AquaCam and Motivational Concepts
Teaching Stroke Technique to AG swimmers
Teaching the Motor Skills of Swimming
Learn to use the six key methods of teaching motor skills. Young children learn physical skills differently than "mental" skills. Use all six to maximize your effectiveness and develop faster swimmers.
Breaststroke and Butterfly Drills
Coach Rick Stacey offers his thoughts on drills for Breaststroke and Butterfly.
Teaching Foundational Skills
This 25 minute video will offer creative ways to teach the basic skills all strokes are based on. Click on the "note" icon for sound.
Planning Drills for Young AG Swimmers
There are hundreds of drills out there for each stroke and some may not be appropriate for your group. This article explains how to integrate drills with tips on how to select them.
Top 12 Things to Teach For Each Stroke
This simple chart gives an easy "checklist" of things to teach and correct with Age Group swimmers for each of the four strokes.
"Teaching Strokes 101" by Jim Reiser
Ideas for teaching and drills for each of the four strokes
Factors Affecting Performance
Understand how stroke technique blends with other factors in developing young swimmers so its importance is not lost.
Butterfly Basics with Key Phrases
This summary from a pre-season AG coaches meeting suggests how all the coaches were to teach the Fly for consistency. (Whatever methods your team uses, consistency among coaches is key.)
Teaching Progressions For Each Stroke
Dave Korst of the Greater Green Bay YMCA wrote four good summaries for each of the four strokes. Click on the stroke below for the article