How To Teach Backstroke

Knowing how to teach backstroke to adults and children is essential for any swimming teacher.  Teaching backstroke can be challenging as many beginners find swimming on their back daunting.

I have made the task of teaching this swimming stroke much easier by giving you all of the basic drills and lesson plans that you need, all in one handy ebook!

How to teach breaststroke technique effectively.

Must-have tools for successfully teaching basic backstroke swimming technique include:

  • sound knowledge of the technique
  • basic drills that cover each body part
  • detailed lesson plans
  • effective assessment tools 

You will find all of these in my easy-to-follow book. 

How To Teach Backstroke

Everything you need in a straightforward book. Detailed, comprehensive and very clear. It's a swimming teacher's dream tool kit for teaching adults and children to swim backstroke. 

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Inside you will find...

  • the essential qualities that make a good swimming teacher
  • the equipment needed to teach practical backstroke lessons
  • a detailed breakdown of backstroke technique
  • basic exercises that cover each separate part of the stroke
  • lesson plans covering each body part, tailored to suit beginner, intermediate and advanced levels
  • simple assessment tools for each lesson

My simple intention here is to pass on some essential tools to anyone wanting to teach backstroke. In particular, this book will be most valuable to new, up and coming swimming teachers because the lesson plans take the hard work out of thinking about what to include in your lessons. Each lesson plan contains a list of exercises and assessment tools that make assessing your swimmers a quick and easy job, leaving you to focus on the individuals in your classes and fine-tune your practice as a successful swimming teacher. 

Sample Pages

Basic leg kick exercise for teaching backstroke kicking technique

Above is an explanation of a backstroke leg kick exercise and the teaching points and teacher focus points. 

Example lesson plan for learning how to teach backstroke leg kick

Above is an example lesson plan for a lesson lasting 28 minutes, and it lists relevant exercises, possible teaching points and an approximate duration for each part. All of the lesson plans in this book take the thinking out of lesson planning, allowing more time to focus on other essential tasks. 

Simple assessment tools that make assessing your backstroke swimmers a quick and easy task

And here, the assessment guidelines for the above lesson plan are laid out in a simple and easy to use format. Each lesson plan has an assessment grid laid out in a similar design, making assessing the swimmers in your lessons a quick and straightforward task. 

Lesson plans, assessment tools and a whole load more...

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