For the next few weeks, we’ll offer a behind-the-scenes look at what goes on at a Go Swim Summer Swim Camp. Spoiler alert: It’s not killer sets and high yardage. Our camps are all about teaching and technique and we start with the basics: streamline, balance, and core stability.

**Monday**

**Brad Tandy: Stationary Front Float**

It doesn’t get more basic – or more important – than this. Can you float on top of the water, in streamline, in balance? Can you????

<https://www.goswim.tv/lessons/2934-stationary-front-float> 

0518 - you got lightly Brad touches the bottom with his foot

0603 - look at how soft the sculling is

0743 - you press down to balance

0793 - once balance is equalized the body rises

0935 - balance bodyline

1268 - balance bodyline

1429 - movement in the water

2331 - initial teaching of tucking before standing

**Tuesday**

**Freestyle Drill: Ball to Line to Kick to Swim**

We make sure every camper can do this drill!

<https://www.goswim.tv/lessons/3264-ball-to-line-to-kick-to-swim-home-school>

0534 - ball

0749 - line

1568 - ball

2012 - line

2143 - kick

2423 - eyes down

2971 - ball

3183 - line

3304 - kick

3622 - swim

**Wednesday**

**Step 1: Core Stability Glide**

Being able to ace this move is probably THE most important secret of swimming.

<https://www.goswim.tv/lessons/2381-step-1-core-stability-glide> 

0452 - streamline

0874 - body emerges into the surface

1531 - the line in breaststroke

2297 - the line in breaststroke

3250 - streamline and the line in breaststroke

3641 - balanced surfacing

4301 - balanced surfacing

5126 - how far can you glide

10426 - do not push off too deep

10843 - ride the line after you surface

**Thursday**

**Bruno Fratus: PREVIEW - Dive Glide**

After mastering core stability from a push, try it from a dive.

<https://www.goswim.tv/lessons/2215-preview-dive-glide> 

0528 - ridgid line from fingertips to toes

0772 - rigid line from fingertips to toes

1056 - look at the widest part of the body everything is within that line

1107 - perfectly parallel to the surface

1278 - body starts to lose balance but Bruno holds the line

1430 - continuing to maintain the line

1534 - maintaining the line even as the body goes out of balance

**Friday**

**Glenn EP: Pull Buoy Core Stability**

Here’s a true test of whether you have core stability. At camp or at a practice, swimmers can peer-review each other.

<https://www.goswim.tv/lessons/3168-pull-buoy-core-stability> 

0535 - hold the poor boy at the ankles

0664 start swimming thinking about course stability

0861 imbalance at the start of the swim 

1022 leg swing to the other side

1115 legs pendulum back to the other side

1252 starting to get in line

1568 Pull boy at surface

1699 full rotation of the entire body

1814 Full rotation

3385 ready to drop the pull buoy

3506 Pull buoy comes out

3533 initiate small kick

**Saturday**

**Freestyle Drill: No Kick Stability**

This drill can be incorporated into any freestyle set, and helps swimmers work on balance, tightening the core, and awareness of bodyline.

<https://www.goswim.tv/lessons/2088-freestyle-no-kick-freestyle> 

0598 balance bodyline extended and rotated

1983 Point the toes and keep the legs rigid

2191 rotate the legs with the body

2506 no swinging of the legs

2780 Full rotation from shoulders to hips toes

3907 pointed toes rigid legs

4854 adding a gentle kick

**Sunday**

**Drill: Tow Rope Core Stability**

Here’s how to have some fun while mastering streamline, balance, and core stability.

<https://www.goswim.tv/lessons/2600-tow-rope-core-stability> 

0326 swimmer holds the cord underwater

0611 hold and glide

1082 could be tighter streamline

4450 athlete holds the cord underwater

4906 somewhere has a head up

5032 swimmer put the head down

5435 stress pointed toes

10320 whenever tension is on the cord it should be held underwater

12106 it helps having good egg beater kick

12444 continue to hold the cord underwater

13000 reel the swimmer in

13956 immediately send this swimmer to the next lane

14557 practice what you just learned

15019 dynamically teaching bodyline and awareness

15371 experiment with different head positions

15893 avoid stabilization with the feet

20753 keep the toes pointed even if the body starts to rotate


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July 9, 2024 - Summer Swim Camp Session 1: Streamline, Balance, Core Stability