what are the best arm and leg motions for treading water?
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egg beater it's really relaxing
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Start by treading water to keep your head and shoulders above the surface.  Hold the ball in both hands.  Your dominant hand is holding the ball above your head.  The hand is underneath, to push the ball, with elbow bent and wrist bent backward.  Your other hand is on the side, to guide the ball.  Push the ball by straightening your elbow and flicking your wrist to apply backspin.
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It's a Great cardio workout without the impact on joints.   Water as a rule is very relaxing.
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In 1934, however, David Armbruster, coach at the University of Iowa, devised a double overarm recovery out of the water. This "butterfly" arm action gave more speed but required greater training and conditioning. Then in 1935, Jack Sieg, a University of Iowa swimmer, developed the skill of swimming on his side and beating his legs in unison like a fish's tail. He then developed the leg action face down. Armbruster and Sieg combined the butterfly arm action with this leg action and learned to coordinate the two efficiently. With two kicks to each butterfly arm action, Sieg swam 100 yards in 1:00.2. This kick was named the dolphin fishtail kick.\n\nEven though the butterfly breaststroke, as it was called, was faster than the breaststroke, the dolphin fishtail kick was declared a violation of competitive rules. For the next 20 years, champion breaststrokers used an out-of-water arm recovery (butterfly) with a shortened breaststroke kick. In 1953, the butterfly stroke with the dolphin kick was legalized as a separate stroke for competition. Many swimmers say the "wiggle" is the key to the stroke and that a swimmer who can undulate through the water naturally can more easily learn the butterfly.
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mount, tap, and ride the wAvE.....
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Put your three year old on your back and have him/her hold you around your neck. Then hold onto him/her and walk through the water with your child on your back in thigh deep to chest deep water. The resistance of the water is an excellent cardio workout. As well you can use a pfd on your kid and take him/her out to the deep end and glide him and her along with you. (you swim sideways and pull him/her along with one arm and going back you can alternate arms, so both get equal workouts) or you can just swim with your kid on your back. All of these are guaranteed to give you strong legs-really strong legs.
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slap the thigh and ride the wave in! Watch ou for the lower back, it can hurt your back.
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The best thing to do to gain velocity is to work on your legs.  A lot of your velocity comes from the push off on the rubber which uses your legs.  This is simple and you'll see results.
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Put your arms up, lean forward, put your arms on the ground and push off the ground hard!  This should work.  Think hand  hand, foot foot, hand up, hand up.
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Kick down on the tail, slide your front foot up and push down on the nose. Then level the board out. If I remember right anyway...
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Although kicking does help you move forward, the flutter kick is used mainly to keep your body level and hydrodynamic so that you can move more efficiently in the water. The flatter your body the better you will move in the water. Your arms are responsible for moving you forward. \nWhen doing your flutter kick, keep your toes pointed and have the feeling of stretching your body. Your kick is generated from your hips/upper thigh, not your toes. Practice by kicking on your back. Hold a kickboard across your chest/under your arms. Lean back in the water so your ears are underwater but your face is out. Start to do your flutter kick. Visualize a ball floating on the water, above your feet. Imagine that you are kicking the ball out of the water without your feet breaking the surface of the water. Snap your toes upward then whip downward. The water should be "mushrooming" because of your toes but not splashing. Remember that you are kicking both upward and downward.
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strengthen your leg and arm muscles.
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Bodhi (Point Break)\n\nhttp://www.bodysurf-xtrem.com/
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walking or swimming is good
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move your legs up and down
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Kick pyramids (front crawl, back stroke or breast stroke legs) - 8 x 25 (10 sec rest), 4 x 50 (15 sec rest), 2 x 100 (15 sec rest), 1 x 200 (30 second rest), 2 x 100 etc\nWith fins - but upping the pace, so 8 x 24 off, say, 45secs, 4 x 50 off 1min 05 etc\nkicking with resistance - hold the float in the water but at right angles creating resistance\nbest kicking exercises are done without a kick board - staying streamlined on your front and doing a small sculling action to breath, streamling on back, breast stroke with hands by side, to help develop the lift of the torso out of the water, fly kick stream line without a float and smalls cull to breathe
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well, i'd the same problem before. my freestyle was slower than alot of my teammates. well, the best thing to do is to work on you legs and your kick. well, the dryland thing is to use the leg press which you will find alot of football players use cuz it makes your leg stronger. then, you need to work in your kick. the best way is a kick board. grab one and start kicking for about 20/25 100 yards a day, or as much as you can, if you can only do 1000 yards this will be fine. after a while, you will notice that your kicks r stronger and that you r moving faster in the water. then, you start working in both you kick and arms. well, take a long fast strong pulls with your arm and never stop kicking. also, stretch your arm all the way in front of you and pull all the way down till your arm is fully stretched then get it out and keep going. make sure your kick is going fast. then see the difference. you will be really faster. it worked for me, i hope it will work for you.