Breaststroke: kick and pull happen together

Arms and legs work at the same moment, so they cancel each other out.

Activities that help

• Pull, Breathe, Kick, Glide – The breaststroke timing progression: arms first, breathe, then kick, then glide – built step by step to full stroke.
• Two Kicks, One Pull – An extra kick between arm strokes – forces swimmers to separate kick and pull and to glide in a streamline.