Transcript How to do a Swim Start By Chris Garcelon…..With help Whynaught

How to do a Swim Start
By Chris Garcelon…..With help
from Rene Boudreau and Jamie
Whynaught
A Brief History
The English were the first to start
competitive swimming. By 1837, regular
swimming competitions were held in
London’s six artificial pool, organized by
the National Swimming Society of England.
The amateur swimming association of Great
Britain was organized in 1860 which had
300 swim clubs. In 1896 swimming became
an Olympic sport for men’s 100 and 1500
meter freestyle.
Step One
Get changed into a
swim suit and it
also doesn’t hurt to
have a pair of
goggles as well.
Step Two
Stand behind the
block until your
coach tells you to
get up on the
block.
Step Three
Get up on the block
and stand on the
very edge of the
block.
Step Four
Put your feet on
the edge closest to
the water and wrap
your toes around it.
Step Five
Bend over and wait
for your coach to
start you.
Step Six
Once your coach
tells your to take
your mark you grab
the edge of the
block with your
hands in the middle
or on either side of
your feet.
Step Seven
Once your coach says go you spring off with
your legs towards the water.
Step Eight
When your are in
the air jumping into
the water, put your
hands above your
head and squeeze
with your arms to
form a streamline
position.
Step Nine
Once you enter the
water maintain your
stream-line
position and if you
are doing freestyle
you do two fly kicks
and finish with
flutter kick, if your
are doing fly, then
you do fly kick.
Step Nine Continued
If you are doing breaststroke you do a
pull out. And when you are doing
backstroke that is a completely
different start.
A Special Thank you to
my friend Rene
Boudreau for modeling
the swim start and all
of it’s steps. Also to my
coach Jamie Whynaught
for letting me take the
pictures.