 The Breaststroke is believed to bo the oldest of strokes. It is mainly used in lifesaving, competitive swimming, and recreational swimming. Breastroke is very useful in rough water. This is also referred to as a frog kick, because it consists of a wide pull of the arms, and a frog-like kicking of the legs. To perform this stroke, you lay face down in the water, keeping your arms under water. You breath at the end of your arm movement, where as you would have breathed at the beginning of the arm movement many years ago. You push both arms out sideways from a position starting in front of their head while the legs are drawn up and kicked back. It looks like you are almost gliding across the water.
Everybody swims the breastroke a little differently. Some people have a long glide at the completion of the frog kick, some have a short glide, and some even have no glide. Also, some people breathe at the beginning of the arm pull and some breathe more towards the end.This stroke is very popular today, as it was many years ago, and has always been performed in the Olympics.
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