Help swimmers master butterfly with clearer, more effective teaching language

Butterfly can be one of the most difficult strokes to explain. Swimmers need to understand the body wave, coordinate both legs together, match the arm action, fit the breath into the stroke and bring everything together in one smooth rhythm.

Phrases for Teaching Butterfly gives swimming teachers practical, poolside-ready cues and alternative ways to explain the stroke when the usual instruction is not working.

Inside, you'll find different ways to teach:

✓ Body movement and position
✓ Body wave and undulation
✓ Dolphin kick
✓ Butterfly arm action
✓ Pull and recovery
✓ Breathing
✓ Two kicks to one pull
✓ Timing and coordination
✓ Whole-stroke butterfly

When one explanation doesn't connect, this book gives you another way in.

Say it differently. Help it click.

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Download a free sample and see how the Butterfly Phrase Book works before you buy.

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What’s inside?

Every teaching goal gives you a range of different ways to communicate the same skill.

You'll find:

✓ Direct cues for swimmers who need clear, simple instructions

✓ Gentle and reassuring phrases for swimmers who need confidence

✓ Playful and imaginative language that makes movements easier to picture

✓ Feel-based explanations to help swimmers connect with what the movement should feel like

✓ Rhythm and sequence cues to improve timing and coordination

✓ Alternative wording for swimmers who are nervous, rushing or not understanding

Each phrase is designed to be short, practical and easy to use during real swimming lessons.

When your usual words aren't working

Sometimes a swimmer knows what they are trying to do, but the instruction you are giving simply isn't connecting.

Repeating the same phrase louder or more often rarely solves the problem.

A different image, action, rhythm or sensation can make the same teaching point suddenly make sense.

Instead of repeatedly saying:

“Make a body wave.”

you might try:

• “Move like a dolphin.”

• “Chest, hips, feet.”

• “Let the ripple travel through you.”

• “Start the movement higher up and let the feet finish it.”

The teaching goal stays the same.

Only the route into it changes.

Practical phrases for common butterfly problems

Use the book when swimmers:

• make the body too stiff

• kick mainly from the knees

• allow the legs to separate

• make the dolphin kick too large

• struggle to move both arms together

• force or rush the arm recovery

• finish the underwater pull too early

• lift the head too high or for too long

• lose the second kick

• rush the whole stroke

• allow breathing to interrupt the rhythm

• struggle to put the whole butterfly stroke together

The Quick Phrase Finder also gives you fast alternatives for common problems when you need an idea quickly on poolside.

Perfect for

✓ Swimming teachers working with beginner and improver swimmers
✓ Teachers introducing butterfly for the first time
✓ Teachers helping swimmers develop better rhythm and coordination
✓ New teachers building their poolside teaching language
✓ Experienced teachers looking for fresh ways to explain familiar skills
✓ Anyone who finds themselves repeating the same butterfly cue without getting the result they want

Want to see inside first?

Download a free sample and see how the Butterfly Phrase Book works before you buy.

PREVIEW THE BUTTERFLY PHRASE BOOK

Your digital edition

Approximately 50 pages

✓ Instant PDF download
✓ Mobile, tablet and desktop compatible
✓ Easy to keep available for lesson planning or quick reference
✓ Part of The Swimming Teacher’s Phrase Book Series

Use the phrases exactly as written, adapt them to your own teaching style, or use them as inspiration for developing your own personal phrase bank.

Say it differently. Help it click.