Starts & Turns Clinic
Mon 14th April 2025
Eton College
Maximise your starts and turns with an Olympian!
Our Starts & Turns Clinic offers a unique and exciting opportunity for competitive swimmers to elevate their performance by mastering essential starts and turns techniques.
This clinic is led by Double Olympian, World and European medallist, and Ex-British and European record holder Edward Sinclair, bringing world-class expertise to every session.
What to Expect:
Focused Training with emphasis on technique development for starts and turns, including:
- Stroke-specific turns:
- Turns on all strokes - Flip Turns and Open Turns (not IM turns - these are covered during our IM Courses)
- Approach and Timing
- Push-Off
- Transition
- Turn drills
- Starts - including backstroke start:
- Start position
- Flight phase
- Entry phase
- Underwater phase
- Breakout phase (all 4 strokes)
- Start drills
- Reaction drills
Day schedule:
- 9.40 Registration
- Welcome & Introduction
- Land warm up
- Pool session (90 mins)
- Lunch break - packed lunch from home
- Starts & Turns Workshop
- Warm up
- Pool session (90 mins)
- Debrief
- 16.10 Home
Suitable for:
Club swimmers aged 9 - 16:
Competitive up to the national level
Swimmers will be allocated into focused training groups according to their age and ability
Fee: £189
For more information please email [email protected]
Photos from April 2023
Photos from August 2022
Venue Details
Eton College, Windsor, Berkshire, SL4 6WD
Facilities: NEW SPORTS COMPLEX
25m pool & free parking
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