#TuesdayTip

Week 2 of our Distance-per-stroke month of April! This week, Coach Joe talks us through backstroke, a tricky stroke to nail. We want our lower body high, our shoulders rolling, and as you'll see from some single-arm backstroke in this video, balance and control. Good luck!
0:00 Intro
0:20 Rotation and Balance
0:50 Early Catch
1:35 High Hips and Feet
2:31 Outro

[@robohippy]

Most common problem I see with back stroke is that the top side shoulder doesn't clear the water, which is part of why we use rotation because that reduces drag. With freestyle, your shoulders are on top of the water, so maybe 40 degrees max rotation gets the top side shoulder out of the water. With back stroke, your shoulders are under the water a bit, and you need 45 or maybe a bit more degrees of rotation to get that shoulder out of the water.

[@newtrieraquatics]

Thank you so much for your thoughts!