**Summary**

**Swimming Camp Teaching Strategies**

Glenn discussed his experience with new coaching shoes and water protection strategies for teaching. He shared updates about his swimming camps, which are fully booked with waiting lists, and noted that three of Rachel's assistant coaches want to work at the camps, leading him to consider adding a third station with video feedback. Glenn explained his teaching approach at the camps, focusing on two key areas that can be most effectively impacted in a short period: distance per cycle for freestyle and breaststroke, and tempo for backstroke and butterfly. He detailed specific teaching methods including using a pole and hammer demonstration and land-based exercises to teach lat activation before swimming portions.

**Swimming Techniques for Children**

Glenn and Andrew discussed teaching swimming techniques to children, focusing on the disconnect between tempo and length, and the importance of helping kids feel proper stroke techniques. They explored using tools like metronomes and specific drills to help children understand and practice proper form. Glenn shared insights about using comparisons to other sports like cycling to explain energy conservation and balance in swimming, and demonstrated a balance progression exercise using a pull buoy to teach children how to maintain balance and save energy through proper body position.

**Swimming Technique Learning Strategies**

Glenn led a discussion on teaching swimming techniques using various sports and movement examples to illustrate key concepts. He shared videos and insights from different sports like swimming, long jumping, golf, pitching, boxing, and kayaking to demonstrate principles such as timing, body connection, and path efficiency. Glenn emphasized the importance of patience, proper form, and situational awareness in swimming, using these examples to help campers understand and improve their techniques. The group discussed specific questions about wrist position in freestyle swimming, with Glenn and others providing insights on technique differences between swimmers like Kara and James. The conversation ended with a brief discussion about the upcoming theme of "Effortless Breathing and Freestyle" for the following week's site content.

How to Achieve Rapid Improvement on Your Critical Swim Data (breakout distance, tempo, distance per cycle) 

 

Monday:  Improve Your Pushoffs and Streamlines

<https://www.goswim.tv/lessons/2980-handlock-and-headlock>

 

Tuesday:  Improve Core Stability on Your Pushoffs

<https://www.goswim.tv/lessons/2992-drop-and-push-to-360-rotation>

 

Wednesday:  Get Out of Your Own Way on Freestyle

<https://www.goswim.tv/lessons/1869-freestyle-disappear-behind-your-hand>

 

Thursday:  Use a Tempo Trainer!

<https://www.goswim.tv/lessons/1710-freestyle-building-a-longer-stroke>

 

Friday:  Improve Your Breaststroke LINE

<https://www.goswim.tv/lessons/238-connect-hands-head-and-hips-going-to-air>

 

Friday:  Eyes Down into the Wall

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

 

Saturday:  Hone Your UW Dolphin Skills on Front and Back

<https://www.goswim.tv/lessons/1916-turns-underwater-dolphin>

 

Sunday:  Data-Test Your Underwater Dolphins

<https://www.goswim.tv/lessons/2185-all-strokes-tempo-trainer-underwater-dolphins>


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June 23, 2026 - Improvement on Data