need a website to show me how exactly to do the egg beatering technique in swimming, like treading water.?

Question

i was told it is used in water polo and scycronised swimmers use this technique, would like to try it, but need a website that hopefully has a free demonstration video/pictures on its website,and notes in how to do it exactly.thanks! no jokes please!

Answer 1

Don't know a website, I can do it though, you sit upright in the water with your legs bent so you are in a sitting position, then you 'beat' from your knees down, bringing your legs in circles inwards, but at alternating times so that although they are both moving all the time the left leg is coming inwards and back as the right goes outwards and forward.
I know this is probably a rubbish explination but it is the best I can do in writing, good luck!

Answer 2

I am not sure of any websites. The others are correct in description. I played water polo for 15 years and coached it as well as swimming and lifeguard training, etc.

You might want to try sitting on the edge of the pool with your lower legs tangling in and practice the motion. Then, try doing it in water with the use of a noodle or other basic flotation aid.

Egg-beatering is, contrary to what some might think, a very efficient way to tread water. If you master it, which takes a good amount of practice, then you can tread water literally for hours. I used to go through 3-4 hour practices where we were not allowed to touch the bottom or sides at all.

You might want to check www.usawaterpolo.org for additional information. They might even be able to link you up with instructors who live near you and would be willing to give you additional information.

Answer 3

Scoob gave you a pretty good description, but if you want to practise it before you go into deep water, try sitting on a chair with your knees apart and your feet held just off the floor, and then start tracing slow circles with your feet, anticlockwise with your right foot, clockwise with your left.

It feels a little strange (and looks a little comical, so maybe don't do this in public!), and you'll probably have to think about (and watch) what you're doing at first, but once you've got the general idea, you can start speeding up the movement.

I do wonder why you want to learn how to do it, though—doing eggbeater in-water is actually quite hard work. The reason synchro swimmers (and I guess waterpolo players) use it is to avoid the "bouncing" movement you get if you kick with both legs simultaneously (e.g. in the breaststroke "frog" kick), and to lift the upper body further out of the water. When I worked as a lifeguard, my boss insisted that we learned how to do it so we could rescue/tow someone with a suspected spinal injury, with less risk of aggravating the injury.

If I need to tread water 'off-duty', and I'm not using my hands for anything else, I usually find that just a gentle sculling motion with my arms is enough to keep me comfortably at the surface. That just means moving your hands back and forth in wide sweeps in front of you, tilting your hands at about 45° on each sweep so that the 'leading edge' is higher than the 'trailing edge'.

If I have to use my hands for something other than swimming, I'd use a kick similar to frog kick or the sidestroke. but again taking it very easy and moving only just fast enough to keep my mouth out of the water.

The worst thing you can do in water is to fight it. The harder you push against it, the more resistance you encounter, and the more energy you burn. That's why panicking swimmers (and divers) tire themselves out so quickly (and why the best way to get them to calm down is to give them something that floats really well, so they can use it for support without having to swim).

Hope this helps.

Answer 4

hi

Answer 5

if you can do a good breaststroke leg kick then you can do an egg beater kick.
you just do one leg at a time.
with your body vertical.

Answer 6

this is a website I found.