front float

Face-down water position

A front float is a basic swimming position where the body lies face-down in the water with arms and legs extended, staying buoyant without active movement.

It's typically one of the first skills taught to beginning swimmers, helping them become comfortable with putting their face in the water and trusting their body's natural buoyancy: Practice your front float before we move on to kicking.

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learning to swim · backstroke · buoyancy · relaxation · starfish · horizontal · body position · arms extended · surface · holding breath · lesson · breath · belly · face-up · streamline · kick · glide · flutter kick

Opposites
body orientation in water

front floatback float

Buoyant supine position

survival float

swimming activity type

front floattreading water

Staying afloat vertically

diving · freestyle · swimming · swimming stroke · breaststroke

Family

front, float, fronts, fronted, fronting, frontal, frontage, frontline, frontward

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