IMPROVE YOUR SWIMMING TECHNIQUE
Would you like to learn the swimming basics? Did you never learn how to swim as a child? In the breaststroke course, we will learn you everything there is to know about swimming safely in water.
Breaststroke
This part consists of an A, B and C course.
This course is intended for adult participants without swimming experience and lays the foundation to learn a healthy swim workout. We start with becoming familiar in and with the water, to overcome any fear and discomfort. Being water free means working on self-confidence from awareness. In a small group of up to 6 participants of the same level, you learn to move safely through the water in a lesson structure that is characterized by the Dutch ABC for adults. At the end of this course, you will feel completely safe and start learning about basic swimming strokes. Typically, it takes about 18 to 24 weeks to progress from zero experience and even fear for water to learning how to safely swim.
The ABC 2 course is the follow-up course on ABC 1. The objective of this course is that one can safely and independently swim for longer distances (at least 50m in a row). Learning to swim the breaststroke and backstroke with an efficient technique will be the main focus together with coordination and balance exercises in and under water.
Depending on the swimming level it is sometimes possible to start in ABC 2 instead of starting in ABC 1, discuss the possibilities with the swim coach during a personal intake.
Every person is unique and swimming is an activity which involves lots of technical aspects and challenges. This third course is an additional course for people whom would really dive deeper in mastering the principles of the breaststroke, extending the swimming distance and depending on the individual progression, there is the possibility to introduce additional and faster swimming strokes.
This ABC course lays the foundation to learn one a healthy swim workout. If you want to further improve and learn new swimming strokes, check out the follow-up courses below.
Members Clubsportive: €225,- for 6 sessions of 60 minutes in small groups
Non-Member price: €275,-
Frontcrawl
Have you always wanted to learn how to swim the frontcrawl? Or would you like to swim more efficiently by improving your frontcrawl technique? The frontcrawl course consists of an introduction and an improvement course.
The Frontcrawl introduction course is intended for people who are not able to swim the Frontcrawl yet and would like to learn. In order to guarantee the quality of the course and speed up the learning process participants should be able to swim the breaststroke for at least 100m in a row. If this will be a challenge for you, please check breaststroke introduction page or schedule a personal intake with one of our coaches. In the Frontcrawl introduction course we will be addressing a step by step training, guiding you to apply the basic skills for moving in the water using Front crawl swimming stroke principles. The starting point is the breaststroke: we’ll discover the similarities between parallel and continue swimming stroke first and work our way up to understanding the differences and their implications. Each training will consist of a variation of Knowledge of result drills and KP explanations around one central theme.
What makes swimming the FC so exciting? When executed properly the FC stroke is the most efficient way of swimming and makes it therefor the ideal stroke to bridge the fastest and longest distance possible.
For who? For people who can already swim 50m FC in a row and want to improve their FC technique.
The aim of this course is to make your FC technique more efficient. What makes swimming so different from a biomechanical perspective is that the muscles, unlike in most other sports, need to have positive labor balance in order to move. At the same time, when your swimming, the water can be your best friend or your worst enemy: why is it that some of seem to swim almost effortlessly and for others is such a struggle?
The Front Crawl course intents to give an answer to the rising questions above (amongst others) by giving each training session a theme with specific drills and insides to overcome these challenges.
Workouts
Are you looking to improve your fitness? Would you like to learn to swim more efficiently? And do you like swimming in a varied workout with every time a new training? Than the work outs swims are for you!
The swim work outs are offered in 3 levels; going up in level of intensity and technical challenges.
In these swim training the emphasis is on improving the swimming condition and technique. Suitable for beginners and anyone who loves swimming. The only condition is that one is already able to swim 100m Breaststroke in a row. Central to the workout are learning the necessary techniques to bridge longer swimming distances. A wide range of swimming strokes and exercises (mainly breaststroke, backstroke and backcrawl derivatives; no Frontcrawl) also ensure the obtaining and applying of an uncoined and efficient sense of moving in water, so that natural swimming patterns are improved. No training will be the same: in each session we will tackle a new drill, skill or challenge.
Each Swim Work-out is characterized by:
- Variation: new workout every time
- The goal is to become fitter through a healthy and full body workout
- Every training you will learn a new drill or skill
- Each training a challenging take home exercise
In this training, besides improving fitness, the emphasis is on learning to control and adjust the swimming speed. A requirement for this workout is that the swimmer has been swimming for a longer period and can easily swim a 100m in front crawl. Central to the workout are learning to bridge longer swimming distances at one pace, as well as changing the tempo with the emphasis to maintain and optimize your body position relative to water. Both the swimming distances, the strokes and speed of swimming will vary a lot during training: each session we will tackle a new drill, skill or challenge and every official swimming stroke will be addressed.
Each Swim Work-out is characterized by:
- Variation: new workout every time
- The goal is to become fitter through a healthy and full body workout
- Every training you will learn a new drill or skill
- Each training a challenging take home exercise
On request only: going on a extreme tour to improve your swimming fitness
In order to participate in this course, you should be able to swim at least 400m of front crawl in a row or you were a participant of the Frontcrawl course. In this 60-minute course, technique exercises of improving front crawl are paramount interspersed with mostly aerobic training blocks to improve the swimming condition. Alternation of swimming speed, distance and technique exercises will make swimming easier and help you to bridge large swimming distances (1km+) at higher speed.
Each Swim Work-out is characterized by:
- Variation: new workout every time
- The goal is to become fitter through a healthy and full body workout
- Every training you will learn a new drill or skill
- Each training a challenging take home exercise
These courses are not suitable to learn new swimming strokes. Are you interested in learning new strokes? Please go ahead and check for more info the breaststroke or frontcrawl introduction page, or schedule a personal intake with one of our coaches.
Personal training
Are you more interested in one-on-one coaching and personal guidance? Please check out below for more info.
With personal training the swim coach and participant work together 1 on 1. This means that the swim coach will adjust every session specific to your swimming level and wishes and write a customized pathway to achieve your goals. Every swimmer is unique, and therefore the approach differs per person, together we decide which approach best suits you. In general, each training has 1 main theme, where you experience new movements and techniques in order to create more awareness. During a training we spend 45 minutes in the water, so that there is enough time to get used to the exercises and to simplify or aggravate and analyze the consequences as soon as slight fatigue occurs. In addition, attention is paid to a thorough warm-up and muscle activation; the basis of a good swimming stroke already starts on the side of the pool. A training plan will be drawn up with a varying training schedule and tips for independent use. Personal training packages of 10 or 5 sessions are offered.
5 sessions: € 450
10 sessions: € 825
Small Group Training
Are you interested in training with a group of friends, colleagues or family? Click on the button below for more info or send an email to info@theswimacademy.nl
With the small group trainings you will with one of our personal trainers at your own pace. The lessons are given in an private setting: the pool area will be exclusively open for the small group training. That way you have all the peace and space to work on your technique. Classes can be taken by groups of 4 to 6 people: from 30 euros per person.
Small Group Training is not exclusively for the front crawl technique. We can also start teaching swimming strokes such as the butterfly stroke, breaststroke or the back crawl. In addition, you can use swimming workouts as a total-body workout or work on the front crawl turning point, for example. In consultation we plan a series of lessons that fully meet your wishes.