Swimming Skills Camp 2025
Mon 18th - Fri 22nd August 2025
Merchant Taylors' School
Develop and perfect your swimming skills with an Olympian!
Younger swimmers also welcome!
Develop, hone and perfect your swimming skills at our non-residential Swimming Skills Camp at Merchant Taylor's School.
This Maximum Performances course, which has been designed and developed by double Olympian Edward Sinclair, focuses on helping participants improve their technique in all four strokes, starts & turns.
The camp includes demonstrations by an Olympian and group video analysis sessions covering each day's focus.
Participants will also receive instruction on swimming-specific land training techniques, tips on how to prevent injury, guidance on effective warm up routines, advice on stretching and help with how to enhance motivation.
This Swimming Skills Camp is open to all levels of competitive club swimmers, up to national level.
This camp can be booked:
- as a 5-day course
or
- by individual days
Day's focus:
Monday - Freestyle stroke and turns
Tuesday - Backstroke stroke and turns
Wednesday - Dives & Backstroke starts
Thursday - Butterfly stroke and turns
Friday - Breaststroke stroke and turns
Course Focus - when booked as all 5 days:
- All 4 strokes
- Starts & turns
- Group video analysis
- Swimming skills improvement
Days' schedules
9.30 - Registration & Welcome
Day's briefing / Warm up
Pool session 1 (90mins)
Packed lunch - please bring all snacks and drinks from home
Group video-analysis session / Worksheets
Pool session 2 (75mins)
Stretching & Debrief
16.00 - Home
Fees
- Individual days can be booked separately at a cost of £159 per day
- SPECIAL OFFER - LIMITED SPACES: Fee for all 5 days: £775 (save £20)
Course Includes
- Worksheets
- Pen
Filming
Swimmers will be filmed above water on iPads
Group Video Analysis
Swimmers will view their swimming skills above the water surface during the group video analysis session. Videos will be only used during the course and will not be shared after this course.
Ability Level
Club swimmers aged 8 - 17: competitive up to the national level.
8 year old swimmers must be able to swim 25m freestyle in less then 23 seconds.
Swimmers will be allocated into focused training groups according to their age and ability.
For more information please email
Photos from Swimming Skills Camp 2023
Photos from Swimming Skills Camp 2022
Photos from Swimming Skills Camp 2021
Photos from Swimming Skills Camp 2019
Venue Details
Merchant Taylors' School | Sandy Lodge Lane, Northwood, Middlesex HA6 2HT
Facilities: 25m pool & free parking
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