Breaststroke Technique & Underwaters Swim Clinic (Ages 7 to 9)
Saanich Commonwealth Place
4636 Elk Lake Dr,
Victoria,
BC V8Z 3J2
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Introduction
Fitter & Faster is producing a Competitive Enrichment Swim Clinic for swimmers ages 7 to 9 at Saanich Commonwealth Place on Vancouver Island, BC, on September 28, 2024! Please click here for the swim camp page for ages 10 & over!
COMPETITIVE ENRICHMENT SWIM CLINIC: BREASTSTROKE & UNDERWATERS - Saturday, September 28
This Competitive Enrichment Swim Clinic is ideal for young swimmers (ages 7-9) looking to enhance their breaststroke technique and learn to create faster, more efficient underwaters.
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 12 PM, Camp 12:15-2:15 PM
Suggested Participants
Our top priority is to provide a world-class learning experience for all participants at all of our camps. This clinic is designed for swimmers ages 7 to 9. Participants will range from one-year of competitive swimming experience to AAAA times and faster. If you are the parent of a child under the age of 7 and would like for your child to be considered for this camp, please complete this questionnaire. If you are the parent of a child over the age of 9, CLICK HERE for the swim camp page for ages 10 & over.
Curriculum
Cultivating good habits in breaststroke swimming is crucial from the moment your child learns the stroke. Even at a young age, practicing the right techniques can significantly improve their efficiency, power, and overall times. During this session, your swimmer will focus on strengthening their bodyline, catch, kick, pull, and underwaters.
- BODYLINE: A breaststroke race is going to be fastest with a proper bodyline. Even the slightest adjustment of the chin, neck, and/or back can make a huge difference. Elite breaststrokers focus on minimizing drag by “catching water” on their hands and feet as quickly as possible, so they can shoot back into a “straight bodyline” where they can glide at top speed.
- KICK: The kick creates a lot of the power in breaststroke. Swimmers need to keep their knees high in the water and snap their feet quickly around and back to create a powerful kick. Our clinicians will work with participants to strengthen their kick for the ultimate propulsion forward!
- PULL: The name of the game in breaststroke is to create as much propulsion as possible in the pull while minimizing resistance… and then quickly getting back into a straight bodyline to establish a high speed glide. Participants at this session will focus on setting up a proper "catch" and keeping their hands and elbows high on the water throughout the entire pull. The techniques your swimmer will practice will minimize resistance and enable them to maintain forward momentum for the fastest breaststroke.
- TIMING: Fast, flowing breaststroke is the result of proper timing between a swimmer’s hands and feet. Establishing proper timing in your swimmer’s breaststroke will allow for more fluidity, power and speed. Participants in this session will learn how elite swimmers time their breaststroke for ultimate efficiency and the fastest 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.
- NUMBER OF UNDERWATER DOLPHIN KICKS: Figuring out the optimal number of kicks off each wall, for each race, is essential to fast swimming. Elite swimmers want to spend only the absolute necessary amount of time underwater to establish speed with each length. They want to avoid losing their breath and taking weak kicks.
- 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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