1. Mistakes in Breaststroke Swimming Technique Genadijus Sokolovas, Ph.D. www.globsport.org info@globsport.org

2. Typical Mistakes in Breaststroke Technique Pullout during the Breakout Underwater Fly Kick Beginning of Stroke Finish of the Stroke Gliding Kicking

3. Pullout during the Breakout Not horizontal body position High/low head position Wide beginning of the pullout Too high elbows position Squeezing hands inside Breaking the body line finishing of the pullout

4. Pullout during the Breakout

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7. Underwater Fly Kick Timing of the underwater kick Kicking from the knees High/low head position Too long gliding time Moving arms forward too far from the body Lifting the head when breaking the surface

8. Underwater Fly Kick

9. Breaking the Surface

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11. Beginning of Stroke Lateral motion at the beginning of the stroke Pressing arms to the sides Pointing fingertips to the sides Straight arm pull Pressing arms down at the beginning Lifting the head too early Not connecting arms to the body muscles

12. Beginning of Stroke

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15. Finish of the Stroke Weak squeeze of arms/hands Timing of the max pull velocity Too long pull Keeping arms deep when moving forward Moving arms slowly forward Dropping arms/hands down Jumping above the water

16. Finish of the Stroke

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19. Gliding High/low head position Keeping arms relaxed Keeping hands apart Arching lower back Keeping feet relaxed Pointing arms/fingertips down

20. Gliding

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23. Kicking Lifting hips up before the kick Late kick Wide kicking Kicking down

24. Kicking

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