frog kick

Breaststroke leg motion

A frog kick is a swimming stroke where the legs bend at the knees, spread apart, then snap together in a motion resembling a frog's propulsion through water.

It's the signature leg movement in breaststroke and is also used in underwater swimming and scuba diving for efficient, controlled movement: She practiced her frog kick at the shallow end.

swimming

breaststroke

Arms circle, legs splay

  • propulsionForce driving movement forward
  • glideMove with effortless continuity
  • strokeSudden brain blood blockage

underwater · pool · technique · lap · swimmer · thrust · streamline · drill · timing · coordination

diving

scuba

Portable underwater breathing gear

wetsuit · flippers · underwater · dive · reef · marine · submerge · mask · tank · regulator

flexibility

hip

Fashionable or pelvic joint

mobility · knee · ankle · rotation · extension · abduction · suppleness · limberness · warmup · range

Categories
Opposites
leg movement pattern in swimming

frog kickflutter kick

Alternating leg strokes while swimming

scissor kick · dolphin kick · whip kick

Family

kick, frog, frogs, kicking, kickoff, kicked, kicker, kickers, kickoffs

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Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Rated G