How to Swim Competitive Butterfly Stroke : How to Kick in the Butterfly Stroke

[laxbro5797]

yeah buddy were not dolphins

[mslee1]

I stopped watching when he said you utilize your knees for the fly kick. The kick starts in your core just below your chest, not the hips (though the movement is more noticeable starting at the hips). Expert, lulz

[doctorslaptitties]

@MegaALIProduction it is spelled dolphin not Dolfin

[MsGkirk]

Nooo you jump in that's the mermaid kick

[megaALIproduction]

hey momy i can swim like a dolfin

[BluesDepartmen]

That supposed to be an expert?

[mykazoo1]

I think all you negative comments need to stop complaining and make a video. Hahaha but I will say tho, I am a amateur all the way and I do the butterfly and I do know that you don't use your knees, you use you core and hips to make the dolphin motion. The lower legs just complete the movement. Well thats my meaningless comment :):)

[Stevenbadman]

Man, every time I hear "Expert Village" I know immediately it's gonna be some kinda lame-o, well-meaning but ultimately misguided vague clues, some of which are even clearly wrong, from someone who is obviously NOT an expert.

Thanks for I already got my brother in law for that. Bye!

[iraqikiller4lyf]

his wearing a watch o_0

[HelloGatoLove]

"hey mommy, I can swim like a dolphin" LMFAO.

[brewski314]

we spent like this whole vid on him talking

[Parodiesrfunny]

Lol critics can't spell apparently and who ever says this don't work try hard practice learn to spell before commenting and if you were taught differently whoop de doo get a life don't just criticize make a video were you teach how to swim and he might not be an expert if you think your better race him ect

[edieuro95]

FAIL!!!!!! MICHAEL PHELPS SHOULD MAKE A VID NOT THIS IDIOT........

[southparkfan10000000]

u are not an EXPETR DUDE! >:( XP

[btrdl421]

what the heck is that?! thats not called butterfly kick, thats called my dad. you are supposed to use your hips to make you move in the water. you never use your knees stupid

[humbertsin1994]

it looks like a semi-breastroke kick

[shaebaby1999]

Seriously... ya'll are noobs.... he said that you don't use your whole body... and he said you go from your chest to you knees and your hips or whatever... listen!!!! =P

[edu816]

Thank you so much. All your videos have helped me a lot to improve my swimming. Thanks for taking the time to record them. I bet people with bad comments do not record videos. It is easy to criticize but it is harder to record the videos and upload them online. Thank you so much.

[SuperHahahaha123]

You have to use your abs not your knees.

[mcphistoification]

If people swam butterfly the way he explained they wouldnt say what they say about butterflyers.... ;)

[DaGAMEST8]

i think i should swim at the same time.

[Delmeenia]

My swim coach taught me from the chest down, not knees....

[wlasur]

I particulary like it how they teach the butterfly stroke.

[lauwiepauw13]

SO WRONG! not the knees you *** from your hips!

[zipable]

only one word: FUCKING NOOB

[zipable]

nobody swims the kick with the ``entire`` body and dont compare humans to dolphins !!

[skillatchio]

Why would a bald man wear a swimming cap?

[sidereally]

@skillatchio warmth.

[sonkablack]

@skillatchio he still has a scalp=))) which i believe may also be damaged by water in swimming pool =)

[chaka943]

@skillatchio LOL true true

[olariualex85]

@skillatchio hahahahahahaaaaaaaaaaaa

[koreangirl152]

this guy is clearly not an expert, my swim coaches say that you have to move your body from the chest down.

[TheLeilisa]

swimming would help you grow taller ?

[thelittlebollox]

you couldnt swim to feed urself

[SwimChick928]

this guy sucks.. he has no idea wat he is talking about

[backinpurple]

This guy is a retard

[chtoni]

as i coach i say ....the kick comes alone when u enter the water with ur chest and ur waist on the water surface

dont think abt ur legs ...in general the dolphing kick starts from the chest and the rest of the body follows

[taurusfreakkk]

wrong... hip to toes.

[EverythingZen14]

that is the exact opposite of what every coach in highschool and college swim teams told me. I was told to move from the core, always, because you're using bigger muscles and it saves energy. Plus, you want the undulation of the entire body to help move you through the water. He has a strong down kick, but because of his technique, his upkick actually slows him down from all the movement in the knees, and you can see this in the video. If he was moving from the core, this wouldnt happen.

[jissyk1111]

he bends too much and his arms arent even sticked to each other..

[CuBeOrDiE]

every time i watch expert village i see "experts" who ramble about obvious things and skip the real points, and who aren't even experts. could be wrong, but thumbs up if u agree

[Ian7884]

Are you dumb? You don't use your knees! You kick from your hips! Duh!

[RSGuides577]

There is a reason he doesn't move at all when it shows him dolphin kicking. All wrong.

[Purplerain1055]

Ummm......his kicksucks, and this is no where close to what my coach talks to us about. And you DO use your whole body. And you DON'T kick from your knees, you kick from your hips, and just bring your knees into it a little...

[kmsmonkey3963]

totally wrongg. you are NOT suppossed to kick from your knees. the dolphin kick comes from your hips

[Chipwhitley274]

What do you guys expect? This is Expert Village, they never use Experts for the videos. Or maybe only experts to the extent that they are superior than most people in a small village.

[littlesushie]

move your butt boy!

[KaaylaFuur]

HAHAHAHA, dude he looks really funny. You havee to use your hips to do flyy! Uhduuh, any swimmer knows that. Blahahahhaa,

[NoahPoling712]

hey you need straight feet dumbass butterfly has more chest motion y do think they made the drill tipping

[taytaycarnell112]

lmao his dolphin kick is ugly and he obviously doesnt know wut he's talkng bout. u are supposed 2 use youre whole body but mostly youre head nodding 2 get yourself going.

[asterix645]

he says keep your feet together or and in his demonstration his are not even not even together.

[ConquererFromTheSea]

that is silly. of course one utilizes the back in this stroke. any one who cares can search for that olympian woman hynamen or hynman or something like that and they will see that the worlds best butterflyers use a full bodied motion.

[corulez101]

KNEES??? You use your hips and waist! Expert, yea right!

[Hammies123]

EXPERT village my ass

[biochemlover1]

I thought you were supposed to use your whole body. Whatever.

[corulez101]

@biochemlover1 You are...this guy shouldn't be "teaching"

[gavfitzy2000]

this guys gay

[Hammies123]

Actually dolphins use their whole tail soo if we were dophins or mermaids(Which are similar to dolphins cuz they got a tail and...yeauh.. so i use mermaids an example :o) we would use our whole tail which is from our hips down err...waist

[GHarpfizzle]

Thank you! I just started practicing for my first year of swim team and the butterfly is the stroke that gives me the most trouble. This helped me understand what to do with my feet. Thank you so much!

[TheGerakas]

This video is fault...You mustn'e kick the water only under your knees but you must start the movement from your chess to your toes...

For real swimming training in all strokes shearch out for Richard Quick the 20 times worldwide best coach....

Richard Quick explains very good the following things and those are the serious...

Pasture, line and balnace in the water...

My friend sorry for my comment but your stroke is awful...I know very good the butterfly because it's my still...

Thanos...

[tybisha]

wooooow..i wanna learn how to swim one day

[zakix1990]

wat crap is this !! his legs are going everywhr but being joined..

[butterflystyler83]

some people by the alabey athletic club area, will watch this and think, i could get a swimming job at expert village, if Phil has a job, any 1 can rite, its not like hes a good teacher, as for comment on how they supply us wit free videos, most swimmers wit half a brain will know people only go on these videos to buzz off the shite shown and phil's egg head lol

[aJDfMDl]

wtf? u use ur hips to do butterfly kick, not ur knees, idiot.

[butterflystyler83]

Dear Philip your videos are terrible, your probably a decent chap and are doing the right by trying to help others to swim, but i speak for the majority of You Tube swimmers when saying, theres a fine line between teaching and misleading others with technique, i know of a timekeeper job u could do at a gala instead

[butterflystyler83]

u never said hey i can swim like a dolphin

Mr Toriello what u did was said i can kick like a retard on medication

your teaching skills are bout as good as eric mousambabi's freestyle

you should not give up your day job, and stop misleading others with poor technique, if u want to learn to swim join the masters swimming clubs, not online expert village club, philip u look like a retard doing eggbeater lol

[Tvor1128]

This is so wrong. Who is this guy?

[blueflamex171]

Isn't the kick like this?

Close your legs, and don't seperate them.

Move your hips, don't bend your knees.

And you're supposed to move your chest right?It's almost like dancing. This guy is horrible at swimming AND teacher.

[Xenophobia777]

@blueflamex171 You're supposed to use your lower back to push the whole kick through, and you can use your knees for a second kick.

[blueflamex171]

@Xenophobia777 You're never supposed to use your knees.

[blueflamex171]

@blueflamex171 *teaching

[blueflamex171]

That's wrong.You're not supposed to use your knees...aren't you supposed to move your hips?

[aJDfMDl]

@blueflamex171, yes, u kick from ur hips, that is the worst butterfly kick i have ever seen in my life.

[Davidisg0d]

well this is wrong your suppoesd to use everyhting from ur chest down and your kneews should make the main movement

[mikic0]

dude u suck

[VitzDa]

For me, expert village really helps a lot in my swimming practice.

But somehow, I wonder why there is people who complain about expert village and Mr. Phillip Toriello that what they teach is retarded and doesn't help at all. Hey guys, they upload this video free, what are you guys expecting?

If you guys is that good to complain about, why don't you upload a swimming lesson video for all of us?? So, please stop complaining. Please.

[Flobar90]

@VitzDa i understand what your saying but if your going to put a video on here i expect for the information to be correct i would love to post a teaching video on how to propperly swim butterfly But as a certified swim ininstructor i know that video is not the best way to learn it

over all the information he puts on here is false i know i am a state level swimmer and i also swim for college so i know what i'm talking about if you really want to learn the stroke find a teacher not a video

[oooeee04]

Huuuuhhhhhh?????

I always use like my whole body when I attempt to do this stroke, you're suppose to end at the knees?!

[Inferfire]

Its the whole body that uses the stroke, With your hands pointed forward for a guide and your chest going through the motion, but you propel and get speed by legs from your hips down.

[Flobar90]

I sorry I am a state level swimmer and a WSI i know that the butterfly kick you use your whole body and you messed up you first said from knees down then change it from hips down haha i thought it was so funny

[ourswimcoach]

tywrizzle as said it starts from the chest and whip lash and bounces to your feet HE LOOKS LIKE A BREAST STROKE SWIMMER ONLY COOL VOICE

[tywrizzle]

hahah this guy is clearly retarded..dolphin kick starts from your chest working through your core..and u sure as hell do not bend ur knees like a newborn calf

[ShinobiSusuke]

@tywrizzle fuck you

[tywrizzle]

@ShinobiSusuke im sorry to have offended you?...go ahead and swim like this guy then and let me know how far that gets you.

[ZanStan300]

wrong

[MichealRIP1]

this guy sux

[wazupify101]

what the fuck.....im a swimmer and you DONT bend your knees you will get DQ ed urggg fire thissss guyyyy

[MrAvrilLee]

different person swim with different motion.

the butterfly arms motion of jimmydshea was different from phelps obviously ;

the front crawl arms motion of phelps was different from chris thomas;

no single solution

[swims4zbs]

they need to fire this guy. Maybe hire JimmyDShea!

[imyourlords]

actually this guy is right, when you do dolphin kick alone, by itself when doing flip turn or kick off, then you use the whole core, but when you actually do the butterfly stroke, you dont utilize the whole core for the kick.

[Bballova27]

Yeah this guy is misleading, you use everything from your chest to your toes to do a successful dolphin kick

[ClariTheSax]

Ur suppose to use your whole body and ungulate and also compress with your chest

[YellowRice7123]

LOL FAIL! i can do that better than u and im 13!!!!!!!! my record is 18 seconds for a 50 yard pool

[gokuryam]

hahaha even phelps cant do that

[YellowRice7123]

with flippers and 50 yard pool 18 seconds each 25

[8mayy09]

MATE, this guy is amature.

[lero01]

you dont need to be profesional swimmer to be a good coatch.

[imyourlords]

watch a real dolphin swimming u'll see that it actually does utilize the whole body

[hjutit]

this guy is retarded, i am 14 and i do competitive swimming,u use your core not knees

[dollymyfolly]

Why does every young person feel the need to mention how old they are?

[lero01]

You'r old, you dont understand young people.

[brianhogan2007]

hey mommy I can swim like a dolphin......wow... fail

[msswim1]

What a maroon. Where did he learn to swim??? He's says he's from Avila Bay Athletic Club. We reallly do know how to swim on the Central Coast. Remove this doofus. Lose the stupid cap, too.

[muttiii123]

ahahahh fail!

[hugoaustralia]

Very missleading.

Teach and swimming are very different.

Buterfly it is more upper body than lower one.

you should delete this explication

[whatshername2O]

your not supposed to bend your knees too much when you swim butterfly, the movement is supposed to start at your hips and move itself all the way down to your feet to propel you through the water faster

[ericld11]

Any swimmer will tell you legs are for dragging....

Less legs in fly. The rule of diminishing returns is in effect here. It just gets you tired. Fly is 90% upper body with a little and big kick. The big kick propels your upper body out of the water for your next cycle. The little kick follows and is just reverberation from the upper body movement. LESS knees than this guy is saying...

[swimmergirl4321]

ummm..... ok i'm going to have to disagree on some of the stuff he is saying...

[fireware909]

omg......

just tell us how to do a good kick....

not a bad one.... and please show us more on how to kick properly....

ur just talking.......... -.-

[dopeisnik]

we are losing our time

[200fly]

this guy is a retard. a fucking retard. and i most definately never said, "he mommy i can swim like a dolphin." shut the fuck up.

[Blackfight13]

NO LAME ! Thats NOT the good kick. How sad is it to see that.

It's the bad part of the internet freedom, anybody can make a tutorial for something he cannot do !!!!

Sorry for the english

[brightway10119]

this guy talks 2 much

[DemoEdge25]

que tipo feo e idiota

[HungAzn]

His butterfly kick sucks...All knees. I don't agree with what he says. You want to get your hips in which makes the kick much stronger. Also it gives you the same motion as when you are swimming the whole stroke when you have the whole body undulation.

[wobbleknob]

exactly... just using your knees will increase eddy turbulance and frontal resistance.. you want to remain as streamlined as possible for the most speed

[00Avenger17]

@HungAzn i agree using your hips, it helps you to come out of the water easier for the breath and works well with the pull of the arms if they are in sinc. however using the upper body is not good and will just slow you down ^^ alll about style and technique - once you get it right you will feel it - and it feels gud ^^ =)

[ordude123]

@HungAzn says the guy watching a video called How to Kick in the Butterfly Stroke

[MrEternalOptimist]

Thanks for tips. my intention is doing it nice and gentle but it turns out as if a hungry and angry shark has passed by :-)... I will keep trying.

[MrEternalOptimist]

Nice explaination. Is it right that you have to kick twice with feet/knees and once with arms? Butterfly stroke is so beautiful and so difficult. it takes all your energy.

[CraigBekking]

Yepp, the second kick is the afterburner. And you will need him!

[oyahfftlisawsome]

yes. the best butterfly is w/ 2 kicks for every arm stroke

[froggy9596]

My coach yells at us to use the hips also.

[CSIMfreak]

yeah mine too, it really helps with the coordination though.

[fesgotbored]

I use my hips all the time. But it doesn't give propulsion much ya know what i mean

[jobrosaremylife0]

okay yeah, i thought you're supposed to kick from the hip too..not the knee...whatever.

[SandRider619]

i thought this was competitive butterfly?? not how to dolphin kick like a child.

[rangers1994fyi]

arent you supposed to kick from your hip ...

[astronomy10]

Wow, this guy's kick looks like that of a 8 year old. He should learn how to do it correctly before teaching others.

[mattswimmer1]

I watched about 30 seconds of this video and then stopped because I could help but notice that you have no idea how to do dolphin kick.You have no right to be instructing people and have no right to label yourself an 'expert'. There's so much wrong with this video that I don't even know where to start. It is clear that you are uncertain of your own knowledge of dolphin kick. Do everyone that actually knows how to swim 'competitive butterfly' a favor and take this and other videos like this down.

[profeso07]

Very nice,thank you very much !!!

5 *****

[200fly]

"2008 US Swimming Trials: Men's 200m Fly Finals" type that in right here on youtube.....watch it, thats how you swim butterfly. i'm in lane 2.

[enskaronte]

wow u lose on that video so u sux :P

[200fly]

yea i suck for finaling at olympic trials. i'm soooo bad.

[200fly]

wow you suck.

[WweDbz1]

i know your not talkin to me

[200fly]

if you are the guy in this video, then yes i am talking to you.

[WweDbz1]

i suck

im a fucking better swimmer than u

so shut the fuck up

[200fly]

no, no ur not. my name is dan madwed. look me up on the world rankings list for the 200fly

[WweDbz1]

do i look like i give a shit about who you are? No

so shut the fuck up and stop talkin to me

[200fly]

dude you started the conversation. and no, you are most definately not a better swimmer. i will shut up as soon as you arent a fucking retard in the water......which will be never. btw dumbass, dolphin kick does utilize just about ur whole body, watch michael underwater he started a whip like motion from a little bit above his hips. please take this video down. this is awful

[WweDbz1]

honestly. i dont like the way he teaches. its kinda off the mark. the real swimmers will know what i mean

[carlingskie2]

You bend your knees too much. You're creating drag if you bend your knees like that.

How long have you been an instructor? A year?

[skyexcupid]

That wont work as you need ungulation on butterfly :) and u dont bend your knees like you were saying, you use your whole body technicallyy :/ as the ungulation comes from you hips and from ur hips down they show be moveing (have an ungulation) al the time and shown't look like that ^o) look at micheal phelps x

[faiyong]

expertvillage eh, how about wannabevillage! You ain even CLOSE and WAY OFF! Try another sport!

[Arenque1]

0:52 LOOL xD

[trod1g]

dont bend ur knees. it causes drag while putting ur knee up. When doing a dolphin kick, or butterfly, ur abs should be working with ur body. fucking noob philip toriello

[zeuserx]

Yup. This guy has it wrong. Bending the knees is what I do, my freedive coach is teaching me the proper way: not bending the knees.

[allygerber88]

heyy mommy i can swim like a dolphin!

[naxela18]

hahahahhaha...!! xD

[sportertje]

I am also trainer I have a tip less you try to bend knees otherwise your legs too far apart and therefore you lose your speed.

[SUSNEGRATOSDEALEX]

Wtf you dont use your knees?

[xaarox]

no, they dont be expert to see, but it helps you to know how to do it..

[VisibleS2]

People on expert village

seem to never be experts

-_-

[amerikanerMarinen]

I don't even know why he focusing on the legs period. If you move your hips right, your legs will follow.

[SaveTheChildren87]

ive been swimming for a little less than a year and i know you dont bend your legs,you kick from your hips! My time in a f50 ly is 35:02

[shreddedbeeftacos]

your not supposed to kick with your knees your supposed you kick with your hips!!!

[GrandmaWskillz]

yeah, that makes a lot of sense

[maggi9999]

Why, does he bend his legs? Are you stupid? You dont bend your legs!

[jlager924]

Wow, seriously? You have absolutely no idea what you are talking about dude. You obviously are not a competitive swimmer. I am a division 1 collegiate swimmer so I can safely say that you know nothing about swimming

[zhman93]

what a dumbass its obvious hes never swam competeviley

[sneal261]

im so sad he uses dolphins as a comparison.

[sophisrock8]

its a dolphin kick you wanker

[HarleyQuinn1276]

Wow I've been swimming my whole life this video is crap he's doing it so wrong. you need your abs for fly kick. not your knees *shakes head *

[devilboy7077]

waht a fag

[LeRock0021]

that water looks cold

[daviddrane]

his legs are way to far apart they should be together

[macbookpromaniac]

lol they cant even do it themselves :P

[Meowws]

lol.... geez, never thought swimmers have such tempers....

[SBA12345]

he's breaking it down way too much. im a flyer and really once you get your arms and legs in sync everything else follows.

[BrklnzGangsta]

yea, but thats the problem isnt it. getting it in sync ;)

[lilcaligirl4125]

this is old school.....swimmings totally different now, im not tryin to be rude or nothin but the fly is my thing and im not a know it all or nothin but all im sayin is ur contradicting what a lot of big time coaches say, im with usa swimming and i think if ur gonna make these videos they should b a lil more up to date so ur not feeding people the wrong technique.... ur not a retard or whatever, u just need ur facts straight. sorry just some advice no offence

[Algerock]

This goes to all those of you calling this guy a retarded; show a little self respect.

At least he's tried.

Thanks for the video dude!

[speedo23XxX]

this guy missed something, that your ankles are supossed to be relaxed when doing dolphin kick

[guardian663]

this guy is fucking retarded

if you didnt use your upper body in a fluid motion to complement your arms... you would look like someone was raping you underwater and you were trying to escape...

[DeadCatStudios]

I think you're retarded because it says how to do "butterfly KICK" OK? Not the full thing. Now he says you should avoid a full wave motion. I don't know. I do the full wave motion. As for looking like rape. After more practice most people fix the rape = )

[wydwannaby]

this guy seem to be teaching the older way of butteerfly

he said that u only use the hips down

but the leading swimmers in butterfly and breastroke have a special movment in there chest and core region

the chest moves n and out like that in a hip hop video

[footballjoe44]

yea lol you're supposed to use your hips..

[jammer520]

no shit, you probably suck at swimming by laughing at that.