying afloat. However, in order to get rid of cramps, one needs to know how to stretch those particular muscles groups. Since a cramp is an involuntary muscle contraction, if it's not an extreme case, just stretching the muscles will help, all the while treading water. (That's why treading water is one of the most important skills in surviving in open water, besides proper breathing.) Massaging muscles, also helps with getting rid of cramps. I have heard that in extreme cases, pricking the muscles with a needle can alleviate the cramps, too (it probably won't be a good idea in the ocean, since bleeding will occur, and who would have a needle in the ocean, anyway 😅). Are you learning treading water for a triathlon?

​@@easyflowing No, I am not even close to a Triathlon. But it is one of the things I want to do down the line may be in a couple of years. I am still perfecting my swimming motions. Sculling with my hands is easy than with my legs.

Yes, eggbeater kick is a bit more complicated than sculling. Keep practicing, though, your body will get it eventually.

It's Important to get comfortable with every exercise in shallow water before moving deeper. You can watch this playlist to see how I worked with my client and see how long it took us before going deeper: Open Water Swimming Lessons (Fear Of Water): kzfaq.info/sun/PLlni5Zb5tjJmZhWlFRqkpHdQOdy_eNzGC

Thank you 🙏

You can watch videos in this playlist. Here, I show the different positions of the hands for propelling forward or back. Swimming Lessons. Sculling: kzfaq.info/sun/PLlni5Zb5tjJksa9gyNU5KzbHR_A9rn4jE If you are propelling back, it means that your fingers are pointing slightly up.

This particular video shows how to propel forward: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/l8thnatztsmlj4U.html If you learn the difference in hand positions for propelling forward and back, you'll be able to find a correct position for staying in place.

Also, if you are doing sculling while treading water with eggbeater kick, your kick might be the one that propels you backwards because it's easier to keep this slanted position. Here's my video, where I show where to keep the legs for propelling in different directions: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/fK16hseavtrQk2w.html

Please keep me posted on your progress.

@@easyflowing Thank you very much! My hands were not facing the other direction when I was movin them back during the sculling part. I'm going to try again next Saturday and tell you if I made some progress.

That's while doing sculling on your back or in a vertical position?

@@easyflowing in vertical position. As I lift my knees closer to my body and attempt to skull, I end up hovering in the water with my whole head in the water.

Ok. It sounds like you need to work on your balance in the water. Do these exercises 3 times a week for a month (if your doctor allows you to exercise.) Strength Exercises In Water For Balance And Swimming: kzfaq.info/sun/PLlni5Zb5tjJmib-12WS1zD7KncCryC3pp

Also, watch this video to understand how important your lungs filled with air while swimming are: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/gq2UjMWW3qnKdoE.html

This playlist might be very useful, too because we worked on sculling a lot: Fear of Water (Lessons in Open Water): kzfaq.info/sun/PLlni5Zb5tjJmZhWlFRqkpHdQOdy_eNzGC

It's great, isn't it?

How is it going in your learning experience?

@@easyflowing It is so great! Hope one day I can do it gracefully like you do.

@@easyflowing I can tread water, but not with eggbeater kick. Really need to learn from your videos. Thanks for all the great videos.

It take A LOT of practice and then, it just clicks. Keep practicing, please, your body will get it!!!

How is your upright balance in the water?

You might want to watch this playlist to see the full process of learning how to tread water. Fear of Water (Lessons in Open Water): kzfaq.info/sun/PLlni5Zb5tjJmZhWlFRqkpHdQOdy_eNzGC

@@easyflowing when I try to do it without floating devices, I tend to lose my uprightness and lean backwards to a backfloat, or lean forwards to a front float…. I tried the rigid hands today. I think it was really tiring because I kept my wrists straight and fingers together, but I think I managed to tread with hands only…. But it was really tiring…

Yes, learning sculling is very tiring, since it’s not exactly a natural movement for your body. Keep at it, though! Do these exercises to work on your upright balance. ⬇️ Strength Exercises In Water For Balance And Swimming: kzfaq.info/sun/PLlni5Zb5tjJmib-12WS1zD7KncCryC3pp

Thank you! Have you tried this one?

@@easyflowing yes! Long way to perfection though. Is it possible to use just hands for sculling? I can't seem to float without moving both hands & legs.

With a lot of correct practices, yes, it is possible to learn how to stay afloat with just sculling. Keep in mind that keeping your lungs filled with air is very important, too. Have you seen this video about the importance of the air in the lungs for floating? kzfaq.info/get/bejne/gq2UjMWW3qnKdoE.html

@@easyflowing Thanks a lot! Moreover, do you have any videos for learning propulsion while sculling?

I do teach it in this Basic Sculling video. Also, here I show a few more things: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/hdWlZdOp2LHJhnU.html

The reason might be that your forearms are moving either up and down instead of side to side, or that they are not turning in and out but doing more of a jelly fish movement.

In these videos, I used the tips from this lesson on sculling to teach my client. He had the same issue you have described. Please let me know if you find your answer here: S1 E7 Swimming Lessons In Open Water. FROM FEAR OF WATER to SWIMMING IN DEEP OPEN WATER. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/mJ54mpaCm6nRYGg.html S1 E8 Swimming Lessons In Open Water. FROM FEAR OF WATER to SWIMMING IN DEEP OPEN WATER. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/m6l6mtdjyJmwp40.html

@@easyflowing I will try it today :). Thank you so much.

@@easyflowing I was keeping my shoulders close to my armpits while sculling that is why I was going and down i guess. I adjusted my shoulders it seems fine but not perfect. But better that previous. Do you have any advice

If you watch the videos from my Open Water series, you might see your issue. It might be that you are not turning your hands enough in or out, or you might work with your whole arms, instead of your forearms. I can’t help you, unless I see you sculling. But if you watch these videos, you might be able to correct yourself.

If you cannot bend your left knee, means that only your right leg does most of treading and this means that your left arm has to scull harder than your right arm to keep you balanced. Is this the case?

@@easyflowing I will practice with kickboard tomorrow to understand the amount of strength I need in my arms... Is it important to make anticlockwise circle? Generally everyone teaching makes anticlockwise...I have more strength in clockwise...actually with my left knee....

Right leg should be moving counter clockwise and left, clockwise. However, people with some kind of bodily dysfunctions, find other ways of performing skills that are more comfortable for them. Just make sure that you are not further damaging your knee. Eggbeater kick is not the best kick for people with knee problems. Please listen to your body and maybe consult with your doctor.

@@easyflowing I did it...I did it...haha....yeyeyeyye.....I was able to do it ..I again practiced for 1.5 hours... floating...sculling...getting tired....backfloat...again...treading water practice...and now...I can tread easily... without panicking...it's all I had to trust my bouyancy...calm breathing...and fixing my elbow...for sculling...I watched your video...where you were correcting Akram arms and elbows...for sculling....😃😃😃

I am happy!!! Congratulations!!! 🥳 Practice makes perfect ☝️🤷‍♀️😁

I go over this here: How to Propel and Keep Afloat with SCULLING [Sculling Part 6] Swimming Lessons For Adults kzfaq.info/get/bejne/l6mmfdycv8uod4k.html

But you might want to go over the progression in this playlist: Swimming Lessons. Sculling kzfaq.info/sun/PLlni5Zb5tjJksa9gyNU5KzbHR_A9rn4jE

Thank you for your comment.

@@easyflowing thank you so much I've only started learning how to swim for two months now and I've only understood how to not get my body tense when lying on my back even then, I'd still need to kick and scull I can't float on my back I'd love it if you explained how to do it thanks

In this playlist, I worked with a guy, who was afraid of water, when we started and at the end, he was swimming in deep open water (releasing tension was a big issue we had to work on): Swimming Lessons In Open Water. From Fear Of Water To Swimming In Deep Water kzfaq.info/sun/PLlni5Zb5tjJmZhWlFRqkpHdQOdy_eNzGC We worked on everything you mentioned in your comment. You can Watch this playlist and I am sure you can find your answers. Please keep your questions coming!

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It is called a wetsuit and it's 3 mm. Yes, it does help with floating, however, the skill I am teaching here is for treading water without anything that helps with floatation. As a former synchronized swimmer, I have the proficiency to teach it. I am wearing this suit because I filmed for ten hours straight and I needed to be warm.

In this playlist: Open Water Swimming Lessons [From Fear Of Water To Swimming In Deep Water In 10 Lessons]: kzfaq.info/sun/PLlni5Zb5tjJmZhWlFRqkpHdQOdy_eNzGC, I taught swimming to my client, who had a fear of water. He was wearing a 5mm wetsuit, which adds even more buoyancy. If you watch the videos, you'll see that without proper swimming skills, a wetsuit doesn't help with swimming, not even with floating, and neither with treading water.

By the way, in this video kzfaq.info/get/bejne/eqhpZNaQzdPQgqs.html, I am wearing a regular polyester suit, which doesn't help with floatation. I believe, I used sculling and eggbeater kick for treading water at some points of the video.

Thank you for your comment 🙌

Why are you learning sculling?

First, thumbs up for working on it and not giving up 👍👍 Second, since you sink, it means that something is wrong in your execution. Here are some tips that may help: 1. Work on it in shallow water, so that it's not stressful. 2. Learn sculling first, so that your arms could support you, too. Sculling - Swimming Lessons.: kzfaq.info/sun/PLlni5Zb5tjJksa9gyNU5KzbHR_A9rn4jE 3. Make sure that both feet move inward. 4. Make sure that the bottom of your foot is always facing down, that's what pushes you up (that's what that additional circle with the foot should be accomplishing, keeping the bottom of your foot facing down). 5. Get your knees wide and higher up to the level of your hips. You might find some helpful tips in this video: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/hdWlZdOp2LHJhnU.html 6. It takes A LOT of practice for your body to get it and to feel the movement, A LOT! Keep practicing, your body will get it as you fix the little issues. You got it!

@@easyflowing my problem is when I'm trying to do both hands and feet movement, only my hands is doing the sculling correctly which i think is correct, not sure, then my feet is moving like pedaling a bicycle.

@@easyflowing is it possible to float with just the hands only doing the sculling, without the help of feet?, Do i need to perform breathing technique together?

It's definitely possible to tread water with just sculling. Although, it would be problematic if you had to fix goggles or to get something out of your eye, etc.

What do you mean by "performing breathing technique together"?

Holding breath or controlling it is important while floating without the help of sculling. For treading water with Eggbeater kick and/or with sculling, it is unnecessary to hold one's breath because the legs and/or the arms help with staying afloat.

Yes, you are correct! People have different degrees of buoyancy.

Learning swimming as an adult is a great experience. It's like learning a whole new body language. If you want to learn, you can start here, in this order: Breathing Exercises For Swimming: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/mLhypqWWyp6xeKc.html kzfaq.info/get/bejne/nLmdaa1p19bdhYk.html Strength Exercises For Swimming: kzfaq.info/sun/PLlni5Zb5tjJmib-12WS1zD7KncCryC3pp Floating In Water Tutorials #swimminglessons: kzfaq.info/sun/PLlni5Zb5tjJnVjBowbF8JPdwvSBAURdbv Treading water: kzfaq.info/sun/PLlni5Zb5tjJnkZSrp2aYOGNTEhlsmCPS8

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