Swimming butterfly effectively is all about rhythm and timing and maintaining a great body fulcrum and body line. It is the most complicated stroke in swimming and often feels unnatural to beginners.

By breaking the stroke into its components, Coach Holloway explains how to teach each part of the stroke until it feels natural to the swimmer and then how to put the components together for a stroke that has great power and rhythm. He teaches drills at high speed so swimmers can translate the feel of the drill to race conditions. He also teaches drills with resistance so the swimmer can feel where in the stroke they are weak or are letting the water "slip."

Body Line
The first crucial component of great butterfly is finding and holding the right body line. Holloway uses five drills with a focus on kicking and eye placement to create the correct body position to help swimmers maximize efficiency and minimize drag. Drills are performed with a flutter kick to enable the swimmer to work on holding a low body line to minimize drag, and with a fly kick to build power. Alternating the two kicks helps the swimmer capitalize on the powerful wave motion of fly without creating too much resistance for maximum sustainable speed.

Catch
The catch is a critical stroke component that sets up the power phase of each stroke. During this segment of the video, five drills are used to enhance proper hand entry placement in the catch phase while maintaining a flat body line. Drills like "Block Drill" and "Alligator Drill" are effective for swimmers at all levels when learning the proper high-elevation set up for a powerful pull.

Timing
Perhaps the most difficult part of butterfly to master is the timing. Great timing is critical as it provides maximum power in a fluid motion. Two surf drills help swimmers develop timing. The first, "Surf Chin Drill," helps the swimmer know when and how to take a breath in the stroke. The second, "Surf Hip Drill," helps get the eyes back to the bottom of the pool with the second kick, which helps the swimmer return to the ideal line as quickly as possible after the breath. The "Explode Drill" helps build the kicks, especially the second kick, so it's helpful for building timing but also to work the exit kick for great breakouts off starts and turns.

The Kick
In butterfly, it is a common mistake to only use one kick or only focus on kicking in one direction. The first and second kick should be of equal size and power, and both kicks should generate as much distance and force in both the up and the down kick. Coach Holloway shows the "Wall Kick" and the "Fish Kick" drills which emphasize the feel of kicking in both directions. He also reviews how his kick training transitions as the season progresses.

Speed
Once all of the butterfly stroke the components come together it's time to focus on speed. Here Coach Holloway uses five drills to build hand and foot speed without sacrificing efficiency. His swimmers learn how to add more force per stroke to increase speed.

Starts
Learn start methods for both a traditional block and a block with the back foot wedge. Holloway details the set up position for the track start beginning with a solid base and with the swimmer in a comfortable, stable position. Foot positioning is discussed along with ideal leg angles.

You'll also learn strategies for leaving the blocks in a position that lines up the body for a low resistance entry into the water. With an established start technique, Holloway proceeds to connect the great dive with the butterfly stroke, which includes carrying the speed and power from the start entry into a fast and powerful kick-out and stroke breakout.

Turns
The challenge of the turn is trying to carry speed from the swim into the wall and reverse direction without sacrificing speed. Staying on a line into and out of the wall is critical. He teaches how to best use the head and shoulders to generate speed in the directional change.

Race Finishes
Coach Holloway's motto for efficient butterfly finishes is, "do not finish into resistance." To accomplish this goal it is imperative to teach the swimmer to stay on a `line' rather than finishing down and then into the wall. Holloway offers simple tips for teaching the swimmer how to finish on a full stroke.

Conclusion
Perhaps the most useful segment of the video is the conclusion. Coach Holloway and swimmer Barrett Miesfeld discuss the changes Barrett made that made him a championship-caliber collegiate swimmer. Before attending North Carolina State, Barrett was an Arizona State Champion and had attended Jr Nationals and Sr Nationals. Despite his previous success, Barrett was willing to make changes to his stroke to go even faster. He discusses how he learned to engage his mind in his swimming. This increased his speed, but it also helped him tune out distractions at meets because he learned to focus on technique in practice.

Using the techniques and drills on this video, you can help your swimmers establish a low-resistance body line and use power intelligently to create force within a fluid motion for maximum sustainable speed.

103 minutes. 2015.

Understanding the key components of a fast and powerful breaststroke will allow you to work the varied styles of breaststroke you see within your team.

Coach Ray Looze describes and illustrates technical aspects that create a successful breaststroke. This includes body position, kick, arm pull, timing, head position, rhythm and other Indiana secrets and strategies.

Each component of the breaststroke race is performed by Big Ten Record Holder in the 100, 200 breaststroke and 200 IM, Cody Miller. Above and below water video footage of Miller, also recognized as a 3x NCAA All American and current US National Team member, provides elite level feedback for what every movement or stroke technique should look like.

Coach Looze provides comprehensive instruction and video illustrations that will teach you how to improve speed, power, breath control, motor memory and mechanics necessary for achieving personal best times.

Pullout
Optimize pullout speed and efficiency by learning to maintain a good connection between core and arm musculature and by avoiding the classically taught hourglass pull. Coach Looze shows drills that will help improve timing and power by coupling the pull to a forceful body dolphin kick. He includes detailed demonstrations on deck for optimal streamlining with the hands at the side. You'll see how proper head/hips relationship facilities streamlining and maintenance of speed generated by a forceful pullout.

Kick
Proper hip, knee and ankle positioning throughout the kick cycle is discussed and modeled to show how to improve body line, and catch the maximum amount of water possible with the feet and legs. Coach Looze shows five drills that will streamline your body, increase ankle speed, feel for the water with the feet, and breath control. Common errors are discussed and demonstrated to provide better understanding for improving your breaststroke kick.

Arm Pull
Coach Looze continues perfecting the swimmers body line, timing, speed, and power with nine drills to help swimmers learn how to develop a powerful, wide and shallow pull with three distinct options for achieving a fast arm recovery.

Turns
Learn how the modern method for breaststroke turns was influenced by Cody Miller at Indiana University. Miller's "Side Turn" quickly puts the swimmer onto the stomach for a faster straight line and non twisting position from which to push off from the wall. Watch as Miller demonstrates and Coach Looze talks through this unique and highly effective turn technique.

Starts
Develop an athletic body position by connecting the core to the block. Coach Looze shows how to use the rhomboid and trapezius muscles to assist with a quick, powerful and streamlined dive. Drills are provided to assist with developing a powerful, quick downward body line resulting in a smooth and streamlined entry.

Full Stroke Swimming
Learn practice sets and drills for improving posture, streamlining, breath control, and fast recovery. Included are methods for assessing the pull and kick portion of the stroke separately to discover strengths and weaknesses. Looze shares how he creatively trains his breaststrokers for maximizing speed in breaststroke sets. Common errors are also illustrated to improve the swimmer's ability to recognize weaknesses and address them with pertinent drills which are provided throughout this comprehensive video.

Finish
Attention to stroke count and judging distance from the wall are important variables for attaining a solid breaststroke finish in stride. Learning to utilize a "punch out" finish when necessary is demonstrated as well.

Coach Looze shows a variety of drills and key elements of breaststroke that a coach can take to any level of swimmer to gain improvement in their breaststroke performance. This video is a must for all swimmers who are serious about improving their breaststroke.

81 minutes. 2015.

In his coaching career, Whitney Hite has worked with some of the best coaches in the sport: Eddie Reese, Teri McKeever, Jack Baurle and Frank Busch. Adding nuggets from these coaches into his own philosophy, Hite delivers a comprehensive look at the most critical components of good backstroke technique.

You'll gain insights into the fundamental elements of fast and efficient backstroke, including the key ingredients that all great backstrokers have in common. Hite also addresses the variations between great backstrokers - from high power 50 and 100 backstrokers who kick out and swim at a higher tempo to the swimmers who may be more adept for the 200 backstroke and a bit slower tempo.

Coach Hite stresses the importance of good head position, developing great underwater dolphins, a steady flutter kick, and good tempo. He describes the three phases of the pull, including the catch, the pull pattern and the water exit/entry.

Throughout the video, Hite uses three swimmers of different sizes and abilities to show that all builds of swimmers can learn a style of backstroke that is right for them.

Dolphin Kick
To generate as much speed as possible coming off the walls, Hite pays particular attention to the vertical dolphin kick. He discusses its importance and emphasizes critical techniques for maximizing the kick. Swimmers demonstrate the "6 Second Blast," a vertical kicking drill designed to generate as much speed and power as possible using the underwater dolphin kick.

Pull
In this segment, you'll see a variety of drills focused on the pull.

• "Single Arm Backstroke" and "Lane Line Pull" drills are used to develop a good pull pattern.
• The "Double Arm Drill" helps with hand entry position.
• "Up Top Scull Drill" establishes a strong catch.
• "Spin Drill" encourages hand speed.

Together, these drills help coaches teach swimmers all aspects of a fast backstroke arm action.

Starts
Backstroke starts are unique to swimming, and Coach Hite has all three swimmers demonstrate their technique. He discusses the challenges taller swimmers have getting close enough to the wall. The goal is to create a start that is out, not up, for the fastest start with the cleanest water entry. Slow motion video shows the essential techniques for creating the strongest starts. He also discusses backstroke turns and has the swimmers show how they get into the tightest possible ball at the wall to create a faster turn.

Arm Cadence
You'll also learn how to use the tempo trainer to help swimmers find and develop a fast and efficient cadence. The goal is to find each swimmer's ideal cadence for each backstroke racing distance. Learn how you can challenge the swimmer by setting tempos that are faster to encourage a faster cadence or slower to improve distance per stroke. By using tempo training, coaches can spot weaknesses in a swimmer's stroke and help to continually improve upon a swimmer's strengths.

In clear, concise language Coach Hite describes the key elements of backstroke and breaks down the drills and tools he uses to develop NCAA Champion backstrokers at the University of Wisconsin.

42 minutes. 2015.

David Marsh guides you through the drills and techniques he uses to develop athletes of all levels - from beginner to world-class caliber. With the assistance of Olympic silver medalist Nick Thoman, Coach Marsh provides an in-depth look at everything from the basic fundamentals of the stroke to important details that can be easily overlooked. Coach Marsh and Thoman focus on all aspects of the stroke; body positioning, rotation, hand entry, catch, and kick. They each share drills to enforce each of these elements.

You will see over 30 drills that address every aspect of the latest techniques for swimming fast backstroke. HD underwater footage gives you a view of the stroke from all angles. Coach Marsh details each drill, explaining how and why to do it and what coaches and swimmers should look for as the stroke is being executed. He also introduces drills that can be done with a partner or using simple equipment (from kickboards to soda cans) to add variety and fun to a workout while enhancing technique, addressing stroke flaws and building endurance.

The drills in this presentation give athletes several different ways to improve each essential skill. Coach Marsh begins with a comprehensive drill progression that athletes can use to perfect each aspect of the stroke. He demonstrates drills designed to establish the correct body position and rotation for controlled efficiency- a powerful, hip-driven stroke. He offers a variety of drills for building the new high, fast catch and a pull with a strong tie to core body strength.

In addition, Coach Marsh details the underwater body dolphin, backstroke breakouts and world-class backstroke finishes. The presentation ends with Thoman swimming full stroke at two different tempos while Coach Marsh reviews the characteristics of world-class backstroke.

Though some of these drills may be familiar, plenty of new tips and techniques are covered. Coach Marsh's belief that there is always more to learn makes this presentation indispensable for all levels of swimmers and coaches.

BONUS
Listen in as Coach Marsh individually conducts backstroke diagnostics with developing club swimmers - who he is working with for the first time - using SwimMac's Endless Pool. This unique bonus feature allows you to watch Coach Marsh evaluate and diagnose the stroke and evaluate, correct, teach, and enhance it. This session demonstrates that the concepts he uses with his elite swimmers can be used with younger, developing swimmers.

43 minutes. 2014.

In Underwater Swimming - The Fifth Competitive Stroke, Richard Quick discusses the fact that in many competitive races today, up to 60% of the race can be done underwater! Quick presents drills and skills that will equip you to take your swimmers' underwater capabilities to a new level. This video begins with Coach Nelms in the classroom, explaining with fantastic illustrations just how Posture, Line and Balance are factors in wall push-off set-ups for successful underwater swimming by learning to utilize what he calls the "Power Triangle." In the pool, Quick shares Posture, Line and Balance skill development of body undulation on the front, side, and back positions. He continues with incorporating these skills into drills that are designed to teach swimmers how to successfully use body undulation in their push-offs through full stroke breakouts for fly, back and free. Quick also shares the nuances of "fish swimming," and how to apply it to fly, back and free and then demonstrates the use of several pieces of training apparatus including: Front snorkel, monofin, short fins. Excellent instruction!

41 minutes. 2003.

Winning butterflyers move through the water smoothly with perfect posture, and a surging power that is magical to watch. Swimming top caliber butterfly is accomplished by establishing a perfect bodyline, balance, length, power and timing.

Swim Like a Champion - Butterfly takes you 'inside the minds' of two of the world's most successful butterflyers: Claire Donahue and Tyler McGill. They are expert clinicians and are proficient at breaking down the components of their strokes in a way that any level of swimmer can understand.

Donahue and McGill dissect the butterfly stroke into components and demonstrate drills to improve whatever is needed for your individual stroke. They articulately teach what they think about in the water and how they make a "connection" between every part of their body to establish the perfect movements necessary for the best butterfly. You will also learn how to bring explosiveness and power to your starts, turns, breakouts and finishes.

Never before has a video been able to capture the intangibles of swimming flawless butterfly in a more explicit way. The use of many simultaneous cameras - including underwater and overhead - give an unrivaled, helpful perspective of what every movement and every stroke should look and feel like! Unscripted insight and candid observations from Donahue and McGill make the time spent with this video as valuable as any instruction you've ever had.

You will view this video again and again. You will begin to feel and internalize what you are doing in the water and will want to watch, compare and incorporate what you see into your own stroke.

Enjoy and "Swim Like a Champion!"

95 minutes. 2014.

In Turns for all Strokes, Coach Richard Quick, continuing the Posture, Line and Balance theme, takes you through learning/drill progressions for all competitive swimming turns. Coach Nelms follows with a classroom session where he explains and illustrates just how posture, line and balance are a factor in turns and wall push-offs by explaining and illustrating what he calls the "Power Triangle." Quick begins with a series of drill progressions methodically building long axis turns beginning with freestyle followed by backstroke. Prior to his progression drills to build a long axis turn, Quick first teaches how to spin a fast summersault. He then incorporates the components of the long axis turn with a progression of: Approach, submerging, the summersault, wall set-up, push-off utilizing the power triangle, balance-up and the breakout. For the short axis turns, Quick begins with teaching a backward spin/summersault, the basis of the short axis turn and follows with a progression of: Approach, backward spin/summersault, wall set-up, push-off utilizing the power triangle, balance-up and the breakout. Quick then teaches all of the Individual Medley turns, dividing them by long axis and short axis approach turns. Turns for all Strokes is enhanced with the combination of above-water and underwater footage and is a must for any coach and/or swimmer looking to dominate the walls.

72 minutes. 2003.

Excellent, Six-part Video - Contents include:

• Part 1: Detailed 12-drill progression. Included in this progression: push-offs, the spin, getting a breath, "unfolding" after the spin to get the body into an ideal streamline push-off position on the wall, and the full turn itself.
• Part 2: Nine drill progression beginning mid-pool and progressing through a full turn and breakout.
• Part 3: Marsh applies the freestyle progression to the backstroke including the approach, turn, push-off, and the kick-out.
• Part 4: Using a telestrator, Marsh takes you through a detailed breakdown of a Breast, Fly, Back and Free turn.
• Part 5: Marsh shares innovative techniques he has used to teach the turn as well as training innovations he has devised to incorporate turning drills in workout.
• Part 6: Marsh's methodology and technique expertise on each of the IM turns including the back to breast crossover turn along with the traditional back to breast "open turn."

With expert demonstration provided by Auburn NCAA 200 IM Champion Lionel Moreau and underwater and slow motion footage of each skill, "this video is the swimming coach's encyclopedia for teaching turns"!

76 minutes. 2004.

Guy Edson is an ASCA Level 5 Age Group Coach and a long time clinic speaker on all things related to age group coaching. In this clinic presentation, he arms you with the tools you need to create the most productive age group specific workouts possible.

Edson believes that to create a well thought out, goal based plan you need to develop workouts by objective rather than by yardage, while at the same time integrating your personal training philosophy to create a system that works for you.

This DVD provides tools to create workouts that produce greater results and an environment that is more fun for coaches and swimmers. This, in turn, leads to greater job stability and greater support of your age group program.

Edson's workout design process is targeted to swimmers ages 9-12, but the system also works well for younger developmental swimmers and developmental high school groups. Edson's goal-based plan is centered on meeting the physiological, psychological and developmental needs of the age group swimmer.

Edson presents nine basic components of an age group workout that include aerobic base conditioning, awesome kicking, learning how to race, long quality swims and sprinting. These components meet the technical aspects of skill development, while mixing in competitiveness and fun. Each component is explored in detail with examples. He also looks to cycle "points of focus" into workouts based upon specific periods of the season. This leads into a segment that assists a coach in creating a seasonal plan based upon objectives. In turn, the seasonal plan becomes a road map for workout construction.

Edson details 20 ideas for writing and running a great practice. These ideas come from years of hands on age group coaching experience and serve as an invaluable guide to creating, executing and coaching a great workout. These ideas include a discussion of how to group swimmers, working with a wide range of abilities, how to be creative, how to incorporate your assistant coaches, and how to end practices with something exciting. Edson includes a segment on how to write various types of sets including straight stroke sets and complex sets that offer greater variety and more relevance to racing or stroke development.

Included throughout this presentation are invaluable tools to engage your swimmers and create high productivity and more enjoyment both for the coach running the workout and for the swimmers.

This program is an essential tool for all coaches wanting to improve the efficiency of their workouts.

59 minutes. 2011.

This is one of the most uniquely informative freestyle technique DVDs that has ever been produced.

Ian Pope dedicates this presentation to comparing and contrasting the technical nuances of the distance freestyle of three-time Olympic Gold Medalist Grant Hackett to that of Australian sprinter Matt Targett, a 2008 Olympic medalist and NCAA champion at Auburn. Both of these greats swam under Pope.

Pope's nine-part instruction focuses on:

• Body Alignment - Learn the ideal body positions for overall freestyle success, which includes etching the most efficient body "line" possible. To train this ideal position, Pope includes drills for both the sprint and distance events.
• Kick - Pope compares and contrasts the powerful sprint kick that Targett incorporates to that of the 2-beat and sometime 4-beat kick that Hackett uses to maximize energy output in the distance events. Pope also touches on the need for the distance swimmer to finish with an aggressive 6-beat kick.
• Contrasting Sprint and Distance Arm Strokes - Take a critical look at the more open recovery that many sprinters like Targett have implemented into their strokes. He compares this technique to the traditional lower high elbow and relaxed recovery of Grant Hackett.
• Stroke Timing Differences - Pope shows each swimmer's ability to hold pressure on the water while each uses different timing in the stroke to achieve maximum efficiency for their respective events.
• Drills to Improve Freestylers - Learn 10 drills you can use to teach a powerful and efficient freestyle stroke.
• Breathing Timing - Pope breaks down the essentials to breathing at the most ideal time in the arm cycle, while maintaining technical efficiency.
• Starts - Every phase of a great freestyle start is included: block foot position, block balance, preferred hand position and grip, what the hands and arms do, what the feet and legs do and how to attain maximum drive off of the block into a great breakout. Get relay change over instruction that shows two different styles of the relay take offs.
• Turns - Pope demonstrates his proven 4-step sequence for teaching a great freestyle turn. Included is the approach into the wall, the planting of the feet, the push off and streamline off of the wall. He then shows the breakout and breakout stroke.

As an added bonus, Pope works with a small group of young swimmers to demonstrate several drills in skill areas that pose the greatest coaching challenges.

Order now and start putting Pope's experience, success and wisdom to work for your team!

50 minutes. 2011.

The unique achievement of Australian world championship Coach Ian Pope in his Championship Productions swimming instruction video is to acknowledge and highlight the differences between sprint freestyle technique and championship form in distance swimming. In this amazing video, Pope utilizes two of the great swimmers from Down Under: distance champion and multiple record setter Grant Hackett and sprint champion Matt Targett. Pope highlights the differences in body alignment, kick, arm recovery, high elbow, glide, stroke timing and breathing patterns that are unique to fast swimming at the different distances. Both the underwater and above water videos clearly show what coach Pope is explaining - and in a way that coaches and swimmers watching this video can understand and apply in the pool. To assist the coach and swimmer he also includes 10 drills that sensitize the swimmer to maintaining correct body alignment and stroke mechanics. This is the only video available that differentiates the different techniques and explains why a sprint style stroke will result in a fatigued swimmer in a longer race and why a distance stroke cannot generate sufficient power to win in the shorter sprints. Most American college and high school coaches focus on sprint technique almost exclusively because meets are in a short course pool and have so many freestyle sprint events. Coach Pope has coached many world class long course distance swimmers and is clear that there is a difference in techniques. This is a great swimming instructional video that can lead to faster swimming for both freestyle sprinters as well as the middle distance and long distance swimmers in your program.

Roy Pinchot,
Previously, Captain, Northwestern Swimming;
Currently, Germantown Masters Swim Team, Maryland

A great turn helps you take your momentum into the wall and carry speed and power off of it. Three-time Olympic coach David Marsh demonstrates the skills and drills he uses to help swimmers of all levels maximize their turns. Using on-deck analysis and footage above and below the water, he breaks down the components of fast, efficient turns and transitions, and then puts them back together.

Long Axis Turns
Coach Marsh starts with a drill progression for teaching the tight, fast spin needed for effective turns. He provides long-axis, turn progression drills for freestyle and backstroke. The progression starts with the approach, progresses through the turn and into the breakout. This progressions builds low, narrow, tight turns that take advantage of the swimmer's speed into the wall. It also enables the swimmer to use their core body strength to get off the wall and into the ideal body line as quickly as possible and with minimal energy.

Short Axis Turns
Peter Verheof, a former world-class butterflyer and recent U.S. Olympic assistant coach, joins Coach Marsh as they show how to build short-axis (butterfly and breaststroke) turns. They teach the turn from the three-stroke approach all the way through the breakout. As in the free and back turns, the result is a tight, fast turn that uses core body strength and a quick return to the ideal body line for the fastest, most efficient turn possible.

IM Turns
Finally, Coach Marsh covers IM turns, emphasizing the backstroke to breaststroke transition. He describes the balance of safety and speed he looks for from swimmers of different experience levels. He describes how elite swimmers use the challenging back-to-breast crossover turn, breaking it down with drills and a variety of camera angles. He also addresses how coaches can help younger swimmers build toward that turn.

Order now and start using the skills and drills from this presentation to turn walls into a competitive advantage.

37 minutes. 2014.

In this 3-part DVD Hedrick shares a progressive system of drills, skills and instruction for teaching and coaching the forward start. Hedrick's drill system can easily be implemented with large numbers of swimmers of varying ability levels.

• Part 1, Deck Drills, includes a six-drill kneeling dive progression, a three-drill agility progression and an eight-drill standing dive progression. Hedrick then shares a "false dive" series that drills the set up and initial body movement of the track start followed by water entry dives from the deck. All of the deck drills are taught and demonstrated using a 13 & 14-year-old swimmer, followed by large group demonstrations with swimmers of varying ability levels ranging from ages 6 to14.
• In Part 2, On the Blocks, Hedrick shares individual technique instruction (with demonstration) of three track start techniques, each differing in the set up i.e., body position and arm movement.
• In Part 3, Relay Take-offs, Hedrick shares the basics for teaching the arm swing step-up relay start with foot placement/sequence variations that include: Two feet back to a one front foot takeoff, two back-two front, and one back-two front.

64 minutes. 2006.

Efficiency, not raw power, is the key to a quality breaststroke. In this presentation, legendary swim coach David Marsh shares effective drills for achieving maximum speed by building the breaststroke around a strong body line. With the assistance of Micah Lawrence, a member of the 2012 United States Olympic team, Coach Marsh demonstrates all aspects of the stroke from the fundamentals to the critical details that can easily be overlooked. Now, you can use Marsh's tips and techniques to develop a powerful, masterful, and efficient breaststroke.

Breaststroke is one of the most unique swimming strokes. Using drills that Coach Marsh has developed along with drills he has learned from elite U.S. and international coaches and athletes, Marsh breaks down the stroke into individual parts to strengthen the athlete's technique. He incorporates advanced drills to put the stroke back together. These drills focus on all aspects of the stroke, including the streamline, hand cycle and kick.

Coach Marsh begins by examining the components of an ideal breaststroke kick. Watch as Lawrence demonstrates her world-class breaststroke kick and the drills that build each component of it. Next, Coach Marsh concentrates on the pull, using drills to build strong, fast sculling capability and to address common pull flaws. Lastly, he looks at the full stroke breaststroke, showing swimmers and coaches alike how to connect the kick and pull through the breaststroke line for maximum speed.

Whether you are a coach or a swimmer, you'll feel like Coach Marsh is personally coaching you as he shares the how and why of each drill, as well as key things to look for as it's being executed. Coach Marsh encourages coaches and swimmers to be creative with equipment available on most pool decks-from kick boards to parking cones-to safely add the resistance that the swimmer needs to build power, heighten water sensitivity, and correct stroke flaws.

These dryland and pool exercises and drills combine to build the critical element of a fast breaststroke-a long, straight body-line that runs from the tips of the fingers through the crown of the head and down to the toes. The drills in this presentation helped Lawrence become a world-class breaststroker and they will help you improve your breaststroke, too!

BONUS
In an Endless Pool bonus session, you will see Coach Marsh dissect the breaststroke of some of his developing swimmers from SwimMAC Carolina. The uniqueness of this session allows you to watch a master technician take the drills and concepts that he used throughout the presentation and effectively evaluate, teach, and correct the strokes of his developing swimmers. The Endless Pool creates a one on one coaching session that is up close and highly effective. This segment is an invaluable lesson on how to teach the breaststroke.

63 minutes. 2014.

Swim faster, more efficient breaststroke!

Kelly Kremer details the techniques you need to to swim championship-caliber breaststroke. Demonstrating the stroke for Coach Kremer are two NCAA Champions: Jillian Tyler (NCAA Champion 100M Breaststroke) and Haley Spencer (NCAA Champion 200M Breaststroke). These two champions offer a fantastic contrast of styles that Kremer highlights throughout the presentation.

The initial part of the video focuses specifically on forward movement in breaststroke and how to improve that aspect of the stroke. Kremer shows a drill sequence that breaks down the components of forward movement in the stroke in a sequential order that builds the stroke segment by segment. Kremer presents five drills that focus on the breaststroke pull that progress from pull only through pulling with varying flutter, butterfly and breaststroke kicks that combine to teach effective stroke tempo.

In the second part of the video, Coach Kremer shows the vital parts of an effective kick using dry land and water based demonstrations and drills. He describes the components for a forward focused kick with an emphasis on how to effectively finish the kick. This segment features a 4-drill sequence that adds proper body positioning to the kick. This sequence helps train the breaststroker to maintain proper body line and head position with a flat and forward focus. Kremer ends this segment of the presentation with a timing drill that connects the pull and the kick.

Kremer includes the pullout, turns, starts and race specific elements for success. Once again the use of two different types of swimmers give coaches the tools to fine tune technique for a variety of swimmers who skills and talents are different. Kremer also provides a common errors segment, where he identifies seven common breaststroke errors. Each error is demonstrated and corrected with precise, corrective feedback.

This is one of the most complete breaststroke videos you can buy - great for swimmers and coaches alike. Swimmers will not only gain information by watching this video, they will hear about and see the "feel" that great breaststrokers need to be successful. This is a great resource for drills and it will serve as a great tool for recognizing and correcting stroke mechanics.

87 minutes. 2012.

David Marsh is a world-class coach and stroke technician who has won 12 NCAA championships and coached numerous Olympians. In this presentation, Coach Marsh shares essential drills for helping swimmers and coaches develop a masterful butterfly. With the assistance of an elite-level swimmer, Coach Marsh starts with the basics of executing the whole of the stoke correctly and then progresses to more advanced drills that work on timing, rhythm and power.

The butterfly is one of the most difficult strokes to learn and master. With Coach Marsh's "Press and Release" drill progressions, you can overcome the challenge by developing correct body position in the water. These drills teach athletes that the more they press and release the chest without using a power driving kick to create speed, the more potential there is for faster performances.

Today's best flyers have a flatter stroke that stays more connected through the pull. Coach Marsh's pulling drills emphasize an early high elbow catch that accelerates as the hands move under the body, which is very similar to a freestyle-pulling pattern. The goal is to land the stroke in no more than four inches of water.

The timing of the breath is one of the hardest aspects of the stroke to learn. Correct timing involves getting a breath early in the stroke and staying low to the surface of the water. To help swimmers learn this technique, Coach Marsh uses a "Triangle Drill." This drill teaches swimmers to breathe early in the stroke and to keep the head from staying up too long.

This comprehensive presentation teaches the stroke using very basic drills for beginners and drills for developing power in the stroke for more advanced swimmers. By practicing these drills regularly, athletes will learn the proper timing of the butterfly stroke and will develop a more efficient and effective stroke.

BONUS
Watch as Coach Marsh shares a teaching session he conducts with some of his younger SwimMAC athletes. You will see Coach Marsh work his technical magic as he shows how the drills and technical nuances he uses with his professional swimmers are just as effective with his developing athletes. The Endless Pool creates an intimate teaching situation. Swimmers watch themselves in the bottom mirror and get immediate feedback on the technical aspects Marsh presents to them.

53 minutes. 2014.

Freestyle is the stroke every competitive swimmer must master. Ohio State Coaches Bill Wadley and Bill Dorenkott show you drills to develop the elements of fast freestyle in all of your swimmers, and then add the styles and techniques individual swimmers need to master swimming for every athlete, at every distance.

This presentation begins with a detailed demonstration of how to attain the proper body position for successful freestyle. The common theme that both Coach Wadley and Coach Dorenkott profess is that of finding ways to increase propulsion and decrease drag. Attaining a long position that is stabilized with the core will assist greatly in drag reduction.

To enhance the swimmers feel for attaining an ideal body position while moving in the water, a series of 12 kicking drills are demonstrated to maximize pull in the power zone. Drills for sprint and distance freestylers build core power for every stage of the stroke cycle

The drill progression builds on the kicking and core body series, adding strength and timing in the pull, from catch to recovery. The coaches discuss characteristics of a great freestyler, and adaptations coaches must make for differences in swimmers. Drills develop optimum hand placement, catch, pull, and recovery. An "open arm pit" drill series follows that is designed to train a "full arm full or water" catch position with an open arm pit. This high elbow catch with hip rotation style keeps the pull in the power zone - an out-front, open-armpit pull. This is an essential skill, particularly for sprint freestylers, for establishing an ideal catch position.

Dorenkott and Wadley then follow with an additional 25 propulsion drills that combine to train proper body position while training the catch, pull, finish and recovery. Emphasis is placed on front quadrant (asymmetrical) freestyle with good length and line-up - especially for your mid to long distance freestylers. Included in these drills is a "hip slide" sequence that a hip dominated swimmer can implement to enhance his or her natural stroke tendencies.

In all, nearly 40 drills, skills, and innovations are packed into this presentation that combine to create a highly efficient stroke that enhances propulsion while continuously decreasing drag. The benefit of having two DI head coaches and exceptional demonstrators make this product unique. Underwater footage enhances the instruction.

As a swim coach, I am always interested to find the most up-to-date principles in how to swim the four competitive strokes as efficiently as possible. Coach Wadley and Coach Dorenkotts' Freestyle DVD not only did a terrific job of explaining the techniques used in the freestyle stroke but also they provided excellent freestyle drills to reinforced these concepts. I will be getting the whole set of instructional DVDs, which will be all I need.
- Coach Bod, Houston, Texas

67 minutes. 2013.

World renowned swim coach Ian Pope presents the technique, drills and skills he uses to train world class swimmers. Pope acknowledges that this stroke is perhaps the most difficult to coach as the key to success hinges upon great timing and good technique.

Pope starts his breaststroke analysis by showing how to attain the proper body balance to produce a forward-focused stroke. From the streamlined body position, he details the arm action sequence that is necessary to anchor with the hands and arms that allows for the connection from the core through the body. Pope presents the concept of driving the core to the hands from the anchor position on the insweep before releasing the hands into the stroke recovery.

Pope next dissects the hand, head and body connection that allows the swimmer to drive forward on a straight line back into the base starting position of the stroke. This stroke analysis provides the base for the drills that train each aspect of the stroke.

Pope then takes you through a detailed seven-part demonstration of the breaststroke:

• Arm Action Drills: Get a 10-drill progression for the arm action of the breaststroke that will assist your swimmers in developing a better feel for the stroke.
• Kicking: Pope provides an on-deck demonstration of the key components of the breaststroke kick, showing how to maximize power in the movement. He demonstrates 13 drills to train and enhance the kick.
• Timing: Pope shares strategies to enhance flow and length of the stroke.
• Starts: Learn the mechanics of the block start along with the nuances for the breaststroke-specific start.
• Underwater Pullout: Maximize your power and distance of off of starts and turns.
• Turns: See a three-drill progression to teach the breaststroke turn. These drills reinforce a tight, tuck-fast spin incorporating quick hand action. All essential skills for a fast breaststroke turn.
• Finishes: Pope teaches the techniques for a favorable finish position.
• Speed Development: Pope shares techniques he uses to train breaststroke speed before reviewing all aspects of the full stroke.

Pope concludes the DVD by going on deck with a group of young swimmers to show how he approaches teaching breaststroke to age groupers. This segment offers a great look at implementing drills and techniques to effectively teach and coach less experienced swimmers.

Ian Pope has coached world class swimmers such as Marieke Guerher, Michael Klim, Matt Welsh, Grant Hackett, and Matt Targett. Now you can bring Pope's proven techniques to your pool!

47 minutes. 2011.

Guy Edson is an ASCA Level 5 Age Group Coach and a long time clinic speaker on all things related to age group coaching. In this clinic presentation, he arms you with the tools you need to create the most productive age group specific workouts possible.

Edson believes that to create a well thought out, goal based plan you need to develop workouts by objective rather than by yardage, while at the same time integrating your personal training philosophy to create a system that works for you.

This DVD provides tools to create workouts that produce greater results and an environment that is more fun for coaches and swimmers. This, in turn, leads to greater job stability and greater support of your age group program.

Edson's workout design process is targeted to swimmers ages 9-12, but the system also works well for younger developmental swimmers and developmental high school groups. Edson's goal-based plan is centered on meeting the physiological, psychological and developmental needs of the age group swimmer.

Edson presents nine basic components of an age group workout that include aerobic base conditioning, awesome kicking, learning how to race, long quality swims and sprinting. These components meet the technical aspects of skill development, while mixing in competitiveness and fun. Each component is explored in detail with examples. He also looks to cycle "points of focus" into workouts based upon specific periods of the season. This leads into a segment that assists a coach in creating a seasonal plan based upon objectives. In turn, the seasonal plan becomes a road map for workout construction.

Edson details 20 ideas for writing and running a great practice. These ideas come from years of hands on age group coaching experience and serve as an invaluable guide to creating, executing and coaching a great workout. These ideas include a discussion of how to group swimmers, working with a wide range of abilities, how to be creative, how to incorporate your assistant coaches, and how to end practices with something exciting. Edson includes a segment on how to write various types of sets including straight stroke sets and complex sets that offer greater variety and more relevance to racing or stroke development.

Included throughout this presentation are invaluable tools to engage your swimmers and create high productivity and more enjoyment both for the coach running the workout and for the swimmers.

This program is an essential tool for all coaches wanting to improve the efficiency of their workouts.

59 minutes. 2011.

Coach Richard Quick's start drill sequences are designed have the swimmer enter the entire body through the "hole" in the water and carry that speed into the stroke. Beginning with the forward start, Coach Quick leads his young demonstrators through a series of kneeling drills before moving up to the actual block start position. Quick utilizes the track start that affords maximum stability on the block and allows a quick take off. Quick then shares a lead up sequence for the backstroke start that is designed to get the hips over the water on the start before moving to the full backstroke starts. In the Turns segment of this video, Quick begins with turns for free and backstroke. Starting with the basics of body rotation, Quick progresses through a series of drills that result in teaching a swimmer that the tighter you can tuck the faster you can spin and the faster the turn. Quick also shares free and backstroke breakout strategies that include both a dolphin kick breakout and a flutter kick breakout. Quick then moves into turns for the breaststroke and butterfly. He builds the turn from the basics of teaching body rotation along with mid pool drills that require a tight tuck and fast spin before teaching the full turn at the wall for fly and breast. Quick teaches the basics of the breakouts for fly and the breaststroke and includes detailed instruction on how to do an efficient pullout. Quick then goes through all of the turns for the individual medley.

58 minutes. 2006.

This video outlines upper body and lower body conditioning programs specifically designed for divers. Huber discusses the importance of early season physical preparation for diving success and how to integrate conditioning into a weekly program. Elite divers are shown demonstrating each exercise. Particular attention is given to demonstrating plyometric exercises such as box jumps, step-ups, and lunge jumps.

2001 50 minutes.

MD-01537B: with Dr. Jeff Huber,
Indiana University Men's and Women's Head Diving Coach;
2008, '00 & '04 U. S. Olympic Diving Coach,
2005 NCAA National Women's Diving Coach of the Year;
13 X Big Ten Coach of the Year,
8 X US Diving National Coach of the Year
and USOC National Diving Coach of the Year

Dr. Jeff Huber discusses and demonstrates dryland drills divers can practice to learn and improve skills related to springboard diving. Drills that teach specific skills and provide for a quick transfer of learning to actual dives are outlined and demonstrated by elite-level divers. These drills help teach skills such as the forward hurdle, backward press, take-off, come-out, and entry. Drills used here are ones divers can perform without the aid of special equipment.

2001. 43 minutes.

MD-01537C: with Dr. Jeff Huber,
Indiana University Men's and Women's Head Diving Coach;
2008, '00 & '04 U. S. Olympic Diving Coach,
2005 NCAA National Women's Diving Coach of the Year;
13 X Big Ten Coach of the Year,
8 X US Diving National Coach of the Year
and USOC National Diving Coach of the Year

This is a great resource for coaches and divers to carefully review the specific mechanics for all aspects of diving. Elite divers demonstrate the forward hurdle, backward press, forward entry, backward entry, and all the voluntary and optional dives that are performed in competition. Each demonstration is accompanied by a brief discussion of the main points of focus.

2001. 34 minutes.