A type of swimming stroke which, along with front crawl, breaststroke and backstroke forms the four core strokes which are used in medley races at swimming competitions.

Butterfly is probably the most difficult stroke to master. It requires coordination, strength, flexability and good cardiovascular fitness. Without one of these four elements you may find that after just one length of butterfly you will be gasping for air while wondering how much dilute infant urine you have just ingested.

If you still fancy trying this stroke and are crazy enough to rely on the information from a peer managed collabarative database to teach you how to go about it then try this;

butterfly stroke