The ability to swim standing up is the basis of survival on the water. Also, it’s a good way to stay afloat. You can learn this faster than swimming. The ability to swim while standing is also often used in water sports such as water polo. Even if you’re a poor swimmer, you can build endurance and learn to swim standing up for long periods of time, and get fitter.
Basic technique
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Use your arms and legs. While in an upright position, use all four limbs. If you roll over horizontally, start pushing with your feet and paddling with your arms, you will float in a line instead of staying in place.
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Keep your head up and breathe evenly. Keep your head above the water and try to control your breathing. If you slow down your breathing, it will become easier for you to calm down, start saving strength and stay afloat longer.
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Make horizontal movements with your hands. If you move them up, down, you will constantly rise, fall because you will need to constantly push your arms out. Move your hands forward, backward, palms pointing in the direction of movement. This will help you keep your upper body above the water.
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Move your feet in circles or move your feet quickly back and forth. Keep your toes tucked in when doing circular motions. If you make quick back and forth movements, point your fingers down and do not stop moving.
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If necessary, lie on your back and slowly paddle with your arms and legs. Lie on your back and rest from the constant movement of your arms and legs. You still need to paddle with your arms and legs, but not as hard as if you were vertical in the water.
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If you find it difficult to stay on the surface of the water, hold on to any watercraft. Log, oar or rubber boat. Whatever it is, use any material that floats and that you can hold on to while staying afloat. The less energy you spend while in the water, the longer you stay afloat.
standing swimming technique
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Doggy style. Dog rowing is when you paddle with your hands in front of you and push off the water with your feet.
Advantage: to swim like this, you do not need special equipment.
Disadvantage: You waste too much energy, which means you won’t be able to swim this way for long.
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Try kicking like with a crawl. This means that you make the same movement with your legs as in the freestyle, and at the same time spread your arms to the sides to maintain balance. For this leg movement, you need to lower your toes down and push forward with one foot and back with the other. Keep repeating back and forth.
Advantage: thanks to the movement of the legs, the hands remain free for other activities.
Disadvantage: Due to the fact that you use only your legs to stay afloat, this technique requires a lot of effort.
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Swim like a frog. Frog swimming is when you spread your legs to the sides, and then bring them together. Spread your closed legs apart and then sharply bring them together.
Advantage: This technique is not as exhausting as freestyle or doggy style.
Disadvantage: Due to such leg movements, instead of remaining relatively still in the water, you will constantly move up and down.
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Try paddling with your hands. You can float on the water by paddling with your hands. To row with your arms, relax them and spread them apart. Turn your palms towards each other and bring your hands together until they almost touch each other. Having brought your hands to this point, turn your palms to the other side and spread your arms back to the starting position. Try to do everything with both hands at the same time.
Преимущество: вы можете не задействовать ноги, а можете вдобавок грести ногами, например, как with a crawl.
Disadvantage: most of the body (not counting the head) will be under water.
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Try the rotor stroke. This is when you move one foot clockwise and the other counterclockwise. This is a very difficult stroke technique, but it saves a lot of effort.
Benefit: If you can master this technique, you will save a lot of energy.
Disadvantage: This is a very complex technique and many people need to practice long and hard to master it.
Adviсe
Relax and save energy. The longer you need to stay afloat, the more energy you will expend and the more likely hypothermia.
The more salt and sugar in the water, the easier it is to stay afloat.
If necessary, use watercraft. They won’t help you adjust to stay afloat.
After training, it will be easier for you to keep your body on the surface of the water.
If you are swimming and tired, try swimming without using your legs.
Warnings
Always swim with a buddy.
If you just learned to swim, don’t try to surprise someone (for example, to swim without arms, legs, etc.).