Past Clinic: Fast Starts, Underwaters & Breakouts For Ages 6 to 8 Years Old
Regency Estates Swim Club
11511 Gainsborough Rd,
Potomac,
MD 20854
A description of what was covered at this past clinic is below the upcoming clinics.
Upcoming Swim Clinics and Camps
Within 250 miles of Potomac, MD.
Past Clinic
Introduction
Fitter & Faster is producing a swim clinic for summer league swimmers ages 6 to 8 years-old at Regency Estates Swim Club in Potomac, MD on June 1, 2024!
FAST STARTS, UNDERWATERS & BREAKOUTS SWIM CLINIC (Ages 6 to 8)
If you are looking for the swim camp page for ages 9 to 12, click here!
Scroll down for details on the curriculum!
-> Availability in each session is limited to 24 participants to ensure the highest level learning experience.
SESSION START TIME: Check-in: 10:15 AM, Camp: 10:30 AM-12 PM
Suggested Participants
Our top priority is to provide a world-class learning experience for all participants at our camps. This camp is for swimmers between the ages of 6 and 8. If you are looking for a clinic for competitive swimmers who are older than 8, please CLICK HERE!
Curriculum
FAST STARTS, UNDERWATERS & BREAKOUTS
Get ready for the MCSL summer league season! Participants will work on essential summer league skills including side-of-the-pool starts, underwaters and breakouts! By refining these skills, swimmers will be fully prepared for faster racing in the upcoming summer league swim season!
- SIDE OF THE POOL STARTS: For a fast start from the side of the pool, swimmers must position themselves correctly on the edge. Elite clinicians will guide participants in achieving optimal body positioning for quick reaction times and maximum speed.
- WATER ENTRY: Starting the race with a smooth entry into the water will boost your swimmer's speed and carry the momentum generated off the block or wall. Becoming skilled at the water entry is crucial for any start and significantly contributes to your swimmers' overall race!
- 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.
- INITIATING UNDERWATER DOLPHIN KICKING: Top age group and elite swimmers maximize their streamline on every single lap. They don’t start their underwater dolphin kicking while they’re still achieving maximum speed in their streamline! They also don’t want to start the underwater dolphin kicking after their streamline has begun to slow. Your swimmer is going to learn how to time when to begin their underwater dolphin kicking.
- POWERFUL UNDERWATER DOLPHIN KICKING: There are a few different techniques that swimmers use when underwater dolphin kicking. The common theme of these techniques is that the best swimmers kick up and down with equal power. We will show your swimmer the different techniques that elite swimmers use and teach them how to implement.
- BREAKOUTS: Many swimmers add movement within their breakout that creates drag and destroys all of the speed created during their underwaters. Participants will work on timing their breakouts to explode into each lap.
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!
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