Swim Conditioning

The primary focus of this course is to enable swimmers to improve their overall cardiovascular endurance and muscular strength and endurance by engaging in both drills and techniques of the four competitive strokes (freestyle, backstroke, butterfly, and breaststroke). This course covers the mechanics of each stroke, training methods, and training principles. Prerequisite: Ability to tread deep water for 5 minutes, swim 5x 100-meter intervals of freestyle, backstroke, and breaststroke with rhythmic breathing, and swim 500 meters continuously in under 9 minutes.