The hand enters the water with the leading. The catch position is with the hand positioned and deep from the body. The head must remain throughout the stroke. The hand up and out of the water from the wide and deep position. This helps produce greatly increased propulsion.
Recovery position has the hand and arm over the while in the air.
The is the first part of the hand to exit the water. Breathing is of no importance in backstroke technique. Backstroke is swum predominantly on the back. Describe a teaching progression for the arm action in backstroke. The backstroke kick is positioned than the freestyle flutter kick.