The following text would prove as an overview of beginner’s guide and workout for swimming, as it discusses some swimming techniques for beginners. These are actually different types of strokes involved in swimming.

     Swimming Technique for Beginners # 1

     Freestyle crawl is the most basic and also the easiest swimming technique for new entrants. In freestyle crawling you need to swim in a horizontal position on your belly, move your hands in a windmill motion and legs in the flutter kick style. Hands should move freely, head should be positioned inside the water and while moving the legs, there should be a slight bent in the knee. The most difficult or probably the most challenging part of this swimming technique is breathing. This is because, most of the times the head is inside the water. Move your head sideways so that only your nose raises above the water level. This should be a simultaneous action, when you raise your shoulder above the water.

     Swimming Technique for Beginners # 2

     Although not the easiest, but certainly you could learn it, once you practice it for some time! Backstroke is quite similar to freestyle crawling, as in this case you move your arms in a windmill motion and legs move in a flutter kick manner. The only difference over here is that, you need to move your body in the backward direction. To put it in simple words, you need to move in the opposite direction of your face. Move your hands to form a ‘S’ pattern. Bend your knees a bit and keep the face towards the sky while swimming. Breathing is not a problem over here, as throughout the activity, your head is raised above the water level. Read more on swimming techniques - swimming strokes.

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