The four main competitive swim strokes These swim strokes consist of the backstroke, the breaststroke, the butterfly stroke and freestyle. Here is a simple breakdown of each stroke. Backstroke Backstroke: During the backstroke, the swimmer is laying on one's back. The legs are doing a flutter kick and the arms are moving in a fan-like motion. While one arm is moving from the hips up over the head, the other arm is underwater moving from over the head down to the hips. This stroke is slower than front crawl and butterfly, but faster than the breaststroke. Click here to watch a video on how to swim the backstroke. Breaststroke Breaststroke: The breaststroke is easily the most popular and most used stroke styles. The swimmer's arms are moving in the same half-circle motion while their legs are moving in the same whip kick motion. Sometimes referred to as the "frog" stroke, the breaststroke is swam on the chest while the legs kick in an o
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