RACING SKILLS
Small Group Sessions
With Olympian
Thu 23rd and Fri 24th October 2025
Whitgift School
These racing skills sessions are a great way to gain exclusive experience to get one step ahead of your competitors with video-analysis & written reports by Olympian
in small groups with a maximum of 8 swimmers per session
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THU 23 Oct - Race Preparation - 9.00 - 15.30 - £249
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FRI 24 Oct - Race Starts & Turns - 9.00 - 15.30 - £249
Do you need to brush up on your racing skills?
Are you getting ready for Counties or Regionals?
These Small Group Sessions offer club swimmers the chance to work on their starts, turns and finishes or boost their racing skills prior to upcoming competitions enforced by powerful tools of video-analysis and written feedback
Small group sessions are coached by our MP Head Coach Edward Sinclair - Double Olympian, World and European medallist and Ex-British and European record holder - who uses his 10 years personal experience as an international swimmer and 20 years coaching experience to lead a small group of a maximum of 8 swimmers per coaching session
iPads and/or GoPROs will be used to film short videos of starts & turns or swimmers' race pace swimming above and below water
Videos and evaluation reports are included in these sessions
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Thu 23rd Oct - Race Preparation Session
Sharpen race skills with focused sessions on pacing, tactics, and technique across all four strokes!
Swimming sessions focused on race preparation:
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Racing skills & race simulations
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Swimming at race pace while maintaining technique
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Broken swims for endurance and speed control
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Race tactics & strategies
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Speed development & mindset training
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Technical elements for efficiency
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Drill progressions across all four strokes
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Fri 24th Oct - Race Starts & Turns Session:
Explosive sessions to master starts, underwater phases, turns, and finishes - the key skills that win races!
Swimming sessions focused on explosive skills:
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Skills development for competitive advantage
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Race starts, underwater phases & breakouts → maximising speed
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Turns & finishes → optimising technique and speed off walls
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Days' schedules
- 9.00 Registration
- Welcome & Introduction
- Warm up
- Pool session with filming (120 mins)
- Lunch break - packed lunch from home
- Group Video-Analysis & Reports
- Warm up
- Pool session (90 mins)
- Debrief
- 15.30 Home
Suitable for
club swimmers aged 10 - 15: competitive up to the national level
This courses have a limited capacity
Course includes
- Video-analysis
- Written reports
- Above and below water videos
- Pen
Fee per session: £249 per swimmer per session
SPECIAL OFFER: 23 & 24 Oct - £489
For more information please email [email protected]
Photos from Technique & Fitness Clinics - April 2023
Photos from Christmas Camp at Whitgift - December 2022
Photos from Christmas Camp at Whitgift - December 2021
Photos from previous camps at Whitgift - October 2019
Photos from previous camps at Whitgift - December 2019
Venue Details
Whitgift School
Haling Park Rd, South Croydon CR2 6YT
Facilities: 25m pool & free parking
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