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Summary: Floating in water is an important skill for beginning swimmers. An expert swimmer gives a dry land demonstration of how to float in water in this free swimming video lesson.
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About the Expert
Rotem Agame & Olga Tzinker Rotem Agame is a professional swimmer who has participated in the finals of the European swimming championship. She also was part of the Israeli National swim... read more
Hi, I'm Olga and I'm Rotem. We're former professional swimmers and we're here on behalf of Expert Village. If you're learning how to swim it's important to know how to float in the water. So now we're going to show you how it works. You start from the star position, you lay in the water with your head in the water. Okay, if you're a parent trying to teach your child, you can help a little bit by placing your arm under his belly to float. Slowly close your arms to get to the streamline position.