Fly Away: The Butterfly Stroke
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Provides basic instruction for swimming the butterfly stroke. Presents a model for teaching and coaching progressive stroke development from simple to complex movement sequences: body position and undulation, arm action, breathing action, leg action, body streamline, and turn-finish action. Incorporates adaptations from ballet, gymnastics, and track and field to help develop and refine stroke technique.
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Runtime: 49 minutes 17 seconds
- Topic: Careers, Education, Sports and Recreation
- Subtopic: Athletics, Physical Education, Physical Fitness, Sports and Games
- Grade/Interest Level: PT/TT
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- Release Year: 1995
- Producer/Distributor: Human Kinetics
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