Basics of Starting 101 for Coaches

This course is tailored to any swim coach looking to continue furthering their technical knowledge and education. Our goal is to help you advance your program and get your swimmers faster, sooner.

32 Lessons

34 Videos

Coaches

Skill Level

4 Hours

Duration

English

Language

Overview

Learn the basic needs to GREAT Swim Start. In this course, we will be breaking down the Swim Start into 3 modules: The Setup, Arm Throw, and Dive Entries. Included in each module is different video analyses of different swimmer’s starts. Videos include starts from age-groupers all the way to our Olympians. Completing this course will give you a better understanding of the different arm throwing styles, how to setup for the best start possible, and what is the easiest way to understand if your dive entry was great! There are over 32 lessons in this course, including module quizzes and 1 final exam.

Completing This Course Will Help You

The 5 Arm Throwing Styles
What the BEST Setup is On the Block?
The Non-Negotiables You MUST See before Jumping
My Favorite Drills I Use to Teach FASTER Swimming Starts

Course Content

The Setup

Categorizing Styles of Starts

Track Vs. Grab Starts

Feet Setup

Arm Setup

Start Setup Analysis

How Much Force Does Each Start Generate?

The 4 Requirements of a Great Start Setup

Start Analysis: Katie

Start Analysis: Kaylee

Start Analysis: Feet Too WIDE

Start Analysis: Mitch

Start Analysis: Sam 1 Quiz

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Lesson Content

Arm Throw Styles

Butterfly Start & How To Teach It

Which Type of Start Should I Use?

Butterfly Start vs. Slingshot Start

Butterfly Start – Video Example Brad Tandy

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What people are saying

"My coaching colleague recommended this course to me and it has been a great learning experience. I have been struggling to make my swimmers understand how many pieces there are to a start. After watching and going through this course, I have new ideas and ways to explain all the components of a swimming start to all my swimmers. I started using some of these drills and coaching cues at practices and have seen some of my athletes already improving!"

"This course is awesome! I have never seen more detailed explanations of Start Fundamentals anywhere else online. Not only has this improved my own starts, but it has helped the little kids I coach as well. I teach for a learn-to-swim program and at the highest level - we teach them how to start. It was a struggle for me to explain in ways they would understand at first, but going through this course has helped me break down the steps of a start into solid, bite-sized chunks so I'm more proficient at teaching it. Some of the explanations from this course I learned, I use while on deck with my swimmers!"

"All throughout high school I had really poor start form. I thought it was something I didn’t need to work on that much, because I am a distance swimmer. However, I am really short, so every start I would come out of the water behind others. I randomly came across this start course and decided to try it out. It’s such a great course and helped me not lose so much distance from my starts. Definitely recommend!"

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