Competitive Enrichment Swim Camp & Video Filming and Analysis (Ages 7 to 10)
Houston Swim Club - Sharpstown
8307 Augustine Dr,
Houston,
TX 77036
Introduction
Fitter & Faster is producing a Competitive Enrichment Swim Camp and video filming & analysis sessions for swimmers ages 7 to 10 at the Houston Swim Club - Sharpstown in Houston, Texas, on November 29 & 30, 2025! This transformative and engaging camp is designed to help young swimmers build foundational competitive skills, boost their confidence, and foster a lifelong love for swimming. Below, you'll also find links to additional swim camps for swimmers of other ages in Houston.
UNDERWATERS & TURNS SWIM CAMP (Ages 7 to 10)
-> DAY 1 (Saturday, November 29): The Fifth Stroke - Underwaters
-> DAY 2 (Sunday, November 30): Flip Turns, Open Turns & Finishes
VIDEO FILMING & ANALYSIS
November 29, 2025: Provide your swimmer with the chance to receive professional video analysis of their stroke, just like the pros. Choose to have one stroke filmed and analyzed with a single registration, or save by selecting the Camp + Video Bundle, which includes both days of the swim camp along with filming and analysis of all four strokes.
Click the “Curriculum Menu” below for details on each swim camp and video sessions.
-> Availability in each swim camp is limited to 24 participants to ensure the highest level learning experience.
ADDITIONAL SWIM CAMPS IN HOUSTON:
-> Ages 10 to 12
Select a curriculum below
UNDERWATERS & TURNS SWIM CAMP: November 29 & 30, 2025
Fast turns and strong underwater movements are essential for swimming faster and doing well in races. Top swimmers use the walls to push themselves and keep their speed going into the next lap. In this two-day camp, we’ll focus on helping your swimmer improve their turns and underwater skills, making them more confident and ready for faster races! This swim camp will be led by elite clinician Youssef Elkamash!
- DAY 1 (Saturday, November 29): THE FIFTH STROKE - UNDERWATER DOLPHIN KICKING: In the first session, our expert coaches will help swimmers improve the fastest way to move through each lap: streamlines, underwater dolphin kicks, and breakouts. Perfecting these skills helps reduce resistance in the water and makes swimming more efficient, which leads to faster times and better performance!
- Streamline: The streamline - when done properly - is the fastest a swimmer travels while in the water. Proper streamlines are even faster than underwater dolphin kicking. Even the most elite swimmers in the world are constantly working on improving their streamline. Your swimmer will get tips to improve their streamline and a better appreciation of what they need to do on every single wall in practice and in races.
- Starting Underwater Dolphin Kicking: The best swimmers make sure they are moving fast in their streamline before they start kicking. They also wait until they have the most speed before they begin kicking. Your swimmer will learn how to time their underwater dolphin kicks so they can start at just the right moment.
- Powerful Underwater Dolphin Kicking: Swimmers use different ways to kick underwater, but the key is to kick strong and evenly. We’ll show your swimmer how to kick with power to go faster and teach them the techniques that top swimmers use.
- How Many Underwater Dolphin Kicks: Knowing how many kicks to take off each wall is essential for swimming fast. The best swimmers only stay underwater as long as they need to build speed without wasting time or getting out of breath. Your swimmer will learn to find the right number of kicks for each race.
- Breakouts: Many swimmers make extra movements when they start swimming again after their underwater kicks, which slows them down. In this session, your swimmer will practice timing their breakout to start each lap quickly and keep their speed.
- DAY 2 (Sunday, November 30): FLIP TURNS, OPEN TURNS & FINISHES: Fast turns and finishes are key to swimming faster and winning close races. The best swimmers don’t just use the walls to turn around—they use them to build speed for the next lap. Top swimmers always work on their turns and look for ways to get even better. In this session, your swimmer will learn how to improve their turns and finishes, which are important in every race and practice!
- Momentum: The fastest swimmers use the walls to help them speed up and keep going into the next lap. Many swimmers slow down as they approach the wall, which stops their momentum. We’ll teach your swimmer how to approach the wall at full speed and keep that speed going into the turn.
- Flip Turns: Flip turns are a great way to get more speed in the middle of a race. When swimmers slow down or do the flip wrong, it slows them down coming off the wall. We’ll work with your swimmer on doing fast, smooth flip turns so they can push off the wall with maximum speed.
- Open Turns: Swimmers who do butterfly and breaststroke use the speed from their last lap to get even faster on the next lap. Their open turns are more like quick pivots instead of regular turns. Your swimmer will learn how to do these fast open turns to keep their speed up.
- Streamline, Underwater Dolphin Kicking, Breakout Progression: In this session, swimmers will continue working on the techniques they learned on Day 1, like streamlining, underwater dolphin kicking, and breakouts to build even more speed.
- Finishes: A strong finish can make the difference between winning and losing a race, and it starts well before the swimmer reaches the wall. Many races are decided in the last few strokes. Your swimmer will learn how to set up for a fast finish and be ready to explode when they’re still 10 yards away from the wall!
VIDEO FILMING & ANALYSIS: November 29, 2025
Since so much of the stroke happens below water – it is incredibly important to see what’s going on below the surface! Small adjustments to your stroke can lead to big time drops! This is your opportunity to get beautiful footage of your stroke and get analysis from an expert… and you can review with your coach as well!
- YOUR ELITE STROKE ANALYZER: Coach Colby spent 13 years working with America's top swimmers and coaches at USA Swimming Championship meets. He provided them with feedback and detailed video analysis of strokes and races. Now, he will do it for you!
- ANALYSIS: Our Fitter and Faster expert will use a video analysis application to record their comments on your technique. They will use slow motion, pause the video at specific points, and draw on the swimmer's video all while explaining where opportunities for improvement are. Each stroke will have approximately 3 to 5 minutes of expert commentary that you can review with your coaches at home!
- DRILL RECOMMENDATIONS: You will receive recommendations for drills to correct the technique of each swimmer.
- SIGN UP: Select to have one stroke filmed. Or, SAVE by choosing to have all four strokes filmed. The "multi-stroke options" are for individual swimmers and cannot be split.
- ARRIVING AT THE POOL (Retain your order number): You will receive an e-mail approximately one week before the filming session with the specific time for your swimmer to check in, warm up, and be filmed. Please retain your order number - this is how swimmers will be identified on that schedule. When you arrive at the pool, you will be greeted by Fitter & Faster staff who will provide you instructions on the filming process.
- WARM UP: Participants will have an opportunity to warm up before filming.
- FILMING: Our camera operator will have you swim two 25s at a strong pace of each stroke purchased (1 stroke or all 4 strokes). The filming of each stroke will take about three minutes. The video will capture a side angle and a front angle below the water to get an accurate view of your technique.
- SESSION LEGNTH: Depending on the number of strokes you are getting recorded, your session time will run between 5 and 15 minutes.
- TIMELINE: All videos will be analyzed and returned within 14 days of the camp. The analyzed videos along with the original video will be sent via email for you to keep!
SESSION START TIMES:
- DAY 1: Check in 3:45 PM, Camp 4-6:30 PM
- DAY 2: Check in 11:45 AM, Camp 12-2:30 PM
- Depending on the number of strokes you are getting recorded, your session time will run between 5 and 15 minutes.
- The Video Filming & Analysis session is separate from the swim camp. Camp registration does not include this session.
- You will receive an email a week before the filming session with the specific time for your swimmer to check in, warm up, and be filmed.
- NOVEMBER 29, 2025: Swimmer's scheduled time will be between 9-11:30 AM.
- Elite Video Filming & Analysis is for ALL swimmers ages 7 & Over.
ASK QUESTIONS
Swimmers and parents are invited to ask the clinicians questions during a Q&A session. Gain insight into their training regimen, diet and nutrition, and recovery tactics.
WATCH THE CLINICIANS
Observe clinicians swim at full speed and demonstrate a progression of perfectly executed drills to achieve powerful, efficient and fast swimming.
PUT YOUR SKILLS TO THE TEST
Throughout the camp, swimmers will practice what they've learned with some of the world's most elite Swimmer Clinicians and coaches!
Take a photo, get autographs, and chat with your clinicians!
Youssef Elkamash
Youssef Elkamash is an Egyptian swimmer who has represented his country in the African Games and World Championships. He swam in college at Indiana University where he was a NCAA All-American, and continues to compete following his collegiate career due to his love for the sport. Youssef likes teaching Fitter and Faster camp participants about proper body alignment and helping them understand their unique body position in the water. He also focuses on technical skills that will make athletes more efficient in the water.
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