Great work, Kyle and Bryce! I’m a masters triathlete but I have become hooked on backstroke during the triathlon off-season over here in Sweden. It is such a fun stroke and there’s always something to improve. Thanks for these great tips and all the best to both of you. Go Bears!

@KyleMillis

2 жыл бұрын

It’s the best stroke in my opinion haha! Thanks for the support and Go Bears

Incredible! I am from Spain and that's a huge help. Keep doing this please!

@KyleMillis

2 жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it!! More in the future!

Please do a video on the recruiting process and what it takes to go to a school like Berkeley. Great video!🔥🔥

@KyleMillis

2 жыл бұрын

In the works!!

Your vids just keep getting better and better, good job on this one

@KyleMillis

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much!! Glad you enjoyed it!

Thanks for sharing, Bryce seems really cool, keep the videos up!

@KyleMillis

2 жыл бұрын

He’s a great training partner and friend, very cool!

Great content Kyle - not only serious coaching tips from you and Bryce but also fun to hear his impressions from the Olympics. Can't wait to jump into the pool and work on my backstroke! Please cover flip turns and stramline next time!!!

@KyleMillis

2 жыл бұрын

His perspective is very awesome to hear! Glad you can work on your backstroke now! More on flip turns and streamline in the future

Quite useful, thank you~~~

Great video. Go Bears!!!

@KyleMillis

2 жыл бұрын

Go Bears!!

Fantastic! Please do more of these!

@KyleMillis

2 жыл бұрын

More on the way with some very famous people, don't worry!

Very nice useful vedio for back stroke swimming

@KyleMillis

Жыл бұрын

Very useful, glad you learned something new!

How’ve you been! I’m waiting for this kind of video! To be honest, i wanna see you swimming! Take care of yourself dude

@KyleMillis

2 жыл бұрын

Well why see me swimming when you can see Olympian Bryce!!

Really interesting drill and technique tips .. Thank you

@KyleMillis

2 жыл бұрын

Glad you like it!

Fire concept

@KyleMillis

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks! Maybe more will follow

Really nice....keep updating ......love from India

@KyleMillis

2 жыл бұрын

Will do, glad you enjoy the content

Thanks for the tips, I'm Maddux a 10 years old and just competed in the central CA Junior Olympics this past weekend for the 50 and the 100 backstroke and I made the finals for both of the races.

@KyleMillis

2 жыл бұрын

Congrats on your success, keep it up!! Go Bears

Awesome vid

@KyleMillis

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much!!

Kyle, thank you for this video. I coach a lot of jv level high school swimmers so these are very helpful to me. I am semi-connected with the Cal Bears. Connor Hoppe is from my local area and have watched Bryce and his brothers since his high school days in Sacramento. I look forward to other videos. One problem area for me is teaching butterflyers to get that dolphin motion when they swim. Would love to see some tips on that.👍

@KyleMillis

2 жыл бұрын

Definitely could do something like this in the future!!

HUGE help. Thanks for that!

@KyleMillis

2 жыл бұрын

Glad you liked it!! I can do more of these with my other teammates

@fiftyfreestylin

2 жыл бұрын

@@KyleMillis Really liked the pointers regarding the catch( wider entry), touching the shoulder to chin on warm up ( rotation) and 2,2,2.

@KyleMillis

2 жыл бұрын

@@fiftyfreestylin for sure, that’s really important

Backstroke is my worst stroke so this is helpful

@KyleMillis

2 жыл бұрын

But you’re the king of freestyle so it works out!! That IM will come together in no time!

Thanks for this video! Great tips. I am a breaststroker and would love to hear some advice from Cal swimmers! Thank you so much!

@KyleMillis

2 жыл бұрын

Maybe I can do a breaststroke one in the future!!

@jasonli3134

2 жыл бұрын

@@KyleMillis that would be awesome!

🐐

@KyleMillis

2 жыл бұрын

You da man!!

my name is Mark.I coach from Turkmenistan.Thank you for video !

@KyleMillis

2 жыл бұрын

Of course! Glad you liked it

NOICE!

@KyleMillis

2 жыл бұрын

Noice!! Go Bears!

How did you get into Berkeley? What steps did you take in order to get accepted ? What exactly do they look for ?

@KyleMillis

2 жыл бұрын

I can do a whole other video on this especially relating the the recruiting process but I had good grades and an ACT in high school so when my swim coach reached out to me, he wasn’t concerned as the athletic department gives assistance

What’s your best advice for those underwaters at the end of the race that just kill. How do you guys push through that feeling when you push off the wall and start kicking and you’re like ope not working right.

@KyleMillis

2 жыл бұрын

I might be making a video on that later but the only way to improve underwaters is to practice it until you are uncomfortable

Could you do one on free and fly?

@KyleMillis

2 жыл бұрын

More in the future for sure! I have tons of skilled teammates

Next up Björn!

@KyleMillis

2 жыл бұрын

That would be a good idea!!

Can you help me please? When I do backstroke I get tired really fast idk why?

@KyleMillis

2 жыл бұрын

Try working on your aerobic training as well as underwaters

Well, I do swim some of this. One thing that seems to differ from one swimmer to the next is that some pull, using bent elbow, in more of a straight line through, and you seem to arc up a bit and then finish with a down push. Any comments?

@KyleMillis

2 жыл бұрын

I don’t know exactly what you mean by arc up a bit but I can say that a bend elbow is critical but it’s all about the angle of the elbow that it is bent at. Making sure that you are still holding water is key

@robohippy

2 жыл бұрын

@@KyleMillis Oh, got distracted by life...... Anyway, maybe it is like freestyle, some advocate a straight path pull, and some say the S shaped pull works better. For most backstroke videos I have watched, most pull in more of a straight path. In this video, the swimmer starts with what I consider a good depth and about 45 degree shoulder roll, then his hand and arm trace a vertical S shape. Start at proper depth, then arcs up close to the water surface, than drops down again for the finish of the arm pull. I did see one video where the coach actually taught it that way. I have always been curious as to why almost all backstrokers finish with that little wrist flip by rotating their hand over so that all the energy from that last wrist action goes straight down to the bottom of the pool, rather than keeping the hand more vertical and finishing that push against the leg. With freestyle, you want the fingers/hand pointed to the bottom of the pool for the entire arm pull, but with back stroke, they don't seem to do the same thing.

Ayooo I have exclusive rights to Bryce for content you gonna have to take this down for copyright purposes!

@KyleMillis

2 жыл бұрын

Well I’ll be looking forward to your Bryce video

I'm 16 backstroker and my height is 177cm (5'10ft) am i too short to make the Olympics do i have a big disadvantage ?

@KyleMillis

2 жыл бұрын

Never count yourself out because of your height or any sort of disadvantage you might think you have! My teammates aren’t all giants, you are taller than some of them and they are world class athletes

@elwadhani5594

2 жыл бұрын

@@KyleMillis really needed to hear this and it gave me more hope thanks i really appreciate it 👍🏽

As a 200 breaststroker I'm garbage at backstroke.

@KyleMillis

2 жыл бұрын

Well, I hope that these tips help improve that!

Pebs should have worried more about his backstroke than his pronouns. He can't even crack the top 3 backstrokers at Cal any more.