In this video lesson, Swimming Instructor Phillip Toriello teaches how to do an Eggbeater Kick. It is mainly used in treading water for water polo and requires the legs to move in opposite directions.



Video Transcript: PHILLIP TORIELLO: "Hi, this is Phillip Toriello, and this is how to do the eggbeater kick. The eggbeater kick is one of the most involved forms of treading water. It's primarily used in water polo, but it can also be used in other forms, such as waterfronts, open waterfronts when you're helping, as far as being a lifeguard is concerned, and just treading water in general, for safety or exercise. The eggbeater is basically just that. It's an eggbeater type fashion with your legs. The best way to start, is to go ahead and find yourself a standard dining room chair. It's at 90 degrees. Go ahead and sit on the edge of it, with your legs hanging over, also bent at a 90 degree angle, and just go ahead and start moving with your right leg. Just move it in a circular fashion, counterclockwise, and then once you become comfortable with that, use your other leg, your left leg, and go in a clockwise position. Just do one leg at a time until you're comfortable with moving your legs in a circular fashion. Once you think that you're comfortable in making a full circle with each leg, in that upright sitting posture, go ahead and start your right leg, and right as your right leg is coming out, have your left leg go in, so at all times, there's going to be a leg going in, and another leg going out, so if these are my legs, they would be like this. In, out, in, out, in, out. Another way to practice this, once you become comfortable sitting in a chair and doing it, is to go ahead and sit on the side of the pool, so you can kind of feel the resistance of the water. Then from there, you can slide into the pool, move those legs, and then as you become more comfortable, you can raise one arm at a time, treading water with the other, and then eventually you'll be able to tread water, just using your legs in the eggbeater kick, with both hands up out of the water. To learn more, contact your local water polo expert."

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2. How to Swim the Breaststroke
3. How to Swim the Backstroke
4. How to Practice Etiquette at Public Pools
5. How to Teach a Child to Swim
6. How to Swim Underwater
7. How to Flip-Turn When Swimming Freestyle
8. How to Flip-Turn When Swimming the Backstroke
9. How to Swim the Butterfly Stroke
10. How to Do an Eggbeater Kick
11. How to Swim Head-High Freestyle
12. How to Swim the Sidestroke
13. How to Swim the Trudgen Stroke
14. How to Turn While Swimming the Breaststroke
15. How to Survival Float
16. How to Teach a Child to Float in the Water
17. How to Teach a Child the Back Float
18. How to Teach a Child to Kick in the Water
19. How to Teach a Child Rhythmic Breathing in the Water
20. How to Teach a Child the Crawl Stroke
21. How to Teach a Child to Dive
22. How to Teach a Child to Tread Water
23. How to Prevent Swimmer's Ear
24. How to Improve Your Breaststroke Kick
25. How to Breathe While Swimming Freestyle

In this video series, Swimming Instructor Phillip Toriello gives 25 video lessons on How to Swim. Learn how to swim the breaststroke, the backstroke and freestyle. Get tips on how to do flip turns for each type of swimming stoke and find out how to do swimming kicks like the eggbeater kick. Want to get the kids involved in swimming too? Find out how to teach children to swim with tips on teaching the survival float and child diving. Swimming is a useful skill and a fun activity that provides great exercise for all.