In what order have you learned the different strokes?
Former Member
Of the 4 main strokes, is it safe to assume most people learned the breaststroke first? It seems to me the easiest to learn and was my first. Perhaps bufferfly is the last to be learned for most people?
Or maybe I'm not quite right?
Parents
Former Member
I taught myself, more or less, and I learned breastroke, crawl, backstroke, and I don't think that's an unusual order.
I swam breastroke till I got used to breathing only when my head is out of the water. Then I started learning the crawl.
Backstroke was later because you have to learn to go in a straight line before you can share a lane. That means you have fewer opportunities to practice.
As for fly, well if God had wanted me to fly . . .He'd have given me flexibility, coordination and upper body strength.
If you learn at the Y, as most Americans do, it's crawl, backstroke, breastroke, fly. I'm told Europeans learn *** first. Perhaps someone else can confirm that.
I taught myself, more or less, and I learned breastroke, crawl, backstroke, and I don't think that's an unusual order.
I swam breastroke till I got used to breathing only when my head is out of the water. Then I started learning the crawl.
Backstroke was later because you have to learn to go in a straight line before you can share a lane. That means you have fewer opportunities to practice.
As for fly, well if God had wanted me to fly . . .He'd have given me flexibility, coordination and upper body strength.
If you learn at the Y, as most Americans do, it's crawl, backstroke, breastroke, fly. I'm told Europeans learn *** first. Perhaps someone else can confirm that.
