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Summary: Learn how to teach a child to properly perform the back float maneuver from a professional swim teacher in this free swimming lesson video.
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Samantha Raffio Samantha Raffio is a certified swim instructor who has been teaching the love of swimming for a decade. The ages of her students range from infants (as young ... read more
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Questions & AnswersHi, I’m Samantha with Sharks and Minnows Swim School and Brianna and I are going to give you a couple of tips on getting your child comfortable back floating. What you want to do is make sure always that your child’s in the right position. So what you can do is turn them around and you can play a couple of games. The game we like to play is counting. So what we’re going to do is count five of our favorite animals while Brianna’s on her back. Brianna what’s your favorite animal? My favorite animal is a zebra. A zebra, so what we’re going to do is have her lie still on her back for five zebras. You want to make sure that her cheek is next to your cheek and that you lean back slowly with her head on your shoulder, just like this. You want to make sure that your other hand is arching her back right in the small of her back. We’re going to walk backwards slowly and we’re going to count five zebras. One zebra, two zebras, three zebras, four zebras and five zebras, roll over. Perfect! You want to make sure always that their ears are back in the water and that if you are supporting their back, that its in the small of their back and not under their bottom or up on top. I’m going to show you one more time. So head back slowly, one hand on the small of the back, the other hand over, you can slowly move the hand on top of the belly to the back of their neck and slowly move your hand that’s under their back right up to their head as well. Once they’re on their back, instead of holding underneath the neck you can put one hand on each side of their face, just supporting their head. You always want to walk backwards so that you’re treating that current. Perfect, one, two, three. Once your child is a little more advanced you can actually have them roll over from the back float and swim to you but initially you can just have them roll over and hold on to the wall without going underwater.
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I love all the videos on swimming.. I have been trying all summer to get my 5 year old to just go under water, let alone floating and now he is doing the front float and no longer afraid.. Today we will work on the back float, with both my son and I watching, we both feel so much more confident in teaching/learning..Thank you for the wonderful videos...
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