Butterfly

Did you know that butterfly came from breaststroke. The kick consists of an up and down motion and is kind of a cross of a mermaid kick and a dolphin kick. It is actually called the dolphin kick. They are very small, very fast kicks in which you keep your legs and feet together and move them up and down. With the pull you need to make sure to lead with your wrists when you recover. When you pull down through your thigh you make an S figure with your left arm and a backwards S figure with your right arm with your elbows slightly bent. Then you snap through to your thigh from about half way through. When you recover you bring your arms out of the water and lead with your wrists and then when they are stretched out you put them back in the water keeping your elbows strait the entire time of recovery. When you do the entire stroke make sure to have only 2 dolphin kicks per stroke, 1 when your hands enter the water and 1 when your hands leave the water.