“I can swim, but I get exhausted so quickly.”

If you can swim a few lengths of the pool but feel exhausted when you finish, there are probably some inefficiencies in your swimming stroke. We will teach you the principles of aquatic breathing, balance, side streamlining and undulation, swimming long and tall, and creating propulsive forces against the water. By learning to move you body through the water more effectively, you will be able to swim faster, further and with less effort.

Many of you are lap swimmers or triathletes who will want to work solely on your Freestyle; our Freestyle 1 clinic is a great place to set up a solid foundation for swimming. You also should consider taking our Swim Mechanics 101 and Swim Mechanics 102 classes where you will not only learn the same content as in the Freestyle 1 class but you’ll also pick up the basics of Backstroke and Breaststroke. Sometimes swimmers pick up on one of the other strokes faster and begin swimming with relaxation sooner than Freestyle. Furthermore, no one will disqualify you in a triathlon or think less of your continuous mile swim if you mix other strokes in. In fact, you’ll be making your training more interesting while becoming more versatile and resilient at the same time.

The goal of this sequence is first to get you moving through the water with less resistance and effort and greater relaxation and then on to moving through the water with more speed and propulsive force. Your track is (click on any class for a more detailed description and registration):

• Basic Track: Swimming Foundations
  • Level 2:  Advanced Swimming and Safety Skills (Freestyle/Backstroke Foundations)
  • Level 3:  Stroke Development I (Freestyle and Fitness Strokes)
• Advanced Track 1: Triathlon and Advanced Freestyle
  • Freestyle 1
  • Freestyle 2
  • Freestyle 3
  • Open Water Skills
  • Triathlon Swim Training
• Advanced Track 2: Fitness Swimming
  • Level 4:  Stroke Development II (Backstroke, Breaststroke, and Butterfly)
  • Level 5:  Stroke Refinement, Starts, and Turns I
  • Level 6:  Stroke Refinement, Starts, and Turns II (Swim Training Essentials)

We’ve taught many students using this track including Justin, a triathlete. Justin joined CBD wearing a nose-clip and swimming a Half-Ironman in an hour and 12 minutes. Since taking our Freestyle 1 clinic and training in our group practices, Justin raced a Half-Ironman in 40 minutes, – a 45% improvement! And we’re proud to say, he’s hung up the nose clip.