The streamline kick helps you focus on keeping your core engaged while kicking. Kick on your stomach with your arms in a streamline in front of you. The rapid movement of your kick can cause instability in your upper body, which causes resistance and loss of power.

How to do it 

• Use a snorkel and start kicking in a streamline position


• Place your hands on top of each other, lock your head in between your arms and engage your core by pulling in your belly button


• Stretch out your upper body as much as possible


• Look straight down the bottom of the pool and start to kick

Focus points 

• Stretch your upper body while kicking and pull in your belly button to engage your core


• Keep your shoulder still and face down during the kick


• Breathe easily through the snorkel

Coach tip

The streamline kick is a basic drill that helps you to maintain your streamline while swimming. Put on fins to speed things up and alternate this drill with swimming freestyle.