Which stroke easiest to learn, which easiest to swim WELL?
Former Member
Do you agree that the stroke that was the easiest (or first) for you to learn may well not be the stroke that you eventually swim the best?
So which stroke was the easiest for you learn?
Which do you find easiest to swim to near perfection?
I learned breaststroke the first but have never worked on improving it--unlike the other strokes, it doesn't seem to be so complicated. Freestyle seems to have infinite room for improvement?
I am a breaststroker, but I think that for the majority, freestyle is the easiest to learn. Even through breaststroke comes easy to me, when I taught summer league swimming to the youngest age group as a high schooler, I found that the easiest stroke for me was the hardest to teach, at least to young children. I think the easiest for people to learn is freestyle.
Same here. As a kid, I was one of those breaststrokers who snuck breaststroke kicks in to my freestyle kicking whenever the coach wasn't looking.
My summer league team has a group of about 50 7-10 yr. old beginners right now. Our introduction to breaststroke has proven to be the most challenging. We recently had 4 coaches in the water turning feet outward and two on deck explaining at practice. Only a few kids could actually do a legal kick by the end of practice.
There's just something about turning your feet outward and kicking back and together at the same time that takes a looong time for some kids to get right. Add not pulling down past your waist and timing everything correctly and you have a very difficult stroke to teach to many.
I am a breaststroker, but I think that for the majority, freestyle is the easiest to learn. Even through breaststroke comes easy to me, when I taught summer league swimming to the youngest age group as a high schooler, I found that the easiest stroke for me was the hardest to teach, at least to young children. I think the easiest for people to learn is freestyle.
Same here. As a kid, I was one of those breaststrokers who snuck breaststroke kicks in to my freestyle kicking whenever the coach wasn't looking.
My summer league team has a group of about 50 7-10 yr. old beginners right now. Our introduction to breaststroke has proven to be the most challenging. We recently had 4 coaches in the water turning feet outward and two on deck explaining at practice. Only a few kids could actually do a legal kick by the end of practice.
There's just something about turning your feet outward and kicking back and together at the same time that takes a looong time for some kids to get right. Add not pulling down past your waist and timing everything correctly and you have a very difficult stroke to teach to many.
