This is the single best video I've seen for improving backstroke. I've implemented the tips I remembered from watching in the pool today and immediately noticed that I was swimming in a straight line way easier, almost no water got in my mouth/nose, my endurance got so much better. The most helpful tip for me was initiating rotation from the hips. It was so much easier than trying to rotate through my upper body. I was actually gliding through water instead of kinda pushing myself through it. I'm now so excited to get back to the pool and improve even further. Thank you so much!!
Great work, Kyle and Bryce! I’m a masters triathlete but I have become hooked on backstroke during the triathlon off-season over here in Sweden. It is such a fun stroke and there’s always something to improve. Thanks for these great tips and all the best to both of you. Go Bears!
Great content Kyle - not only serious coaching tips from you and Bryce but also fun to hear his impressions from the Olympics. Can't wait to jump into the pool and work on my backstroke! Please cover flip turns and stramline next time!!!
Thanks for the tips, I'm Maddux a 10 years old and just competed in the central CA Junior Olympics this past weekend for the 50 and the 100 backstroke and I made the finals for both of the races.
Kyle, thank you for this video. I coach a lot of jv level high school swimmers so these are very helpful to me. I am semi-connected with the Cal Bears. Connor Hoppe is from my local area and have watched Bryce and his brothers since his high school days in Sacramento. I look forward to other videos. One problem area for me is teaching butterflyers to get that dolphin motion when they swim. Would love to see some tips on that.👍
I can do a whole other video on this especially relating the the recruiting process but I had good grades and an ACT in high school so when my swim coach reached out to me, he wasn’t concerned as the athletic department gives assistance
What’s your best advice for those underwaters at the end of the race that just kill. How do you guys push through that feeling when you push off the wall and start kicking and you’re like ope not working right.
Well, I do swim some of this. One thing that seems to differ from one swimmer to the next is that some pull, using bent elbow, in more of a straight line through, and you seem to arc up a bit and then finish with a down push. Any comments?
I don’t know exactly what you mean by arc up a bit but I can say that a bend elbow is critical but it’s all about the angle of the elbow that it is bent at. Making sure that you are still holding water is key
@@KyleMillis Oh, got distracted by life...... Anyway, maybe it is like freestyle, some advocate a straight path pull, and some say the S shaped pull works better. For most backstroke videos I have watched, most pull in more of a straight path. In this video, the swimmer starts with what I consider a good depth and about 45 degree shoulder roll, then his hand and arm trace a vertical S shape. Start at proper depth, then arcs up close to the water surface, than drops down again for the finish of the arm pull. I did see one video where the coach actually taught it that way. I have always been curious as to why almost all backstrokers finish with that little wrist flip by rotating their hand over so that all the energy from that last wrist action goes straight down to the bottom of the pool, rather than keeping the hand more vertical and finishing that push against the leg. With freestyle, you want the fingers/hand pointed to the bottom of the pool for the entire arm pull, but with back stroke, they don't seem to do the same thing.
Never count yourself out because of your height or any sort of disadvantage you might think you have! My teammates aren’t all giants, you are taller than some of them and they are world class athletes
This is the single best video I've seen for improving backstroke. I've implemented the tips I remembered from watching in the pool today and immediately noticed that I was swimming in a straight line way easier, almost no water got in my mouth/nose, my endurance got so much better. The most helpful tip for me was initiating rotation from the hips. It was so much easier than trying to rotate through my upper body. I was actually gliding through water instead of kinda pushing myself through it. I'm now so excited to get back to the pool and improve even further. Thank you so much!!
Glad you liked it! Learning from an Olympian can really help accelerate your Backstroke IQ quickly 🧠
Great work, Kyle and Bryce! I’m a masters triathlete but I have become hooked on backstroke during the triathlon off-season over here in Sweden. It is such a fun stroke and there’s always something to improve. Thanks for these great tips and all the best to both of you. Go Bears!
It’s the best stroke in my opinion haha! Thanks for the support and Go Bears
Incredible! I am from Spain and that's a huge help. Keep doing this please!
Glad you enjoyed it!! More in the future!
Please do a video on the recruiting process and what it takes to go to a school like Berkeley. Great video!🔥🔥
In the works!!
Fire concept
Thanks! Maybe more will follow
Very nice useful vedio for back stroke swimming
Very useful, glad you learned something new!
Your vids just keep getting better and better, good job on this one
Thanks so much!! Glad you enjoyed it!
Great video. Go Bears!!!
Go Bears!!
Really nice....keep updating ......love from India
Will do, glad you enjoy the content
Thanks for sharing, Bryce seems really cool, keep the videos up!
He’s a great training partner and friend, very cool!
Great content Kyle - not only serious coaching tips from you and Bryce but also fun to hear his impressions from the Olympics. Can't wait to jump into the pool and work on my backstroke! Please cover flip turns and stramline next time!!!
His perspective is very awesome to hear! Glad you can work on your backstroke now! More on flip turns and streamline in the future
Fantastic!
Please do more of these!
More on the way with some very famous people, don't worry!
Awesome vid
Thanks so much!!
Backstroke is my worst stroke so this is helpful
But you’re the king of freestyle so it works out!! That IM will come together in no time!
How’ve you been!
I’m waiting for this kind of video!
To be honest, i wanna see you swimming!
Take care of yourself dude
Well why see me swimming when you can see Olympian Bryce!!
Thanks for the tips, I'm Maddux a 10 years old and just competed in the central CA Junior Olympics this past weekend for the 50 and the 100 backstroke and I made the finals for both of the races.
Congrats on your success, keep it up!! Go Bears
Quite useful, thank you~~~
Really interesting drill and technique tips .. Thank you
Glad you like it!
my name is Mark.I coach from Turkmenistan.Thank you for video !
Of course! Glad you liked it
NOICE!
Noice!! Go Bears!
Kyle, thank you for this video. I coach a lot of jv level high school swimmers so these are very helpful to me. I am semi-connected with the Cal Bears. Connor Hoppe is from my local area and have watched Bryce and his brothers since his high school days in Sacramento. I look forward to other videos. One problem area for me is teaching butterflyers to get that dolphin motion when they swim. Would love to see some tips on that.👍
Definitely could do something like this in the future!!
Thanks for this video! Great tips. I am a breaststroker and would love to hear some advice from Cal swimmers! Thank you so much!
Maybe I can do a breaststroke one in the future!!
@@KyleMillis that would be awesome!
HUGE help. Thanks for that!
Glad you liked it!! I can do more of these with my other teammates
@@KyleMillis Really liked the pointers regarding the catch( wider entry), touching the shoulder to chin on warm up ( rotation) and 2,2,2.
@@fiftyfreestylin for sure, that’s really important
How did you get into Berkeley? What steps did you take in order to get accepted ? What exactly do they look for ?
I can do a whole other video on this especially relating the the recruiting process but I had good grades and an ACT in high school so when my swim coach reached out to me, he wasn’t concerned as the athletic department gives assistance
Could you do one on free and fly?
More in the future for sure! I have tons of skilled teammates
🐐
You da man!!
What’s your best advice for those underwaters at the end of the race that just kill. How do you guys push through that feeling when you push off the wall and start kicking and you’re like ope not working right.
I might be making a video on that later but the only way to improve underwaters is to practice it until you are uncomfortable
Well, I do swim some of this. One thing that seems to differ from one swimmer to the next is that some pull, using bent elbow, in more of a straight line through, and you seem to arc up a bit and then finish with a down push. Any comments?
I don’t know exactly what you mean by arc up a bit but I can say that a bend elbow is critical but it’s all about the angle of the elbow that it is bent at. Making sure that you are still holding water is key
@@KyleMillis Oh, got distracted by life...... Anyway, maybe it is like freestyle, some advocate a straight path pull, and some say the S shaped pull works better. For most backstroke videos I have watched, most pull in more of a straight path. In this video, the swimmer starts with what I consider a good depth and about 45 degree shoulder roll, then his hand and arm trace a vertical S shape. Start at proper depth, then arcs up close to the water surface, than drops down again for the finish of the arm pull. I did see one video where the coach actually taught it that way. I have always been curious as to why almost all backstrokers finish with that little wrist flip by rotating their hand over so that all the energy from that last wrist action goes straight down to the bottom of the pool, rather than keeping the hand more vertical and finishing that push against the leg. With freestyle, you want the fingers/hand pointed to the bottom of the pool for the entire arm pull, but with back stroke, they don't seem to do the same thing.
I'm 16 backstroker and my height is 177cm (5'10ft) am i too short to make the Olympics do i have a big disadvantage ?
Never count yourself out because of your height or any sort of disadvantage you might think you have! My teammates aren’t all giants, you are taller than some of them and they are world class athletes
@@KyleMillis really needed to hear this and it gave me more hope thanks i really appreciate it 👍🏽
Can you help me please?
When I do backstroke I get tired really fast idk why?
Try working on your aerobic training as well as underwaters
Ayooo I have exclusive rights to Bryce for content you gonna have to take this down for copyright purposes!
Well I’ll be looking forward to your Bryce video
Next up Björn!
That would be a good idea!!
As a 200 breaststroker I'm garbage at backstroke.
Well, I hope that these tips help improve that!
Pebs should have worried more about his backstroke than his pronouns. He can't even crack the top 3 backstrokers at Cal any more.