Dry-land Pull-down Exercise

Before going into the water, you should learn the arm pull on dry land. Demonstrate the exercise to your child. Start standing upright with your arms stretched upward, the hands resting one on top of the other. Then the elbows are pushed slightly outward to the sides and the forearms are angled so that the palm faces the floor. In this elbows-forward position the elbows should ideally not lose any height. Then pull the whole arm downward, as if pushing the water away. The elbows move toward the body once they are lower than the shoulders. As soon as the elbows have reached the body above the hips, the forearms are pushed backward by the triceps. The explanation is relatively complicated. It is best to watch the video and try to copy the arm pull on dry land as faithfully as possible.