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Individual Medley
Coaching Clinic
A specialist 2–3 hour Individual Medley technique clinic. One stroke, one session, real change. Max 6 swimmers, Borehamwood — launching soon, join the waiting list.
What the Individual Medley
clinic fixes
Your IM race is only as fast as your weakest stroke — and the transitions between them. Most medley swimmers spend their training on the strokes they already enjoy, and lose the race in the moments in between.
This clinic finds your weak point and closes the gap, with particular focus on the transitions and turn mechanics that most swimmers never actually practise. It's where the easiest IM time hides.
Join the waiting list →From £99 per clinic
Inside the
Individual Medley clinic
Every minute is spent on the technical detail that makes the biggest difference — with precise, individual poolside feedback throughout.
Stroke transitions
Fly-to-back, back-to-breast (the one most swimmers lose time on) and breast-to-free — the moments between strokes that quietly decide IM races.
IM turn mechanics
Legal touches, rotation speed and push-off angles for each transition point, built for both compliance and maximum carried speed.
Finding your weakest stroke
Structured diagnostic sets to pinpoint exactly where time is leaking and why — before we build a targeted response.
Pacing across all four
Distributing effort so you finish the freestyle leg strong rather than just surviving the backstroke. IM is a pacing event as much as a technique one.
Legal compliance
The touch and transition rules for each change of stroke — staying fast without risking the disqualification that ends an IM race.
Race strategy
When to push and when to hold, and how to build a plan around your strengths so technical work turns into race-day results.
The habits costing
you time
- Bleeding time on the back-to-breaststroke transition
- Illegal or sloppy touches that risk disqualification
- Going out too hard on fly and paying for it across the other three
- No pacing plan, so the freestyle leg becomes a survival effort
- Practising only the strong strokes and ignoring the weak link
Guest coaches &
guest swimmers
Live demonstrations at every clinic
The IM clinic is the one where watching helps most. A guest swimmer demonstrates clean, legal transitions — especially the awkward back-to-breast change — while a guest coach explains the diagnostic thinking behind finding and fixing your weakest leg. 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 Individual Medley
clinic suits
Club swimmers racing IM
Sharpen transitions, turn legality and pacing — the parts of the medley that rarely get dedicated training time.
Age-group swimmers
Build legal, efficient transitions early, before bad habits cost championship-level time.
Masters swimmers
Return to the medley with a clear plan for your weakest stroke and the transitions, rather than guessing.
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FAQs
Should I work on all four strokes or just my weakest?
Both. The clinic diagnoses your weakest stroke and the transitions, then prioritises the work that will drop the most time. Often the biggest gains are in the transitions, not the strokes themselves.
Will we cover the legal transition rules?
Yes. Each change of stroke in the IM has specific touch and turn rules, and getting them wrong means disqualification. We cover legal, fast transitions for every change.
Can the IM clinic feed into my other clinic choices?
Yes — it often does. If the diagnostic shows, say, your breaststroke is the weak link, the dedicated breaststroke clinic is the natural next step.