4 Backstroke Mistakes & How to Avoid Them 🚨

Backstroke can be difficult to navigate. Check out this video to learn how to fix four common mistakes. Lina Irish Bostic, Level 4 coach of USMS, explains how to fix four common backstroke mistakes.
Video Chapters:
00:00:00 - Start
00:00:57 - Mistake #1: Head movement
00:01:10 - Drill #1: Cup drill
00:02:06 - Mistake #2: Crossing on entry
00:02:26 - Drill #2: The 2-2-2-2 drill
00:03:14 - Mistake #3: Stright-arm stroke
00:03:23 - Drill #3: Pulling on the lane line
00:04:06 - Bicycle flutter kick
00:04:15 - Drill #3: Vertical kicking
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