STARTS & TURNS TIPS

Starts - Teach yourself how to dive to begin your swim

Perfect your swimming starts and turns with easy-to-follow online lessons. Whether you’re a beginner learning your first dive or an experienced swimmer refining flip turns, these tips will help you move faster and more efficiently through every phase of your swim.

Block start

Freestyle, Butterfly, Breaststroke

• Lesson 1: Proper body position and sitting dive
• Lesson 2: Standing dive drills
• Lesson 3: Which foot forward
• Lesson 4: Reaction time and push off the block
• Lesson 5: Water entry, underwater kick and breakout
• Lesson 6: Track start vs. Grab start
• Lesson 7: 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, Individual Medley)

• Lesson 1: Introduction to wall turns (coming soon)
• Lesson 2: Top tips for faster wall turns
• Lesson 3: Breaststroke pullout
• Lesson 4: Back to Breast Turn for Individual Medley