**Improve Your Speed into the Wall**

 

How do you handle the last 3 yards into each wall (and into the finish)?  Are you drifting in, losing speed and momentum?  Are you maintaining your speed?  Are you accelerating slightly, gaining momentum and getting maximum speed and advantage on each wall?  Join us for a discussion that could be your game changer for 2026.  

 

**Monday**

**Denniston Turns & Pullouts:  Step #1 – The Approach**

Speed in equals speed out. It’s the key concept for improving your walls, and no one demonstrates it better than Dave Denniston.

<https://www.goswim.tv/lessons/880-step-1-the-approach>

**Tuesday**

**Open-Turn Sequence: Open-Turn Sequence Step #1**

One secret to maintaining speed into the wall is to hold your LINE.  The easiest way to imprint this is to start with open turns -- in freestyle, backstroke or when kicking on your back.  This progression will help you learn proper line as you approach the wall.

<https://www.goswim.tv/lessons/1010-turns-open-turn-sequence-step-1>

**Wednesday**

**Turn Drill: Eyes Down**

Keeping your eyes down into the turn allows you to maintain more momentum.  Here’s what that looks like in all four strokes.

<https://www.goswim.tv/lessons/2191-turn-eyes-down>

**Thursday**

**Freestyle Drill: Eyes Down Flips**

To gain momentum into the wall, avoid looking for the wall.  Here’s how to get your cues without looking forward.  The difference can be dramatic!

<https://www.goswim.tv/lessons/2032-turns-eyes-down-flips>

**Friday**

**Freestyle Drill: Waterfall Flips 2**

To increase speed into the wall, learn how to FLOW into your flip turns -- as if you were standing under a waterfall and letting the water push you into your tuck.

<https://www.goswim.tv/lessons/1259-freestyle-waterfall-flips-2>

**Saturday**

**Turn Drill:  Mid-Pool Flips**

Many swimmers drift to the wall in order to turn on their favored arm.  Midpool flips can help you learn to turn equally well on BOTH arms.

<https://www.goswim.tv/lessons/1374-turns-mid-pool-flips>

**Sunday**

**Freestyle Drill:  The Finish**

Are you drifting -- or accelerating -- into the finish?  Here’s how to shape your body for the fastest finish into the final wall.

<https://www.goswim.tv/lessons/1459-freestyle-the-finish>


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Dec. 16, 2025 - Improve Your Speed into the Wall