How to Swim Backstroke For Beginners

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New to swimming? Master the backstroke with these technique tips.
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0:00 Intro
1:20 Head Position
2:14 Pull
3:06 Kick
3:31 Backstroke Perks
5:33 Backstroke Mechanics and Drills
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@FaresKsebati 2 жыл бұрын

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@chandrakantsalunke5674 2 жыл бұрын

@epicjuk9658 Жыл бұрын

Thank you mate

@missbeans 3 күн бұрын

I'm in my 40s and have trouble with shoulder stiffness and pain, so have been struggling with backstroke since I got back into swimming recently! It used to be one of my favorite strokes in my 20s. I still love kicking on my back though, it's so relaxing sometimes I feel at risk of falling asleep lol 😂

@woodywong76 2 жыл бұрын

It took me tons of laps, and I used to fell like I was drowning. But when I finally got down body/hip rotation everything changed. I love back now. It has also made my workouts so much more fun now that I can do FRIM. Now I've got to try the cup.

@FaresKsebati 2 жыл бұрын

Way to not give up! Happy swimming!

@mailtotheskn 2 жыл бұрын

I'm a beginner and started following your videos. It is really helpful

@FaresKsebati 2 жыл бұрын

Welcome to the MySwimPro community! Happy swimming :)

@mariloucortey6279 2 жыл бұрын

Its pretty good thanks for the tutorial ^^

@jampelnima2857 9 ай бұрын

I tried the backstroke with my swim teacher but she said do it by your self so I tried but I didn’t make i didn’t understand what you were saying but thank you for making this videos thank you ,have a good day or night 😊

@hungryshark9922 2 жыл бұрын

SUPER GREAT VDO... EXCELLENT. THANK YOU SO MUCH

@lalajaan9461 Жыл бұрын

Very helpful 👍

@tjhinglis Жыл бұрын

I have got a lot better at front crawl and breast stroke watching your videos - thanks so much for making them, but I have not got up to the same speed at back stroke yet. I've got the rotation and eyes to the ceiling going on, but not sure I've figured out the optimum arm pull yet. I watched your video in slow mo to try and see when you do the EVF but it's quite hard to see. This was a lot clearer to me in your front crawl videos.

@FaresKsebati Жыл бұрын

Thanks for the feedback! A great drill to work on the backstroke pull is actually to pull on the lane line when you swim. Keep your elbow engaged to get that catch, and practice on both sides.

@kevinemmanuelhernandezlope1037 2 жыл бұрын

Excelente vídeo cómo siempre. Ahora a ponerlo en práctica muchas veces. Saludos y muchos éxitos.

@FaresKsebati 2 жыл бұрын

¡Muchas gracias por tus amables palabras! ¡Feliz natación!

@jackiekolee1137 Жыл бұрын

Thanks for letting us know and thanks for the invite too good. Job

@afafbabaier9929 Жыл бұрын

Hi I am from Saudi Arabia , thank you this video is so useful for me

@SnakeAndTurtleQigong Жыл бұрын

Thanks so much

@lutadoramaculele2025 Ай бұрын

Awesome thank u

@antog9811 Жыл бұрын

Good tutorial.

@The6boysmom 2 жыл бұрын

helped me get my merit badge thank you😀

@bahargok7621 Жыл бұрын

Thank u so much

@vindanceoceans Ай бұрын

Thank you ✨🙏🏻✨

@lisadmqwathi7640 2 жыл бұрын

I'm doing the half full glass tomorrow morning ! Loved it

@FaresKsebati 2 жыл бұрын

Have fun and let us know how it goes!

@lisadmqwathi7640 2 жыл бұрын

@@FaresKsebati Wasn't lucky at all I kept giggling and it kept falling into the water it's my new challenge will work on it, till I nail it !

@jeffreyschmidt3997 Жыл бұрын

Super bummed since my glass is half empty 🙁

@Venk_date Жыл бұрын

It just ended with glass full of water for me.

@jeremiahdavisj 22 күн бұрын

I was thinking about joining the swim team! I’ve been watching videos and going to pools often to try freestyle, backstroke, breaststroke, and butterfly. I hope I get better so I can make the team

@yolyb1344 2 жыл бұрын

Amazing useful 👏🤩👍😎🥰😘😀

@shengshen2997 Жыл бұрын

Good luck on that interview

@basmabosy2174 Жыл бұрын

❤❤❤ The most emazing videos to me Thank you very very much I am from Syria and I am not good enough in English to tell you how much I like your videos They are very useful I'm a new swimmer ,I was practicing on backstroke tody it was hard .... I will try to do what you said 👍👍

@FaresKsebati Жыл бұрын

Keep up the hard work! You've got this!

@abelddamulira7817 2 жыл бұрын

Very nice info shared but I would want you to make a video on use of swim towers during training

@FaresKsebati 2 жыл бұрын

Great suggestion!

@annikanewman3221 Жыл бұрын

Im only and 11 yr old and ive been training for years to get onto the squad, im doing pretty well but the one thing thta lets me down is my back stokes because whenever my arms go underwater its really hard to bring them back up due to the weight of the water with causes me to drink a lot of water and almost get my whole body dunked underwater. Thank you MySwimPro this really helped

@Sylphadora 9 ай бұрын

Maybe what happens is that you scull downward instead of outward with your arm. You should scull outward. Notice that in the video, when you watch them from above it looks like they are doing little angel wings.

@vkgamer1360 Жыл бұрын

Tq sar ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

@Britta_Nong 2 жыл бұрын

I tried this today and the problem for me is I always get water in my nose, it's so frustrating😫

@mariasamrita967 Жыл бұрын

Same here, mastered the other 3, finding this one difficult 😢

@radmamadread Жыл бұрын

Same! This constant feeling of near drowning takes me right back to having been thrown in as a kid! I keep trying, but each time I can’t WAIT to get back to freestyle, where I feel calm and comfortable.

@mohont Жыл бұрын

Use nose plug

@alikh5501 Жыл бұрын

Nose plug

@nikolasknepper9964 11 ай бұрын

Try nose plugs. I use them every time I swim for this reason

@a.joseph4233 2 жыл бұрын

What brand of fins is the male swimmer wearing...thanks for helping.

@crystaljeanhodgetts3664 11 ай бұрын

Do you stop your arms or do you keep doing it when the other penkey get into the water

@pooriahoseyni946 2 жыл бұрын

داداش دمت گرم خیلی خوب بودش

@Justsomeguyyoutubing 2 жыл бұрын

Cool. 👍 Some find backstroke more difficult. I'm also improving. Thanks for sharing.

@FaresKsebati 2 жыл бұрын

Appreciate it! Keep it up and happy swimming!

@nabarunchakraborty7387 Ай бұрын

I am trying back stroke. At that time I think water may be entered in ear. How can I avoid? Is back stroke laborious than free style ?

@realpixilicious 6 ай бұрын

Hi, Fares. I just subscribed and I am swimming my first 50m backstroke competition next weekend and I was wondering if you recommend any other videos you would recommend prior to the meet? I am training with my master’s coaches, but I am also a “watch and do” learner, so any other advice is appreciated. Thanks!

@FaresKsebati 6 ай бұрын

Hi! Good luck at your competition - and check out this video! kzfaq.info/get/bejne/j9Gagtmprdm9YZs.html

@pokeypickle3 2 жыл бұрын

I haven’t swum for 3 months due to COVID Lockdown (Sydney, Australia). One day our pools will open again. Haven’t swum in the ocean either 😢 (too cold). Just being doing ocean surf ski paddling and surfing. I miss back stroke, I miss the guys/gals I swim with. I need to improve my back stroke. I miss swimming in the pool.

@FaresKsebati 2 жыл бұрын

Hope you can get back to it safely soon!

@cybercyber4619 11 ай бұрын

Any tips for stopping 'headbash anxiety' as you approach the end of the pool?!!

@andreibadea65 11 ай бұрын

When YOU feel you got Close you can actually move head more back and take a look where you at

@JJBpilot 2 ай бұрын

Those flags across the pool are there for a reason.... count how many strokes you swim after your eyes go under the flag. You'll figure it out.

@cybercyber4619 2 ай бұрын

@@JJBpilot Hey chz. I will look for flags!! (Have been using.a sprinkler-thing on the ceiling with 99.99% accuracy;)) Toot toot.(nz)

@rossydolffin8588 Жыл бұрын

Please upload underwater swimming

@manishagarwal527 2 ай бұрын

I know front crawl very well. Please make a video on how to save a drowning person. I want to save lives if need arise

@Duchess_Van_Hoof Жыл бұрын

If I needed to be convinced to try it, I wouldn't be searching youtube for instruction videos.

@cadlac1533 2 жыл бұрын

How do you keep up with your breathing? Demon? 😊 Thanks 😊

@markdrewterry 2 жыл бұрын

Great video as usual. Hey Fares, who's your swim partner in this video?

@fksebati 2 жыл бұрын

That's Taylor, she's awesome!

@Sylphadora 9 ай бұрын

Most teachers tell you to rotate your shoulders but don't say anything about the hips. I even had a teacher tell me to _not_ move my hips. Rotating your shoulders without rotating your hips is almost impossible. It'd be less confusing if teachers told their students to rotate the whole torso - then it'd be quite clear that you have to move both shoulders _and_ hips. They also tell you to pull one shoulder out of the water when they should be telling you to sink the other one instead. I got so much better at rotating my shoulders when I focused more on the latter instead of the former.

@kaedenherft9310 2 жыл бұрын

I need help with my backstroke armcircle

@erinoh3244 2 жыл бұрын

Do you have any tips on how to swim in a straight line while doing backstroke?

@amyhardwood 2 жыл бұрын

I don’t know what kind of pool you swim in, but I swim in an indoor pool and the ceiling has ceiling tiles, so I always try and follow the line of the tiles.

@FaresKsebati 2 жыл бұрын

Hi Erin! If you’re indoors, hopefully the ceiling has lines you can follow. If not, or you’re outdoors, you’ll want to use your peripheral vision to eye the lane lines. Add practicing double-arm backstroke to work on an even pull and that should help!

@glamrock_kat Жыл бұрын

@@FaresKsebati i had lights but my new lane has nothing, i just keep my head tilted

@anitasadh3497 2 жыл бұрын

When swim back stroke, I feel terribly difficulty becoz when l raise my hand splash of water comes on my face and also enter my nose, what to do avoid these problems?

@louietoy9006 Жыл бұрын

Same

@Zhenyashere Жыл бұрын

If you look closely when he is swimming you can se whenever his hand goes up he breathes out forcefully through his nose so try that

@SmeWnulya Жыл бұрын

Work on technique and start it slower

@user-qq5zb7ih9o 10 ай бұрын

Wow

@MirembeAgnes-bg9zy 11 ай бұрын

I want to swim like a pro

@keshiayates7432 5 ай бұрын

We’re did you get it from.?

@baraklevy3344 Жыл бұрын

i can't seem to be able to swim backstroke without fins ...it's really frustrating.

@vivianstylishvivia8214 2 жыл бұрын

Its my first time i want to learn hw to swim

@FaresKsebati 2 жыл бұрын

You’ve come to the right place! Go for it and happy swimming!

@STargaryan 10 ай бұрын

Atarted to learn swiming gotten into backstroke...made mess😢 stopped kicking in between and felt so many steps to remember😢

@devilfruit5405 Жыл бұрын

Bro how do you flout on you back because like dude i can flout on my back so ya plz explain.

@derfer007 Жыл бұрын

I’m gonna have to swim like this the entire 1.2 miles in my first Ironman. 🤣🤣🤣

@manishagarwal527 2 ай бұрын

Does wearing Nose Clip during Backstroke helps ?

@fazilmihralimeshur2657 2 жыл бұрын

👍👍👍

@hqs9585 Жыл бұрын

My question is on back stroke kick. In theory it appears to me that the kick should be asymmetric, i.e. if i am kicking forwards ( like when I am going to kick a ball) that part of the cycle should be such that my feet is straight (ballerina type,) and when I go the other way then perhaps my feet should be at 90 degrees or so from my leg, that way as I pressing less (area of pressure) contrary to my motion the propulsion. Also a bend of the knees should help some (not too much bend , straight legs may not be the best way to kick), the pivot points of the rotation dictates this bend. Last but no least, the kicking on free stroke also should be asymmetric and perhaps pars of the kick should be above surface of the water for best propulsion forwards. I am a physicist not a swimmer. Your comments. I do understand the benefits of the kick to swim high in the water etc., But I am not addressing those important advantages in my comment.

@sunitanagwade6566 3 ай бұрын

Almost 6months learning backstroke but can't swim in straight line. 😄

@cousinfam5059 2 жыл бұрын

I noticed u bending your arms a bit, do u have to cuz whenever im doing backstroke i keep my arms straight the whole time

@rubyjane8116 7 ай бұрын

Bending arms make you swimmer more better. More relaxing than keep the arms straight all the time

@abyuzzzz 2 жыл бұрын

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@bubblesparlor1368 2 жыл бұрын

Is possible for a beginner to try it in an open water

@FaresKsebati 2 жыл бұрын

You can definitely try! However, in an open water race it might be best to stick to freestyle!

@khalidabdoabdalrahman5427 Жыл бұрын

I m from egypt and my language is weak can write notice in the video please

@tiger5551 2 жыл бұрын

Lmao who’s here from swimming class

@glamrock_kat Жыл бұрын

me! i cant bend my arms

@PianoLandscapes4film 2 жыл бұрын

Good video but I was hoping for a more technical view - Step 1: float on your back step 2, etc... I have trouble with the back stroke and really want to learn it.

@FaresKsebati 2 жыл бұрын

Sorry to hear that, Barbara! Here is a video on floating on your back: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/atecqpNq0q7ZZok.html We also have an entire playlist devoted to just backstroke! Hope you can find what you're looking for in this list, and please let us know if you have any more technical questions: kzfaq.info/sun/PLi3IXDSttB4o9D2RB6jMmmwd5c17WY7Mq

@Tuzzz94 2 жыл бұрын

I'm honestly a bit frustrated that this video doesn't explain how I will figure out when I've reached the side of the swimming pool as I can't see it. I'm afraid that if I continue I will bump my head so either I end up stopping a few meters before I've reached the side or swimming/floating a few meters with my arm stretched out, obviously making it all much less effective

@FaresKsebati 2 жыл бұрын

Hi there! This is what backstroke flags are for. You'll want to figure out your stroke count - counting how many strokes you take from the flags to the wall. Check out this video for more information: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/bt6fqsuamJeypqs.html

@Tuzzz94 2 жыл бұрын

@@FaresKsebati Thanks 😊🙏

@ahermannblue 9 ай бұрын

In all olympic style pools that I have swum in there is a line of flags from the ceiling a few feet before you reach the wall. When you're looking up and see that line of flags you will know you are approaching the end of the lane. Then, you can count the number of strokes to get to that position and use the stroke count as well.

@hamzakhiar3636 8 ай бұрын

You didn't mention the mistake of having water up your nose when swimming backstroke and how to fix that

@SJ-007 Жыл бұрын

My biggest pet peeve is people who do backstroke in a public swimming pool, completely self absorbed, entitled, not caring about their surroundings, crashing into people and then having the nerve to act all aggrieved.

@missymh9169 3 ай бұрын

Am I the only one who runs into the side when swimming backstroke?

@comradericefarmerhao2269 3 ай бұрын

Nope. I think k the trick is to look back at the flags quickly to see quickly where you are

@missymh9169 3 ай бұрын

I swim at a gym so no flags!☹️

@Suiiiiidg 2 ай бұрын

Hahaha

@bonniebishop9972 Жыл бұрын

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@jianqiangzhangchina1007 2 жыл бұрын

When I recover hand, it leave water, but bring water wave to my nose and mouth, how can I avoid water coming to my face? thanks

@FaresKsebati 2 жыл бұрын

While some water may still get in your face, this is our best advice: Make sure that you're finishing your stroke by pushing the water to your feet! As soon as your hand finishes the pull and begins to recover, start turning your hand so that your pinky will enter the water at the top of the stroke. Keep your entry wide above your shoulders!

@jianqiangzhangchina1007 2 жыл бұрын

@@FaresKsebati thanks, I will try.

@akanumber47 2 жыл бұрын

3:08 180% is a lot of %

@yihongli5805 2 ай бұрын

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@denisesudell2538 2 жыл бұрын

I may be dense, but I don't understand what you're saying about hip/body rotation. You simply tell us to do it, but you don't explain how. Also, I'm disappointed that you don't explain what position our arms should be in when they're moving through the water before they emerge.

@noajbenton 4 ай бұрын

race me boi

@claudiacuri1336 Жыл бұрын

Great tips but the music is too loud and it is very annoying.

@alistermorgan9942 17 күн бұрын

And I thought rotating was a bad thing.

@kevinsutton844 Жыл бұрын

One comment. Her balance is very poor. Balance is the most important to efficient swimming. It is better to focus on what matters first for a sound foundation regardless of the stroke.