Kids learn by playing. The more you can make learning to swim fun for your kids, the more they’ll like it, the quicker they’ll learn, and the more fun you’ll have teaching them. Here’s a fun way to help your kids focus on their kick while you’re teaching them the backstroke.
The goal of the swimming kick is to keep it small, gentle, fluid, and from the hip. Only the toes break the surface of the water. There’s very little splash. To help your kids focus on that kick and on keeping it small, try to tickle their toes whenever they break the surface. Can you catch those toes when they’re barely breaking the surface? Try your hardest, but no fair tickling the tummy or behind the knees. That would be cheating.
Okay, maybe just a little tickling the tummy.
I like the information you give about what the kick should look like on a backstroke. The tickle game will make it fun!