On Ground:
1. From Hip, Legs straight and toe outward: Key for effective kicking while learning to swim is to kick from the hips with legs straight and toes pointed straight outward. Start this off from
ground, let the feet’s ankle help you to keep the toe pointed outwards, straight out and opposite. This should feel like a strech at feet’s ankle and leg’s femer. Now with legs straight, WITHOUT ANY BEND ON THE 
KNEE, start kicking from off the Hip. Straight and upward, 5 sets and 15 Reps. Bending legs from the knee creates a negative thrust from water thus reducing swimmer’s speed for forward motion. Hence, make sure the legs are as straight as possible right from hip to streched out ankle.INSIDE WATER:
2. Float and Kick: Floating from Day 1, is now to be combined with Kicking on Day 2. Stay aflot, HOLD YOUR BREADTH INSIDE WATER, head fully immersed and start kicking. Kick
from your hips, Legs straight and Feet streched out, toes pointing fully outward. An outward toe, provides an positive thurst from water, enabling a swimmer to get that extra drag to glide forward (may be this helps in increasing swimming speed). Remember the key for effective kicking is Not to bend from Knees, but to start out from Hip, Legs Straight and Toes fully Outward. 
Repeat this for as many times as possible, may be 10-20 laps, back and forth sides of the four-feet pool. Be sure to halt your feet on the ground, to break or gasp for breadth.Floating and kicking oneself forward may sound like a leap, especially on Day 2. But, if tried, real-time, it would be evident that this is but a varitaion to Gliding. Intent here is not to move forward at a schumacher’s Speed. It is to get comfortable is floating and “Gently/Smoothly” gliding forward via leg kicks. Kicking oneself forward while gliding forward in water, is also a proven Ab Workout. 30-40 mins of this aqua excersice, sure, shreds out considerable chunk off one’s flab.
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