Learn to Swim - Treading Water
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- čas přidán 15. 06. 2017
- SwimLifePro's Treading Water video tutorial reviews all aspects of what is required in order to learn how to properly Tread both effectively and efficiently in the water. These skills will be the foundations of everything that you will need to accomplish in your journey to becoming a lifelong swimmer!
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I always love water, but water wants to kill me
Life update: I know how to swim a little bit now but on the pool only, I doubt I can survive in the ocean.
Water and Colors rip xDD
Water and Colors the same
Water and Colors that's true
It's nothing personal.
Water and Colors same
I kind of wish Swimming was a required class in schools. Then I would be good at it
It is in Sweden LOL
I think it is in every developed country besides america
My school had mandatory swimming lessons in 2nd grade, but I didn't go because I was too scared to go into 4 meter deep swimming pool
My school requires it to graduate I really like that they do that especially because we live near Lake Michigan, a Lake notorious for taking lives
PE teacher gave 0 fucks. We literally walked circles in the pool for 10 reps 😂
i want to swim instead of trying to drink an whole entire pool
toot4litt your not the only one🤦🏽♀️🙋🏽♀️
Yeah I'd rather float than drink chlorine water
freaky fujoshi, you switch between indefinite articles “a/an” depending on the sound that is produced not the actual letter. So what you tried to say, but failed, is that you use “a” before consonant sounds and you use “an” before vowel sounds. Your explanation makes no sense for words like “x-ray” or “utensil”.
toot4litt XD
As a kid I would think I did a great job of not drinking pool water until im called to wash up and some asshole makes the water wave and it goes in my mouth
I'm always panicking when the water is too deep and my feet can't touch the ground I feel like i'm drowning when that happens, I want to enjoy the swimming so I want to learn...
iKONChan IsMyBias I think the key is being relaxed and smooth motion not too fast on legs and hands
Basically, you just relax like most people say. I would first practice floating on your back, because you can basically float forever on your back. If you ever feel like you’re drowning, just kind of give yourself a kick underwater to push yourself up, and push your back backwards. If you want to tread, start out by treading in the shallow end. Just kind of do circular motions with your feet, and (well I do doggie paddles in place to tread, lol) push yourself up with your arms in the water. Kind of confusing, but you’ll get it
Be confident man... *I learned swimming becuase i was left at the middle of the pool and i had no choice but to swim*
Same 😟
Same bro i thought i drowed by it was just water gone on my chin
Im 34, never swam correctly in my life. my fear is not being able to stand in water, so anything deeper than shoulder has always panicked me. No one explained treading water correctly (or, i was too dumb to listen correctly!). if i can tread water, i might actually be able to enjoy water.
This video has given me the tips i need to try again, after years of hiding away from water!
dave101t I'm glad to hear that you're going to give swimming another chance! if you find that you have more questions, please let me know and I'd be more than happy to help! :)
Hgv
dave101t bruh don't judge you I'm ten yrs I can swim but sometimes I stop and shit my pants
You have to learn to hold your breath underwater with your head submerged. Otherwise, you're going to panic as soon as the water covers your face.
i'm 26 and it's the same for me. any water that get deeper than my neck makes me panic especially if i feel that my body starts float and i lose grip of the bottom
It’s sad when you have to swim on the kiddie side cause you can’t swim 😭😭
ik
I can help u learn
Oof
tecky _vhino TEACH ME NOT HER/HIM
@@selcoux x
How to tread
1. Put on a life vest
Same
FaZe Baby 🍼
FaZe Baby 👶 🍼
Right behind ya!
Communism KGB I’ll use a life vest even if I’m 18 years old even if people call me a baby goo goo gaga nigga I don’t care
I tried this, guess who drank 300ml water
Lmao
I drank them
Gotta get your daily intake someway or another. Lol
019850011000111100055a8 who the fuck pees in their own pool?
Hundred Beast Kaido 🤣🤣🤣 I drank a good proportion of chlorine today 🤢🤮
I taught myself how to swim and as a result, I've never been able to do this and I've always wondered how. Now all I have to do is wait till summer and put this practice to the sword. Great tips!
CallMeLum u dont have an indoor pool near u?
Same almost drowned when I was four but it was worth it because now I can swim
CallMeLum did it work?
1 year have passed , any updates on this his swimming?
Same. Except, I'm still young and 4'6 (haven't gotten growth spurt). I can now swim in 6 feet.
2:38 LEG MOVEMENT
7:48 ARM MOVEMENT
I discovered I do know how to swim after accidentally swimming to the deep side of a lake I knew I could swim but not really, so I was swimming thinking it was not deep then I tried to stand and that’s when I knew I was a goner... my fear was so big I went to wild mode and started doing all kinds of fake ass strokes all the way from doggie swim to aqua man luckily they all worked I guess, because I’m here writing about it 🤣
This made me laugh so much. Hahaha
Same!But when I was in 10 or in deep feet,I do a dog swim just to breath some air and swim back to the wall were I was clingung on to or to reach my kick board.
Dog swimming is easy but tiring i could barely keep up 😅
Bro. This was exactly me today. I thought I was a pro. Little did I knew
I’m fucking crying 😂😂😂😂😂
When you want to float, you sink...
When you want to sink, you float...
OMG!!! I came back for 6 months for my comments and its.... 1K+.... OMG the most likes I ever had and my likes was 90 and today....
Ye when u sink u hold ur breath and your lungs is the one who floats u
@Sam Clip indeed
@@kura6484 actually I tried to not hold my breath underwater my lungs is empty but I still float! IDK Why!?!?!?
InfineX Gamer so true
@@brandonravioli4802 ikr?
I finally learned to float yesterday and I'm just so happy I can now at least SURVIVE being thrown into water. I'll just float to shore lol.
Hahahshshs
Wow I posted this 2 years ago and I still can't swim. Imma learn in 2021 once COVID is over. Promise.
Miguel Angel Medina Rise 😂 same
Lmao same here
I'm interested to know if actually the video helped you? 🤔
Who else is scrolling down the comments to see if this worked
Same
Yep u know it
Did it work for u
I wonder
Me
Just want to thank this guy from the bottom of my heart. He explained things nobody could; I asked many swimmers. Very well done 👍
Yeah I asked people who seemed to be doing it effortlessly and they were like "just kick a bit and move your arms and you'll float"... I didn't float
It’s 1 am and would say I am in the upper 10% of people when it comes to swimming yet here I am watching a video on treading water, something that I have been doing since I was about 4. I need some melatonin.
Good luck for anyone learning how to swim just relax and once you got the basics down everything will just come naturally.
Swimming is the only sport that is a life saving skill!
Well don't forget about self defense sports too
You never know when you’re going to need to dunk on someone to save your life
Running can also be helpful as well as weightlifting in some scenarios
So is sprinting in case you need to run away from your neighbor s dog
Frogglez Goggles hmm, I would say throwing something like football would be helpful or dodgeball when ur attacking people
That guy must be really frickin tired at this point
i had to do that for over 5 minutes at school i hate it and everyday i have a anxiety attack bc i am scared to go to school bc our teacher is strict and she throws pool toys at us on purpose and my friend had a sore ankle and my friend told her she couldn’t swim so she got in trouble for not swimming properly bc her ankle was sore
@@yuhhhok4041 dats friggin worse
@@yuhhhok4041 where is your school?
What's sad is that I live on a Caribbean island and swimming lessons are not mandatory. My brother died of drowning. He wasn't a strong swimmer. I heard that swimming is mandatory in Europe. Hopefully Caribbean islands can take a page out of their book because we're surrounded by water. Probably 50% or under of the population can swim in my country. I am now interested in swimming, and I am going on a ship for a year. Hopefully this helps while I take lessons. Too many people on my island die as a result of drowning. Just praying that our government implements this.
Trinidad and tobago?
Luck if you don’t know how to swim and you’re stupid enough to go into water that you can’t stand in it’s kind of your fault for the results that you’re going to eventually get not the governments.
Candyce Miller Was it really necessary for you to be a sensitive bitch?
J Cole Was it necessary to be nice at least?
Frendxhy Never is. It’s necessary to do or say whatever I want because you won’t do shit.
All ppl out here like : OMG DID IT WORK THO. dude. The man in the vid is literally doing it and staying on top of the water.
yesterday i almost drowned, because i didnt know to swim correctly... thank you for your video it really helped me to swim better.
While I can float and swim at the bottom of the pool decently, however, treading is such a challenge all the time. Many thanks for the very clear instructions. I will put it into practice the next time.
Thank you so much! I am 16 and all of my life I have never gone in the deep part of water because I always sank but to the part where I can touch the bottom so I panicked. Now, I am able to stay with my friends and family in the deep end of the pool!
Giggly KittenZ were you able to learn right away after watching this video ? How did you do it? Goin to Hawaii in 2 weeks it’s more like I will drown and die there🤦🏽♀️😳🤯😰please help!!
If you didn’t laugh at the eggbeater kicks there’s something wrong with you
Oh...
Something wrong with u
Uno reverse card
I am having an anxiety attack by just watching this video. I don't know how to swim at all.
Raul Carlos omg same idek why just thinking about trying this is making me out of breath, don’t think that’s good 😂
Im 45 just learning but only been to touch bottom by hanging the edge with a stick. Its scary not being able to feel the floor
I am sorry for u i can swim but the deep end is terrible i trued swimming in it today i was so scared
Be confident, u should know that the water will make u float
I also like to know how to swim
I can swim freestyle, I think I can also do breaststroke too, but I just can't tread.
Same
Me too.
u can do breastroke..can tread also.
Diamond Emerald yea I suck at treading
Same
Whenever I was visiting family in Seattle last year I had trouble treading water. I couldn’t do it at all. My auntie explained it by telling me just move rapidly in the water and you won’t sink. I did and it worked! After I got comfortable with that then I played around with it a bit bc it did drain quite a bit of energy after a while. So I eventually just played around with it when I was sure that even if what I tried didn’t work while trying to tweak my water treading skills, I could always go back to my rapid hand motions and kicks. Eventually I developed a way to tread water my way. And I made that way my own. It was really nice.
Caeleb Gill I’m so jealous!
Lucky...
That's a very ineffective and useless way to swim..you will only tire yourself out. Learn proper technique and how to tread properly
@@jeygee3736 did you even read the comment fully?
This video str8 up taught me how to tread water. Something I have struggled with for years. The slow motion parts were especially helpful. Thx a lot!
Thanks, you simply could not have explained this easier for a beginner. I'll try to keep these simple tips in mind while am drawning.
Very helpful! Thank you so much! Me and my friends went on a beach resort, im in 5th grade and trying to learn how to float in 10 feet deep. Well its not that deep for me. Im having trouble floating so i just hold on the sides, and swim... I just love swimming ❤ It makes me very happy. Thank you so much!
This is the most detailed video on the egg beater with schematics that I found on YT. Thank you for making this!
I learned to swim because when I was little my dad threw me in the deep end of the pool and told me to get out 😂 well it worked and I’m gonna enlist in the coast guard now.. fear works! 😂
Nice same
Bullshit.
If fear kept people from drowning, no one would ever drown.
According to your nonsense, no one actually learns to swim, they already know.
Your dad is just an asshole and you're trying to defend him.
Damn I don't want to swim, I really need a "How to be Jesus tutorial".
Lol I'm ded
Wish I could walk on water!
Pros: will be able to walk on water
Cons: will have to be dead for 3 days before you can.
You called me?
Just focus your aura to your feet and BOOM
Basically, a lot of people can’t swim so I’m going to attempt to make it more simple. Kick your feet in a circular motion towards you, while you wave your arms calmly. The more you panic, the more you are likely to go underwater. Be careful and most of all, water and swimming should be fun. Don’t panic and remember, the more air you take in, you’ll most likely float, that’s why people take in deep breaths and hold them. Hope this helped even a little bit!
Maddy Smith when treading water as your head above the water, do you still need hold your breath? If not, do you sink when you breath in??
I have recently started to try to learn to swim again. I tried years ago, but I gave up. These videos are really helping me. Seeing rather than just hearing is beneficial. I think I am going to succeed this time.
You gave such a detailed explanation. Thank you so much! I can’t wait to give it a try! Subscribed!
i just let myself sink and then jump up, take a breath and repeat
cara bro i do that too
What if ur in the passific ocean? (No offence)
And that helped you learn how to swim?
@@wonderfulnature5433 lol just jump
higher it'll work............I guess
@@wonderfulnature5433 jump like superman
Lifeguard jumped in for me cause he thought I was having a seizure.
LMAOO
Hahahha
I always known how to swim, but never how to tread water, this is very useful. I'm gonna try this next time i'm in the pool. thanks for the informative video.
I love your videos! I’ve always been afraid of water/drowning but your videos helped so much. I learned how to conquer my fear and swim within an hour!!!
I know how to swim but I just don't know how to tread water.
Same XD
Same yooo
It's probably just me, but trying to remember, let alone understand, the complex instructions here is just about impossible. He may as well be trying to explain rocket science as far as my brain is concerned.
Jethro Bodine same😂😂😂😂
I'm so dead 😯
thats why you go and practice it at a pool
It easy bro I am 18 now and I learned that when i was 7 and no one showed me how to do it u just have to do what u see there its easy i don't now if its because my bigger brothers used to kick me off in deeeep water that made it easy to me but try it it's no hard
Probably because you’re a fucking idiot
About the most brilliant treading drill video I ever watched. Thanks for this! Good work!
Thanks so much for making this video. This is exactly what I needed to learn.
Me while watching this : "I got this!"
Also me being in the water: "what was the first step again?"
Also also me: "damn I'm stupid!"
Funny'nt
True that happens sometimes lol
I'm 30 and tomorrow's my first day in swimming class to do this. Hope it's gonna work as this video shows
How was it?
Cyril Yu he didn’t make it
Rest In Peace ramir
One time I slipped off a slope and started `drowning then my brother grabbed me and said I looked like a fish on land
Usually I when my feet touch the floor I just jump up when I'm in a deep (not that deep) pool but this really helped thank you so much!
After 30 years of fearing the water, I just learned to conquer my fear of it yesterday because of the beach. I figured that swimming pools create a claustrophobic sensation in me as it is a "box" with water. I can do back floats but never front crawls yet the learning curve for me was opening my eyes while doing the front crawl. Now I just need more practice and have treading as another float to master. Never conquer your fears, embrace it. It's hard but it works because I did so, so could you 👍🏼
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Thank you so much. This one is really informative and well illustrated. Keep cool :)
Invaluable video, compact and filled with helpful hints.
Darn bro. All these years I just been flapping like a fish. This looks like it actually will work a lot more easier.
Me tries. *YES I’M DOING IT!!!* wait nvm I’m standing underwater.
This is my brother
Omg so funny omg haha
it is most detailed and illustrated tut out there , thnq :)
aman oza a
OK. Thanks
omfg it was this video. This video saved my fucking life. I watched this video the day before I went swimming.
I practiced this on my bed like just in case and the next day my uncle threw me into the deep end (it's not his fault. At that time I was visiting my home country in which almost everyone seemed to learn to swim fluently as a toddler)
And my god I would have drowned if it wasn't for this video. My mind froze and went to this and I quickly did what I had practiced on the bed the day before, whilst panicking.
And that was the day I learned how to stay afloat and swim in one place.
I can swim fluently now :)
This is such a game changer! Thank you, thank you, thank you!
534 people died while trying this and their ghost disliked the video
haha
Hahaha 😂
Guess u haven’t been to the cemetery lately! They’re 569 ;)
@@ma9ru25 lol
I would like this but it is 69
I have a 3 to 5 feet pool at my disposal, and I only know how to swim with my kickboard. I kick my feet up in my posterior, and I keep kicking my feet straight back. I keep holding on to my kick board while keeping my elbows straight. My kick board gives me confidence, but without it, I'm lost.
Great, thorough explanation! Thx!
This video made me realize my random flailing isn't really treading water. No wonder I get tried so fast. Thanks!
Hi, Thanks a lot for this video. This video gives a very clear description for treading. I know to swim but while treading water I feel that I am sinking also it was quite difficult to get breaststroke kicks for treading after learning the freestyle ( I am speaking as a beginner) . I tried using the kick-board to learn breaststroke kicks it is not working. Can you please share videos on breaststroke with kick-board or treading water basic kicking with kick-board, if it is feasible.
benn solomon danny king leo I am not always correct, however, it is my opinion that you should never learn new skills with any swim aides such as a kickboard. They become a crutch by not allowing your body to feel what its like to move itself through the water unassisted. I recommend trying the Front Glide & Kick approach where you place one hand on top of the other, head down entirely below water in order to raise your body to the surface, then try the kick once your body is stabilised. For a reference on how a Front Glide should look, check out the Basics of Buoyancy video on our page.
I hope this helps! Let me know if you have any more questions :)
I was going through basics of Buoyancy, it is really nice I got lot of tips. I have not learnt swimming in a procedural way, but learnt many of them through CZcams videos. I know to swim side-wards and glide, next-time in pool I will try your tip and also the the treading without kick-board. Thank you.
Kick your feet in a downwards position
excellent basics cleared thanks
This is the best explanation I've seen so far.
thank you for the vid. will try this out. swimming is very good and entertaining if you can. and a good workout too
It's definitely a lot harder than it seems but once you can do it It's alot of fun😭
No matter what. I just cannot tread the damn water
Same with me
using these videos for my drownproof training
thank you
Tfw when youtube taught me how to swim and it really works. Now I can enjoy swimming.
This is exactly the kind of video I was looking for thks
I'm in high school and we have to do swimming. I am absolutely terrified of not being able to touch the bottom of the pool I tried it again but I got exhausted after 10 seconds and couldn't go in the deep end. How do I save my energy?
Jadooe You have to remember that it doesn't matter how much is below you when swimming. So long as you use proper technique, you can swim in any depth.
A saying that I use often when teaching is "Tense muscle is dense muscle." Density isn't good for attempting to rest easily at the surface, especially where you cannot stand. I know it's intimidating at first, but try your best to have long and fluid motions, rather than short jerky motions. Additionally, even though the goal is to have your face above water for 100% of the time, holding your breath while treading will only help with raising your buoyancy. When you need to take a new breath, quickly and calmly release and take a new breath again.
Keep everything slow. Just know that you're not racing anyone. Slow and steady will keep your heart rate down, allowing you to conserve energy, and ultimately Tread Water for longer.
Lastly, I would recommend the Modified Breaststroke Kick for initially learning how to Tread Water. It's a more efficient kick overall. I hope this has helped!
Thank you a lot!!
Jadooe You're very welcome!
This is exactly why I'm here. Swimming in high school.
Amberly Jackson same
Thank you for this explanation!
Thank u for the tips I’m gonna try them when I have time
I keep sinking...
It doesn't work
I try all of this and my body still sinks... It's like I'm not meant to swim
Same
@@patrikku7501 if you meant that your body still sinks, try this, simply lay on the water, breathe normally and you can float like that, you can rest like that, its like laying on bed but instead you lay on the water, spread a bit your arms and legs and dont be scared, btw try it with a family member or a friend just in case
@@senbon751 You can't even get into that position if you can't tread water.
You're great at swimming thanks for teaching us
This is how i learned swimming. Thank you so much
Thanks!
Doing this technique made me drink half the pool letting me stand up without moving any muscles i never knew i had
Only stuggle i have here is when the water cones higher to my shoulder cause when it reaches my neck.its feels kinda hard and panicking is the struggle e.o
Thanks for giving this great technique👌😍😘
Thanks man... helped me with my swimming class
TIL my "improvised" water tread is actually just called the egg beater kick. Neat.
Whilst not a swimming teacher, the way many learn to swim as children in Australia is to start in shallow water lying horisontal to the water with the arms walking and touching the sand or floor. Essentially this teaches the dog paddle. As confidence grows the breast stroke is just a natural progression, then overarm then backstroke and then butterfly. Somewhere in there we learned to drive and great water. Most Aussies can Seim by age 11 to 12. At 12years, the
P.E. course was swimming with certificates a long the way and the target being the Bronze medalion. From memory, shallow dive, deep dive, safety jump. Tread water for 30mins. 3 different swimming strokes over distance in a given time, 2 life saving techniqies and resucitation. I think the treading water with clothes on, then off then on again was the most difficult. We learned about ripps and how to swim around them all sorts of things relating to self preservation in water. Even some canoeing and some surfing. Not all received a bronse medal but most did, others managed to be able to at least save themselves if not others as well. Great stuff. Then there was the St Johns cadets. A free meal and football match or some other such Sporting event along with some marching and further health care. Eventually bachelor of nursing now retired. Some football and golf inbetween. Lots of family! Natural progression for me at least.
Wow. Thad a lot to remember but I am so thankful on how thorough this video is
I learned how to prone float and backstroke in the a Navy. Never learned how to wade so I'm watching this
If you conquer your fear,this will leave you addicted.
All my life i have tried going to the deeper side of the pool but my parents always told me not to cause idk how to properly swim. But now that i have a better idea of what to do im gonna beg them to let me try it. If i die well ☺️
Nao Ra good luck with that! ☺️
Thanks sir on monday i will go to swiming competition and i learn very good points from your video 😊😊😊
Thank you you helped me learn how to tread ❤
Why am I watching a video of how to swim at 3 AM?
Francis Gonzales me right now
4:30 AM for me😵😵😵
gud Day! Can I have a permission to show this video to my class.
Hence, we can't have a Face to Face learning due to Pandemic. Thank you.
Of course you can! Share away!! :)
Hope I can successfully do it..I'll try this swimming method. Thank you for sharing
Excellent, now that I know how this is done I'm gonna apply for a job as a lifeguard!
I know that not keeping my head up is my problem, but I cannot stop myself from tilting it forward.
topgrain Try broadening your shoulders and bringing out your chest a bit. that'll change the angle of your head to tilt back a bit.
Thanks for the advice. I will try it. I know that I am tilting my head forward because I am always wanting to be ready to locate the bottom of the pool to put my feet down.
Me while watching the video: swimming is easy
Me trying to swim: omg its impossible
The sculling looks so easy can’t wait to go to the resort now
i learned a lot from this than the swimming classes i was forced to take
Only a professional can do this.
I already know how to swim. Just came here to flex it.
Thank you for teaching me to swim
I'm 21 and started to learn swimming now!