Water Treading - [Skill you need to stay afloat in deep water]

Are you ready to jump in? Yes! Ready? One, two, go! Hello, hello. My name is Joseph. You are back with another episode of Coaching Tips and Tricks. Today we're going to talk about water treading. Now why water treading is so important you might ask. Because when you go to a pool that is deep enough, then you need water treading to save your life. If I'm in a pool which is two meters deep and I'm only about 1.8 meters tall, then I consider myself to be swimming in a deep pool. The best thing about water treading is having an upright body. You always do this in shallow water where you're able to stand and rest your feet. Now first stand upright in the shallow water and then slowly lower yourself down where your shoulder, elbow and hands are in the water. First one is actually the breaststroke pull. Now basically just pulling in a circular motion. Now this style is more for supporting when you're doing the water treading. It's not so efficient as compared to the second one which is the sculling motions. Now sculling motion is basically thumbs up when you're pushing the water towards you and thumbs down when you're pushing the water away from you. It's also called the figure eight motion. Now I'm going to show you the first step in the water doing the breaststroke. And the second step which is the sculling motions. Always remember the sculling motion has to be very close to your body. You can't really scull like this. You have to scull very close to your body. The first one is the flutter kick in the water or the bicycle or the cycling motion. Very very exhausting and the kids or the beginners will get tired out very easily. Second kick which is more efficient is actually the modified breaststroke kick. Okay basically it's the froggy kick but it's on an upright position so you are kicking downwards. Now the third which is the most efficient leg motion is eight beater kick. It is alternating your leg motion. One leg going clockwise the other going anti-clockwise. So it's like this in the water. Now a lot of water polo player and synchronized swimmer use this style to stay afloat for a long period of time. Now I'm going to show you how we do this. Breathing has to be very relaxed when you're doing the water treading and if you find it difficult to breathe, always good idea to keep your head a little bit up so that you are able to breathe in more. Next drill you can do in your swimming pool is you can jump off from the deck of the pool, do water treading for about 10 seconds and then swim back. There you go that's all the tips and tricks for water treading. Hope that you have learned something today. If you really like the video, please subscribe and put the thumbs up in our video below and I'll see you in my next video. Bye! How to show? You go like this Ellie. Remember how she was?