 I guess this is Christian from Swim2Fly.com, today we are going to learn how to swim backstroke in three simple steps and one lesson. So the backstroke is just after the freestyle to learn how to swim, it's pretty easy, it's the same stroke that we reverse arm. So the step number one to learn how to swim backstroke is as for the freestyle, to learn how to start on the wall into the arrow position. There is two arrow positions, you can have the arrow position with the arms far away on the top which is the advanced arrow position. But for real beginners you can have simply the position with your hand along the body and learn how to float on the back by kicking with your legs up. So your legs are kicking on the surface, don't bend your knees and make sure your stomach is not drowning into the water. So step number one to learn how to swim backstroke is to be flat looking at the sky, relax with your hand along the body and just learn how to kick and glide on the back. See, and I just kick. Alright, so my body is not drowning in the water, my stomach is not going too deep, my butt is not sitting inside the water, I'm just flat and I'm gliding. I'll do it again one more time. Step number one for the backstroke, the arrow backstroke with your hands along the body, the easy version. Relax your neck, look at the sky and push on the wall to start. So this is the step number one arrow backstroke. You need to learn a skill specific for the backstroke as when you swim backstroke sometimes waves might come into your face, right? So you don't need to stop at that moment, you just need to learn how to exhale from your sinus from your nose. So if not the waves goes on your face, the water goes inside your nose and then it's painful, it's something that nobody likes. So when that happens just sneeze with your nose in the water. When you know how to do it here, you can learn how to do it on the back. If you do it when I'm looking at the sky, the water don't go inside my sinus. I'm fine, I blow from my nose. If you don't, the water goes inside and ah, it would be not something you will enjoy. You try again, take a big breath and sneeze from your sinus. So this is a very important skill when you swim backstroke. Every time you feel waves coming toward your face, sneeze from your nose. Otherwise you practice. So the step number two to learn how to swim backstroke is to execute our backstroke and to swim with only one hand. Okay, so I learn how to do one hand only. I do a big stroke behind, pulling the water in my hand open, pull, pull, pull to the end until my legs. And going back, when I go back, I turn my little fingers, it's the first fingers to bring the water. I turn, I don't bend my arms, right? I do big, big, big, big, big stroke toward the sky. My little fingers into the water first, then I pull with my hand and I go back. I repeat. Okay, it's on the other side and the freestyle. Freestyle is going this way, backstroke is going the other way. Okay, so you learn how to feel it on your shoulders. Roll your shoulders, try to touch your ears with your shoulders. Just the hand is relaxed, okay? Stay flat and you just kick. Let's try step number two, backstroke with only one hand. And so I roll my shoulders, stretch my hand to the sky. My fingers is the first to touch it. I pull after pulling, I twist my hand, pop, pop, pop, touch my shoulders with my ears, front way behind and pulling the water. Okay, don't bend your arms. It's pretty easy. We do on the other side, same thing. And try it here. So when I can do my step number two, it's like arrow backstroke and backstroke with only one hand. Then I can try to do with both hands. So this time, remember the backstroke is both hand together in the same time, but on opposite direction. One hand is up, the other one is down. And then you need to learn how to roll your shoulders, right? So I'm here and I pull with one and I go back with the other one. See? Up. So I go back and one pull, one go back. One pull, one go back. It's up like one hand after one hand. One hand after another one. Okay, that is not the real backstroke. The real backstroke could be two hands together. One up, one down and you have to do together. Up together. Up together. Up together. Okay? You need to roll both hands together. You practice on the step number three. Push on the wall. You do your arrow backstroke. Then you roll both hands together. Easy. Try to roll your shoulders, touch your ears with your shoulders, little tips, straighten your hands, little fingers first in contact. Try one more time. Go slowly when you learn. It's simple. Kill it and go. Alright. We need to practice a few times to feel comfortable, but that's the basic to learn how to swing backstroke. Okay? So three steps. Remember, arrow backstroke just kick, the position to be on the back. Second backstroke, only one hand to feel the right movement. And then do your two hands for the last step. Two hands together, opposite and simple. Alright? This is Christian from swingfly.com. You can download our methods directly on the website or get your swimming lesson with us. Thank you.