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Breaststroke
Coaching Clinic
A specialist 2–3 hour Breaststroke technique clinic. One stroke, one session, real change. Max 6 swimmers, Borehamwood — launching soon, join the waiting list.
What the Breaststroke
clinic fixes
Breaststroke is the most technically demanding of the four strokes, and the one where small timing errors create large amounts of drag. It is also the stroke where the right correction produces the biggest, fastest time gains of any discipline.
This clinic breaks the stroke into its phases — kick, pull, timing, glide — and rebuilds them with precision drills and direct feedback, so the parts finally work together instead of fighting each other.
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Inside the
Breaststroke clinic
Every minute is spent on the technical detail that makes the biggest difference — with precise, individual poolside feedback throughout.
Kick mechanics
Hip-width setup, the outsweep, catch and squeeze. The breaststroke kick is the single biggest source of propulsion and the most common fault pattern — fixing it pays immediately.
Pull pattern and timing
Outsweep, insweep and the precise moment the kick begins relative to the hands. This timing is what separates a fast breaststroke from a slow one.
Head position and breathing
We settle the eyes-forward versus head-down question for your body, so you breathe without breaking streamline or adding drag.
Glide and streamline
The phase where most swimmers give back everything they just generated. A disciplined glide is the cheapest free speed in breaststroke.
The legal underwater pullout
Two-hand touch, the pullout sequence and the single dolphin kick, applied correctly and legally for competition.
Stroke tempo and rhythm
Finding the rate that keeps the glide intact while still moving you forward — the difference between gliding to a stop and flowing length after length.
The habits costing
you time
- A wide or asymmetric (screw) kick that creates drag and risks DQ
- Lifting the chest and head too high, dropping the hips
- Pulling too wide and too far past the shoulders
- Starting the kick and pull at the same time instead of in sequence
- Killing all momentum with no glide — or gliding so long you stall
Guest coaches &
guest swimmers
Live demonstrations at every clinic
Breaststroke timing is far easier to copy than to explain. A guest swimmer demonstrates the kick-pull-glide sequence and the legal pullout at controlled speed, while a guest coach freezes the key moments so you can see exactly when each phase begins. Across our clinics we bring in guest coaches and guest swimmers for live and slow-motion demonstrations, so you don't just hear the correction — you watch it, then try it with feedback the same session.
Who the Breaststroke
clinic suits
Club swimmers
Breaststroke is unforgiving and heavily rule-bound. Clinic time on legal kick, timing and the pullout produces measurable race gains.
Masters swimmers
Undo the timing habits built up over years of unsupervised swimming — often the single biggest improvement a masters swimmer can make.
IM swimmers
The breaststroke leg and the back-to-breast transition are classic IM time-leaks. Sharpen both here.
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FAQs
Why does small breaststroke technique make such a big difference?
Because breaststroke generates more drag than any other stroke, and the timing between kick, pull and glide is precise. A small correction to that sequence can transform your speed and efficiency.
Will we cover the underwater pullout?
Yes. The legal pullout — the pull-down, the single dolphin kick and the timing — is part of the clinic, because it's free speed off every wall and a common place to be disqualified.
Is the clinic suitable if I'm self-taught?
Especially so. Self-taught breaststroke tends to share the same timing and kick faults, and they respond very quickly to coached correction.