• In the two-beat kick, kick once every time each of your hands enters the water.
• Quickly extend your loose knee and flick your toes as your hand enters the water.
• The goal of the two-beat kick is to accelerate the switch movement with the toe-flick.

Two-beat kick movement

Preparation

• Place your feet in the gliding position. It is called the home position.

Initial action

• Loosen your knee.
• As a result, the heel will rise.

Main action

• Quickly extend your knee and flick your toes when you insert your hand into the water.

Final action

• The leg is raised by the recoil from the water, and the waist on the other side is lowered.

Steps to acquire skills for two-beat kick

Connecting body rotation and toe-flick

• Understand the toe-flick action of pushing water with the instep of the foot by quickly extending the knee.
• Use the toe-flick to rotate your body.

Connecting hand entry and toe-flick

• Flick your toes as your hand enters the water.
• Create the flow of motion that your body rotates with the toe-flick while you insert your hand into the water.

Advanced Two-beat Kick Skills

Changing the timing of the flick

• Flick your toes when you extend your inserted hand.
• By delaying the timing of the flick, you can increase the time for gliding.

Gaining the effect of leverage

• Using your toe-flick as leverage, quickly extend your inserted hand.
• A smaller kick width provides more propulsion.