The first step is to lose the fear of water. I've noticed that what mostly keeps some people from learning how to swim is their fear of drowing. They'd have to learn to trust whoever is teaching them that if anything wrong were to happen, they would help them. If they are learning on their own, they should practice in a shallow area first and trust their own legs to touch the groung if they were to start sinking. In all, they should learn to feel comfortable in the water first 🤷🏻♀️
i cant remember being taught how to swim, you just pick it up by watching others. growing up in western australia probably had alot to do with it, even at 5yrs old we'd charge into the surf and play the washing machine game with the waves. the bigger the better, getting slammed by a wave then tumbled and rolled under the water until you had to stop and unload a bucket full of sand trapped in your bathers (trunks) that looked like you had elephant balls.
@@danielponiatowski7368 When you live close by the water, yeah you learn easily because you have lots of practice. But, for those who live away from the water only practice once they have the time to go to the beach or the pool, which are only on rare occasions, so they have less practice.
@@RimaEln yeah, just learn drowning i guess. You dont need a pool to submerge your head in a body of water to get drown. Thats what i did. I could like hold a breath for a full min even before i could swim. That way when im tired while i practiced to swim, ill just let my body got sunk and walk slowly underwater to reach nearby staircase to surface. Now, the last time before corona, i could do a 25-50m underwater swimming in one breath.
Yeah not after a cramp.. Cramps gave me a trauma of pools or the sea for 3 years, I just started going in one just on december because everyone of my siblings wanted to swim together
Easiest method we had in the Marines was tilt head back, use chest and stomach to float yourself and lightly shuffle your legs and arms back and forth. I stayed like that for Hours upon Hours with steel toe boots, and full Utilities on. Love the Vid, very nicely explained.
@@Charles-nc4zj Do as the op said "Tilt back then shuffle your legs back and forth". Remember you ain't tryna fully float your whole body, just lean back and paddle. I figured this was better if your goal is to float for a long period of time. Frog and egg beater swimming's pretty exhausting IMO but if you wanna keep upright then defo learn it.
I hope you might be able to do this, make sure the pool is slightly deeper when learning this. Better to do near wall to save yourself from drowning. It took me some 4-5 days to master this technique. It's quite annoying but once learnt, it gives next level experience inside water.
Don't worry, you'll be able to get it! I don't wanna sound like that person, but it's pretty simple. Your almost gliding your body through the water but your face should not be in the water and not be moving through the water.
This video saved my life at a pool party. I was so panicked I had flashbacks and this was literally one of them. Before I knew it instinct kicked in and I swam to the edge. After my 30 adrenaline crash nap I did it again and actually enjoyed it 😅
I recall my 1st time to float while on pool. It was 8ft and i'm so young.. I envied my cousin when I saw him floating, then that time I tried it. Jumped in to the deep pool and that was amazing, i feel very confident.
As someone who has almost drowned on multiple occasions, i find this quite helpful, even though im an excellent swimmer. I have no fear of water but a very healthy respect if it, even a good swimmer can far too easily get in a situation that ends in tragedy. Ive done at least 1 swim where if i didnt know how to stop and rest during, i could very well not have made it to the other side. Stay safe in the water people, wear your life jackets, water is fun like campfires, but you gotta be careful.
I learned to swim naturally in the pool and whenever my friends ask me to teach them I can only verbally tell them what to do, this video is just the right thing for visuals.
I remember that my cousin somehow taught me how to swim when I was 4 years old (she was only one year older) it felt so empowering to finally be able to swim and not sink down I loved being in water ever since 🤿my favorite sports are snorkeling and free diving now
This is so useful! I go in the sea every summer and I didn't know the egg beater kick. Gonna try this out in the pool to improve my technique. Thank you for making it so clear and easy to follow.
OMG, this is the best video out there that has helped me scull immediately after seeing this. I always had been the one person who drows as soon as I hit the water. Can do freestyle, breaststroke easily, but when it came to sculling, no other video helped. The two things that most of the other videos fails to mention: Head tilt back and chair position. First try, and I was able to scull effortlessly with this position. Controlling the breathing a little, and my nose can be indefinitely be over the surface to breathe, and tread water until my legs and arms give up. Now need to improve my endurance.
My way of staying vertically float is by 1- start swimming normally 2nd - slowly let yourself vertically while doing the same horizontal swimming technique.
Hands down. Best take on treading by far. Actually illustrates the timing, finding your natural float and the seated position, and simple downwards kicks to get your head above water for a breath. Too many swim buffs vids keep jumping right to eggbeater for beginners to learn. Eggbeater is by far one of the most difficult swim forms to perform, even for ppl who know how to swim. You learn eggbeater AFTER you learn how to tread first using scissor kick or breast kick. Much like you can’t learn free style without knowing how to float.
This is really helpful to those who never learn swimming or wanna improve it after learning without a formal teacher so things never explain clearly simply observe and imitate.
As long as you have air in your lungs you will float. Lay on your back and spread your limbs to maximize surface area. Breathe slowly to keep your head above water when exhaling.
Yea, this tbh. Whenever I swim I barely tread the water at all I just learned how to float with no movement and relax like that if I ain't swimming about
I don’t know why this was recommended to me, but I’m sure I’ll take this knowledge with me forever. Thank you for making this video and thank you youtube algorithm for bringing me here 🙏
I do feel like this is something useful they should teach in school along with cpr classes. The best thing I know I can do is lie back and relax at the surface of the water.
Whatever works best for you. Don’t even mind the labels placed on each idle swim style. If it works for you then that’s your style, there’s no need to change what you’re comfortable with just because it’s labeled as “advanced” don’t die trying to be cool.
I never realized my tread was intermediate. I always found it easier than the beginner style. That "sit on a chair" visual is helpful. I'll have to try that out.
Didn't know that was called the eggbeater kick nor did I know that it was advanced. It's just what I've always done naturally. I never was properly taught how to swim. I just got thrown into a pool and told to not let myself drown when I was like 4. I know how to swim now though so I guess it worked.
Same here, I also had no idea what the eggbeater kick was called or know it was advanced. I was taught how to swim properly and I used to swim at a gyms pool for nearly 5 years. Anyways yeah the eggbeater kick feels like the natural way to stay afloat.
As a competitive swimmer, someone who's been swimming their whole life ifk why people find the advanced option to be the best. The advanced option is the most tiring and most awkward movement. The other two are so easy and relaxing, could do them for hours.
If you let all your oxygen out you will sink. Don’t be afraid to get in the water with the fear of drowning, you won’t drown unless you know the basics of swimming, and it’s quite simple. My first day of swim class I was scared to get in the 12ft water. I knew the only way to face my fear was to deal with it so I jumped in. Few days of practice I became much more confident and my fear of swimming turned into a passion.
As someone who's always been surrounded by water since basically birth. It amazes me how some just truly dont know the basics of swimming. No judgment. Ive just been in water since a literal baby and its all second nature to me. Just amazes me.
Lol. Lucky you. Your comment will always come off as bragging btw. Even if you mean well it's never noble of someone to find the lack of ability in another fascinating. Think colonizers marveling at the still primative living of native Indians.
I remember for life guard training having to jump off the diving board and keep your head out of water the entire time. Basically tredding as soon as your toes hit, then tredding for another 30 minutes no hands. Intense.
I always thought this came naturally and never understood how anyone could drown outside of pure exhaustion. As far back as I could remember, I could float, swim and anytime I fell into water inadvertently, I automatically treaded with zero panic or afterthought aside from if the water was cold af. Turns out my mother, who was an alternate Olympic swimmer, exposed me to deep water as a baby and I just cant remember it. So it helps to start early and apparently, a babies body the way its built, especially the legs, will kick naturally in an egg beater and frog pattern due to the baby fat.
Same. From infancy i and my younger sisters were exposed to water, we we’re even dunked as babies. Because of this I have zero memories of learning to tread water, or swim. It all felt natural. This method is something my mother learned from her parents. Every one in my family is at home in the water, all the way through my extended family as well.
Im using the advanced technique and was going to a swimng pool many years but usually theres no a big reason to stay moveless in the water and also that spends pretty much of energy. The easiest way to stay at the surface and to not spend much energy is slowly swimming on your back without lifting hands or on chest like a frog (dont know the style name in english) without diving with head.
Very likely. You'll be able to with a full breath. As soon as you exhale and relax your stomach muscles..... feet start to sink followed by the rest if your body. Better to be skinny and can't float than to get fat so you can float.
I've won 5 k ocean swims. I can't float either.... even in salt water where there's more buoyancy.... It is not about technique when your fighting physics.
Lastly.....if you truly meant "float" then, the above stands true. If you meant "tread warer" ..... technique is EVERYTHING. In this case.... You need a better coach and/or more time in the water.
@@franram7426 thanks for crushing the little hope I have left lol I can tread water just that it takes a lot of energy to stay above surface - I don't regularly exercise so that's probably on me. Or maybe wrong technique. Wouldn't hurt me to add a few pounds tbh
@@zhin13 Please don't be crushed. It's like most motor activities... if you do it often, you will excel. If you play golf or tennis twice a year.... you will be equally "crushed". The bright thought??? Swimming is MUCH easier to become proficient than tennis and especially golf.... one of the most difficult to play and nearly impossible to master... If you never swim enough to be good.... always take extra precautions near water, swim in designated areas preferably with a lifeguard on duty and tell that lifeguard you swim poorly before entering the water. Good luck.
She looks amazing doing those different types of swimming moves I like her moves called frog kick , eggbeater kick and sitting position looks really good in the swimming pool
Also, in wavey water, face the shoreline/away from the waves. Seems obvious but I’ve seen a lot of swimmers go from normal to drowning from taking a face of water.
How?? I could and have swim and dive, but I could never float upright. Whenever I try to, my upper torso is so bouyant that I end up floating on my back if I lean back a bit, or face submerged in the water with the back of my head to the sun or if I lean a little forward.
The panic I had when caught in a rip tide and desperately trying to tread and come back to shallow water while trying to breath as small but continues waves crash on my nostrils. But I knew how to float and tread...on a different sea that had big but long wave intervals. I guess it's easier to treat every new body of water I'm in as the first time (whether by sea or a pool)
Back when I was a fat kid and had swimming lesson, I learnt that all I needed to do was lie on my back and I float on water because of buoyancy. Now that I'm not fat anymore I cant float and I have to rely on paddling to stay afloat 😕
And then there is my technique. Take a deep breath, wait 3 seconds for the oxygen to be absorbed by your lungs, exhale all the air you have in your lungs and enjoy slowly sinking to the bottom. You'll likely only have about 20 seconds inside the water, so plan out your course accordingly.
Interesting how some people freak out but it comes naturally to others. I've never had any trouble staying afloat in water, as rarely as I get to do it.
I can swim since I remember. To me, being in and under the water feels like walking. I also enjoys many of the watersports like surfing. I never understood the fear of water, or simply the fact, that one cannot swim. Something I need to yet get my head around
@@bisskittTV It seems it just comes naturally for some. I never "learned", I just had no trouble staying afloat, possibly because I had the internal understanding that humans are naturally slightly buoyant so the panic never started and I was able to just figure it out. I even worried a lifeguard at a pool once because I was doing a doggy paddle thing and apparently it looked like I showed some of the "panic" responses, though I was perfectly fine. I get that some people can get a mental block on it though, once the doubt starts it can easily feed itself.
I can spend hours doing this. I have no idea there were techiques. Sometimes I hold my breath, turn turtleneck and dangle my arms and legs, motionless. I wish it lasted forever.
I can’t swim, but i’ve learnt that if you are just wanting to float and lay there, when you breathe out, only breathe about half of what is in your lungs. The air in your lungs helps you stay buoyant.
Treading water if done right is nearly effortless. Not a constant eggbeater motion. Especially if it’s a survival movement. The less effort the better.
Opposite here. I've been swimming so long I don't remember learning because I was too young. I can't imagine "not" being able to swim. I can literally swim with one hand tied to my ankles. If you learn.... great fun and the least abusive to the body exercise.... lifting weights and running are the worst.
@@franram7426 I've tried treading water and I was literally moving all of my body so fucking quick and I wasn't even sure if I was treading because I still over the part of the pool where I could stand. Another time I thought I had learned and tried treading water in the deep-end. Sank like a rock, had to be taken out. I gotta study this shit like a science. "Oh keep body bent, okay, noted." "Oh, move your arms and legs this sort of way, noted." I'm deadass wondering if getting somewhat buzzed would actually help. I mean I'd drown without it, so it's not like it could make it any worse. But at least maybe the alcohol would reduce my inhibitions and thus my fear of drowning, so I can do it more naturally.
@@GoldenTV3 Impossible for me to teach you via keyboard. 100% sure the addition of alcohol will only make things worse for swimming. I'm not a suicide assistance counselor. So you'll have do that yourself or with someone else. I sure I could teach you in a pool in 15 minutes. 90% is with your hands. Technique is everything. But.... you'd be fearless in chest deep water. Getting you to bring your feet up and use JUST your hands to remain buoyant would prove to yourself you CAN do it. Then move to neck deep and inclued your feet, with proper technique too. Then.....when all 4 limbs are working in concert..... almost zero energy is exerted. Breathing is relaxed and swimming becomes fun instead of "fight or flight" adrenaline imbalance. Sorry we aren't in close proximity. Good luck.
I'm the same as Fran Ram. I've been swimming since before I would walk and I can't imagine life without it. I am not a graceful person by any means on land, but when I'm in the water I feel like a dancer. I honestly have been doing even the advanced techniques this person is talking about for a while now just because I grew up always in the water.
I never had any training. My parents just put floats on my arms and let me swim around. Then come time without the floats I was scared, my parents said my options was to jump in myself or they would toss me in. I jumped in myself. Now I'm a deep diver hitting the 10'+ bottom section of the pool.
@@i.i.iiii.i.i I found out I can do what the professional swimmers can when they're training. Now probably can't get the speed as you require proper leg training for that. Knew one guy who was training for an Iron Man competition, his swim instructor was trying to teach him how to flip backwards underwater for when you hit the side of the pool. I learned how to do that when I was a kid. Swimming just became second nature for me.
My parents paid like $1000 for my swimming lessons as a kid and i still sunk like a brick in water until age 20 now watching a short youtube video...lol thanks
![Water Treading - [Skill you need to stay afloat in deep water]](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/btm5k5Sh-LY/mqdefault.jpg)
The first step is to lose the fear of water. I've noticed that what mostly keeps some people from learning how to swim is their fear of drowing. They'd have to learn to trust whoever is teaching them that if anything wrong were to happen, they would help them. If they are learning on their own, they should practice in a shallow area first and trust their own legs to touch the groung if they were to start sinking. In all, they should learn to feel comfortable in the water first 🤷🏻♀️
i cant remember being taught how to swim, you just pick it up by watching others. growing up in western australia probably had alot to do with it, even at 5yrs old we'd charge into the surf and play the washing machine game with the waves. the bigger the better, getting slammed by a wave then tumbled and rolled under the water until you had to stop and unload a bucket full of sand trapped in your bathers (trunks) that looked like you had elephant balls.
@@danielponiatowski7368 When you live close by the water, yeah you learn easily because you have lots of practice. But, for those who live away from the water only practice once they have the time to go to the beach or the pool, which are only on rare occasions, so they have less practice.
@@RimaEln yeah, just learn drowning i guess. You dont need a pool to submerge your head in a body of water to get drown. Thats what i did. I could like hold a breath for a full min even before i could swim. That way when im tired while i practiced to swim, ill just let my body got sunk and walk slowly underwater to reach nearby staircase to surface. Now, the last time before corona, i could do a 25-50m underwater swimming in one breath.
I learn by jumping into a lake lol, I did have family with me but I did okay. I was not a strong swimmer tho so I did not stay in the water long
Yeah not after a cramp..
Cramps gave me a trauma of pools or the sea for 3 years, I just started going in one just on december because everyone of my siblings wanted to swim together
I'm a Navy Veteran and this was such an essential part of our training. Well done.
That’s pretty cool.
Thank you for your service ❤️✨🇺🇸
which method is used in the navy?
Thank you for your service!
@@donniedarko464 egg beater
@@iyanubanks100 what service? 😂 all them navy boys do is punch fart boxes 😆 gayyyy...
Easiest method we had in the Marines was tilt head back, use chest and stomach to float yourself and lightly shuffle your legs and arms back and forth.
I stayed like that for Hours upon Hours with steel toe boots, and full Utilities on.
Love the Vid, very nicely explained.
Any tips for floating in water?
@@Charles-nc4zj pretend you're laying on a beach chair
@@Charles-nc4zj Do as the op said "Tilt back then shuffle your legs back and forth". Remember you ain't tryna fully float your whole body, just lean back and paddle. I figured this was better if your goal is to float for a long period of time. Frog and egg beater swimming's pretty exhausting IMO but if you wanna keep upright then defo learn it.
Swim qual was tough because I float like a rock. 30 minutes felt like 2 hours.
My style
As someone who has never been able to tread water, this is soooo valuable to me! Thank you so much for sharing!
I hope you might be able to do this, make sure the pool is slightly deeper when learning this. Better to do near wall to save yourself from drowning. It took me some 4-5 days to master this technique. It's quite annoying but once learnt, it gives next level experience inside water.
Don't worry, you'll be able to get it! I don't wanna sound like that person, but it's pretty simple. Your almost gliding your body through the water but your face should not be in the water and not be moving through the water.
I can swim but that treading water thing is all together something else
The way this is explained and presented is just awesome. Can't think of it being done any more clearer than this
You may say...it was clear as water?
This video saved my life at a pool party. I was so panicked I had flashbacks and this was literally one of them. Before I knew it instinct kicked in and I swam to the edge. After my 30 adrenaline crash nap I did it again and actually enjoyed it 😅
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 why go in if you can't swim
🤣🤣
People who upload videos to share knowledge and lessons for free are saints
They’re businessmen.
💯
I recall my 1st time to float while on pool. It was 8ft and i'm so young.. I envied my cousin when I saw him floating, then that time I tried it. Jumped in to the deep pool and that was amazing, i feel very confident.
My friend did that too, and now we miss him so much.
@@Greenyty sorry to hear that.
@@ChillFrost I was jk🤣
@@Greenyty i know 🤣
As someone who has almost drowned on multiple occasions, i find this quite helpful, even though im an excellent swimmer. I have no fear of water but a very healthy respect if it, even a good swimmer can far too easily get in a situation that ends in tragedy.
Ive done at least 1 swim where if i didnt know how to stop and rest during, i could very well not have made it to the other side.
Stay safe in the water people, wear your life jackets, water is fun like campfires, but you gotta be careful.
I learned to swim naturally in the pool and whenever my friends ask me to teach them I can only verbally tell them what to do, this video is just the right thing for visuals.
I remember that my cousin somehow taught me how to swim when I was 4 years old (she was only one year older) it felt so empowering to finally be able to swim and not sink down
I loved being in water ever since 🤿my favorite sports are snorkeling and free diving now
This is so useful! I go in the sea every summer and I didn't know the egg beater kick. Gonna try this out in the pool to improve my technique. Thank you for making it so clear and easy to follow.
OMG, this is the best video out there that has helped me scull immediately after seeing this. I always had been the one person who drows as soon as I hit the water. Can do freestyle, breaststroke easily, but when it came to sculling, no other video helped.
The two things that most of the other videos fails to mention: Head tilt back and chair position. First try, and I was able to scull effortlessly with this position. Controlling the breathing a little, and my nose can be indefinitely be over the surface to breathe, and tread water until my legs and arms give up.
Now need to improve my endurance.
I’m the total opposite! I can’t do any strokes AT ALL but that advanced treading came to me naturally once I lost my fear of sinking lol
i wish i could just sink to the bottom, diving is cool
but i just float at the surface if i don't do anything
My way of staying vertically float is by
1- start swimming normally
2nd - slowly let yourself vertically while doing the same horizontal swimming technique.
0:25 It makes so much sense! It's kind of the same concept as floating like a ball, because if your body is tucked it will be easier to float
Hands down. Best take on treading by far. Actually illustrates the timing, finding your natural float and the seated position, and simple downwards kicks to get your head above water for a breath.
Too many swim buffs vids keep jumping right to eggbeater for beginners to learn. Eggbeater is by far one of the most difficult swim forms to perform, even for ppl who know how to swim. You learn eggbeater AFTER you learn how to tread first using scissor kick or breast kick. Much like you can’t learn free style without knowing how to float.
This is really helpful to those who never learn swimming or wanna improve it after learning without a formal teacher so things never explain clearly simply observe and imitate.
As long as you have air in your lungs you will float. Lay on your back and spread your limbs to maximize surface area. Breathe slowly to keep your head above water when exhaling.
Yea, this tbh.
Whenever I swim I barely tread the water at all I just learned how to float with no movement and relax like that if I ain't swimming about
I don’t know why this was recommended to me, but I’m sure I’ll take this knowledge with me forever. Thank you for making this video and thank you youtube algorithm for bringing me here 🙏
I learned a lot watching vids like these even tho i can't swim i always have confidence in learning and doing what i learned so I'm ready to go in...
Great camera work.
I am going to show this to my kids. They are learning and doing well, but this is a great explanation
I do feel like this is something useful they should teach in school along with cpr classes. The best thing I know I can do is lie back and relax at the surface of the water.
Whatever works best for you. Don’t even mind the labels placed on each idle swim style. If it works for you then that’s your style, there’s no need to change what you’re comfortable with just because it’s labeled as “advanced” don’t die trying to be cool.
I never realized my tread was intermediate. I always found it easier than the beginner style. That "sit on a chair" visual is helpful. I'll have to try that out.
This is actually really useful, I never figured out why I couldn’t tread water till now 😅
This tutor is very easy to understand especially for me
Didn't know that was called the eggbeater kick nor did I know that it was advanced. It's just what I've always done naturally. I never was properly taught how to swim. I just got thrown into a pool and told to not let myself drown when I was like 4. I know how to swim now though so I guess it worked.
Same here, I also had no idea what the eggbeater kick was called or know it was advanced. I was taught how to swim properly and I used to swim at a gyms pool for nearly 5 years. Anyways yeah the eggbeater kick feels like the natural way to stay afloat.
Same
Ya it's how we were all taught as kids
survivorship bias always works
I love how this was shown. Detail and information was well delivered 👏
As a competitive swimmer, someone who's been swimming their whole life ifk why people find the advanced option to be the best. The advanced option is the most tiring and most awkward movement. The other two are so easy and relaxing, could do them for hours.
Thank You , from Malaysian.
This is the best explanation showed I see so far many videos gone trough.
I tried the sitting position with side bending knee, instead of frog leg, and I can thread water more stable, longer and less tired. Thank u❤
If you let all your oxygen out you will sink. Don’t be afraid to get in the water with the fear of drowning, you won’t drown unless you know the basics of swimming, and it’s quite simple. My first day of swim class I was scared to get in the 12ft water. I knew the only way to face my fear was to deal with it so I jumped in. Few days of practice I became much more confident and my fear of swimming turned into a passion.
I can't swim, and this just motivated me to learn right away!
I finally achieved the nirvana album position
As someone who's always been surrounded by water since basically birth. It amazes me how some just truly dont know the basics of swimming.
No judgment. Ive just been in water since a literal baby and its all second nature to me. Just amazes me.
Lol. Lucky you. Your comment will always come off as bragging btw.
Even if you mean well it's never noble of someone to find the lack of ability in another fascinating.
Think colonizers marveling at the still primative living of native Indians.
That's so good and well explained along with the actual demos. Thanks!
I remember for life guard training having to jump off the diving board and keep your head out of water the entire time. Basically tredding as soon as your toes hit, then tredding for another 30 minutes no hands. Intense.
Is this also some sort of training for a flight attendant too?
I always thought this came naturally and never understood how anyone could drown outside of pure exhaustion. As far back as I could remember, I could float, swim and anytime I fell into water inadvertently, I automatically treaded with zero panic or afterthought aside from if the water was cold af. Turns out my mother, who was an alternate Olympic swimmer, exposed me to deep water as a baby and I just cant remember it. So it helps to start early and apparently, a babies body the way its built, especially the legs, will kick naturally in an egg beater and frog pattern due to the baby fat.
Same. From infancy i and my younger sisters were exposed to water, we we’re even dunked as babies. Because of this I have zero memories of learning to tread water, or swim. It all felt natural. This method is something my mother learned from her parents. Every one in my family is at home in the water, all the way through my extended family as well.
Im using the advanced technique and was going to a swimng pool many years but usually theres no a big reason to stay moveless in the water and also that spends pretty much of energy. The easiest way to stay at the surface and to not spend much energy is slowly swimming on your back without lifting hands or on chest like a frog (dont know the style name in english) without diving with head.
After countless lessons I had become convinced I'm just too thin to float, maybe I was just using the wrong technique
Very likely. You'll be able to with a full breath. As soon as you exhale and relax your stomach muscles..... feet start to sink followed by the rest if your body.
Better to be skinny and can't float than to get fat so you can float.
I've won 5 k ocean swims. I can't float either.... even in salt water where there's more buoyancy....
It is not about technique when your fighting physics.
Lastly.....if you truly meant "float" then, the above stands true.
If you meant "tread warer" ..... technique is EVERYTHING. In this case.... You need a better coach and/or more time in the water.
@@franram7426 thanks for crushing the little hope I have left lol
I can tread water just that it takes a lot of energy to stay above surface - I don't regularly exercise so that's probably on me. Or maybe wrong technique.
Wouldn't hurt me to add a few pounds tbh
@@zhin13
Please don't be crushed. It's like most motor activities... if you do it often, you will excel. If you play golf or tennis twice a year.... you will be equally "crushed". The bright thought???
Swimming is MUCH easier to become proficient than tennis and especially golf.... one of the most difficult to play and nearly impossible to master...
If you never swim enough to be good.... always take extra precautions near water, swim in designated areas preferably with a lifeguard on duty and tell that lifeguard you swim poorly before entering the water.
Good luck.
These are actualy great tips. Great video!
Good stuff, thank you - although after seeing the thumbnail for your video I now have a song from Nirvana's 'Nevermind' album stuck in my head. 🙂
She looks amazing doing those different types of swimming moves I like her moves called frog kick , eggbeater kick and sitting position looks really good in the swimming pool
Very wonderful video sir.. Thank you so much🎉🎉🎉🎉🙏🙏🙏
Also, in wavey water, face the shoreline/away from the waves. Seems obvious but I’ve seen a lot of swimmers go from normal to drowning from taking a face of water.
How?? I could and have swim and dive, but I could never float upright. Whenever I try to, my upper torso is so bouyant that I end up floating on my back if I lean back a bit, or face submerged in the water with the back of my head to the sun or if I lean a little forward.
Very good video!
So useful thanks a lot
The panic I had when caught in a rip tide and desperately trying to tread and come back to shallow water while trying to breath as small but continues waves crash on my nostrils.
But I knew how to float and tread...on a different sea that had big but long wave intervals.
I guess it's easier to treat every new body of water I'm in as the first time (whether by sea or a pool)
I think that, on a quiet water surface, it is also possible to simply lay on the back and float 🤔
Yep, I was going to comment the same, I have done this a few times, but the water does have to be still, and so do you!
It's weird I learned how to swim at a summer camp yet this is the first time I actually "Learned" about swimming
Can u post ..how to survive and stand in moving water flow (river) everytime I jump ..it take me to paradise vice versa
I naturally just learned eggbeater kick, I didn't know it was advanced
Me too lol. It just seems like the smoothest way to stay afloat.
Great video!
Who said swimming lessons cant be thought online... Here it is..
Coach, I learn to swim by myself and didn't knew that advanced position was the one that put me balance lol
It's very helpful for biginers 👍
How nicely you explain everything 👏
I never thought you have to learn this. That kinda comes up naturaly like walking.
Thanks you really helped me and actually swimming is my fear
Thank you for the wonderful tip. love from malabon 💙
I'm getting cramps watching this.
Simple way to keep your upper body floating is keep swimming. Front crawl stroke is easiest way to do so. Even slow phase
Which technique is the best to conserve energy in the ocean?
There’s levels above advanced in water polo you have to be able to beater. Well hands and elbows above the water at practice
Wow. Thanks for this. I really want to learn how to swim and float.
Advanced: Eggbeater kick
Intermediate: Frog kick
Me: Panic kick
Additionally, my swimming style is called Rock formation.
Back when I was a fat kid and had swimming lesson, I learnt that all I needed to do was lie on my back and I float on water because of buoyancy. Now that I'm not fat anymore I cant float and I have to rely on paddling to stay afloat 😕
And then there is my technique. Take a deep breath, wait 3 seconds for the oxygen to be absorbed by your lungs, exhale all the air you have in your lungs and enjoy slowly sinking to the bottom. You'll likely only have about 20 seconds inside the water, so plan out your course accordingly.
I didnt know the eggbeaterkick was more effective. I always did the easiest. Will try it. Thank you
Wow such a great video
You should name it as "learn swimming in 2 minutes"
Interesting how some people freak out but it comes naturally to others. I've never had any trouble staying afloat in water, as rarely as I get to do it.
I kinda did. the eggbeater since I can remember being in water it’s also one of the few positions where you can stay on top of the water without hands
Lady you are such a great swimmer so does men
What if you want to keep your head above water?
I can swim, but i cant float so this is a really good random video to pop up on my feed
I can swim since I remember. To me, being in and under the water feels like walking. I also enjoys many of the watersports like surfing. I never understood the fear of water, or simply the fact, that one cannot swim. Something I need to yet get my head around
how i wish... both my parents cant swim and we never really went to the beach/pool when i was a kid and so i never learned to swim
@@bisskittTV It seems it just comes naturally for some. I never "learned", I just had no trouble staying afloat, possibly because I had the internal understanding that humans are naturally slightly buoyant so the panic never started and I was able to just figure it out.
I even worried a lifeguard at a pool once because I was doing a doggy paddle thing and apparently it looked like I showed some of the "panic" responses, though I was perfectly fine.
I get that some people can get a mental block on it though, once the doubt starts it can easily feed itself.
I can spend hours
doing this.
I have no idea there
were techiques.
Sometimes I hold
my breath, turn turtleneck
and dangle my arms and legs,
motionless. I wish it lasted forever.
I can’t swim, but i’ve learnt that if you are just wanting to float and lay there, when you breathe out, only breathe about half of what is in your lungs. The air in your lungs helps you stay buoyant.
Crazy how three billion people cant swim,i never knew it was possible that many people cant swim
Just realized that people have to learn to tread, I was unintentionally doing advanced ever since I learned swimming as a child
Thank you for the tutorial. This video is helpful to newbie swimmers.
Treading water if done right is nearly effortless. Not a constant eggbeater motion. Especially if it’s a survival movement. The less effort the better.
These idle animations look nice
As a 20 yo non-swimmer I see these people and am baffled as to how they don't fear drowning
Opposite here. I've been swimming so long I don't remember learning because I was too young. I can't imagine "not" being able to swim. I can literally swim with one hand tied to my ankles.
If you learn.... great fun and the least abusive to the body exercise.... lifting weights and running are the worst.
@@franram7426 I've tried treading water and I was literally moving all of my body so fucking quick and I wasn't even sure if I was treading because I still over the part of the pool where I could stand. Another time I thought I had learned and tried treading water in the deep-end. Sank like a rock, had to be taken out. I gotta study this shit like a science. "Oh keep body bent, okay, noted." "Oh, move your arms and legs this sort of way, noted."
I'm deadass wondering if getting somewhat buzzed would actually help. I mean I'd drown without it, so it's not like it could make it any worse. But at least maybe the alcohol would reduce my inhibitions and thus my fear of drowning, so I can do it more naturally.
@@GoldenTV3
Impossible for me to teach you via keyboard. 100% sure the addition of alcohol will only make things worse for swimming. I'm not a suicide assistance counselor. So you'll have do that yourself or with someone else. I sure I could teach you in a pool in 15 minutes. 90% is with your hands. Technique is everything. But.... you'd be fearless in chest deep water. Getting you to bring your feet up and use JUST your hands to remain buoyant would prove to yourself you CAN do it. Then move to neck deep and inclued your feet, with proper technique too. Then.....when all 4 limbs are working in concert..... almost zero energy is exerted. Breathing is relaxed and swimming becomes fun instead of "fight or flight" adrenaline imbalance.
Sorry we aren't in close proximity. Good luck.
I'm the same as Fran Ram. I've been swimming since before I would walk and I can't imagine life without it. I am not a graceful person by any means on land, but when I'm in the water I feel like a dancer. I honestly have been doing even the advanced techniques this person is talking about for a while now just because I grew up always in the water.
The hardest thing I had to do in a pool was treading water for over 1 hour without using my feet.
How did you do that and what technique did you use ?
@@MukhtarAmbrose not sure about a technique, I just used my legs.
It's crazy how things like this don't come naturally to some people, I swear I was never taught anything like this but I can swim and tread fine.
Probably had an ancestor or something who was a good swimmer.
Just like the men I know they never had driving lessons but know how to drive😂
After watching this I noticed how many things I do while I tread water that I never noticed. I've taught myself well 😅
Where did you learn that ?
CJ grove street swimming classes
I won a treading competition when I was a kid. I treaded for like, an hour and 10 mins straight
I never had any training. My parents just put floats on my arms and let me swim around. Then come time without the floats I was scared, my parents said my options was to jump in myself or they would toss me in.
I jumped in myself.
Now I'm a deep diver hitting the 10'+ bottom section of the pool.
Did you ever get back up again, or are you now a deep diver still stuck on the bottom of the pool? lol
@@i.i.iiii.i.i I found out I can do what the professional swimmers can when they're training. Now probably can't get the speed as you require proper leg training for that. Knew one guy who was training for an Iron Man competition, his swim instructor was trying to teach him how to flip backwards underwater for when you hit the side of the pool. I learned how to do that when I was a kid.
Swimming just became second nature for me.
Ok.
Treading water with either hand or legs only, what level ?
Now this video is perfect to learn from. Good video angle. Nice tips. Thanks for the lesson.
I just love the sound of water :)
I find it easiest to either just float on your back or just do some long distance swimming, it gives you time to think
I don’t do any of those. I move my feet like I’m walking up steps or peddling a bicycle?
I didn't know the things I do in the water had names. Sculling. Eggbeater kick. Neat.
this is so nice thank you. Time to try it
My parents paid like $1000 for my swimming lessons as a kid and i still sunk like a brick in water until age 20 now watching a short youtube video...lol thanks
We did this on our 5th month of training it was hell
Since im new in the army