Aquatics Coaching Guide - Special Olympics

Teaching Aquatics Skills - Stroke Development
Breaststroke
Teaching Breaststroke Breathing - Timing
Practice breaststroke with regular breathing for 15 meters
Teaching Points
132
1. Stand in chest-deep water, bending at the waist.
2. Take a breath.
3. Put face in the water and take a streamline position.
4. As the arm stroke starts, push the chin forward just enough for
the mouth to clear the surface, and take a breath as the hands
come under the shoulders.
5. “Jump” the hands forward to recovery.
6. Perform the breaststroke, taking a breath every stroke,
as described above, for 15 meters.
Special Olympics Aquatics Coaching Guide
Created: February 2004