Can anyone teach me how to do butterfly stroke?
Your best bet is to isolate each part: the legs and the arms. Once you have mastered each portion, you can work on timing between them. The butterfly is a stroke that involves the entire body, working as one. Suddenly, you have to use your entire body to undulate instead of using your arms and legs. For the arms, here are some tips: -Underwater, you want your arms to make the shape of an old style key hole, where there is a circle on top, and then sides go down at a slanted angle. (look at the picture http://www.worth1000.com/entries/7000/70… -When you recover your arms over the top, they should hit the water at about shoulder width apart. You DO NOT want them to touch -Do not try to bend you arms when coming over the top. If you watch the best butterfly swimmers, they all have fairly straight arms. For your legs: -Remember: TWO KICKS, a big and a small! -The kick should ideally start all the way up at your
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