Swimming Advice: Starts & Turns

Starts - Teach yourself how to dive to begin your swim

Block start

(Freestyle, Butterfly, Breaststroke)

• Lesson 1: Proper body position and sitting dive
• Lesson 2: Standing dive drills
• Lesson 3: Reaction time and push off the block
• Lesson 4: Water entry, underwater kick and breakout
• Lesson 5: Track start vs. Grab start
• Lesson 6: Improving your track start

Water start

(Backstroke)

• Lesson 1: Introduction to the backstroke start (coming soon)

Turns - Teach yourself how to make a turn during your swims

Flip turn

(Freestyle, Backstroke)

• Lesson 1: Proper body position
• Lesson 2: Flipping at the wall
• Lesson 3: Submarine, feet on wall and breakout

Wall/Open turn

(Breaststroke, Butterfly)

• Lesson 1: Introduction to wall turns (coming soon)
• Lesson 2: Top tips for faster wall turns
• Lesson 3: Breaststroke pullout

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