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Two sessions a day
A morning and an evening pool session: warm-up, technique drills, main set and cool-down, with sets written for your level.
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The core of the method
Two sessions a day, in the water and on land.
Training is at the heart of Swim Up camps: two pool sessions a day, endurance sets and dryland training built for swimmers. At the camps whose announcement includes it, underwater technical analysis supports that work.
Training
Two sessions in the pool, one on land.
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Endurance
Long, varied sets written in the Russian school: aerobic endurance, pace and race speed together.
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Dryland for swimmers
Shoulder health, core and mobility, with strength work for a body that holds the right position in the water.
The pool programme, the sets, dryland and strength work are run by our head coach Viktoriya Üçüncü.
Underwater technical analysis · at the camps that include it
Measure. Explain. Correct.
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Measure
Underwater technical analysis, with surface and drone footage when conditions allow.
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Explain
National swimming coaches go through the footage with you in fine detail and explain each fault.
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Correct
We set three priorities for you and write the rest of the sessions around them.
Underwater comes first
Below the surface every time, above it when we can.
Underwater camera
Underwater analysis
For the first time, you see what your stroke really does under water. Everything the surface hides shows up from this angle.
- Body position and balance: how high your hips sit
- The catch: hand entry and the first angle of contact
- The pull: length and direction of the stroke under water
- The kick: amplitude, rate and ankle flexibility
- Turns and breakouts: the flip, push-off distance and dolphin kicks
- Breathing: how far the head turns and what it does to balance
Surface camera and drone · when conditions allow
Surface analysis
The view from the surface and the air: your pace, your breathing and your line. In open water, most lost time comes from the line you swim, not from speed.
- The balance between stroke rate and stroke length
- Body rotation and symmetry: left side against right
- Breathing pattern: one side or both, and how often
- Head position and where you look
- Sighting in open water and drifting off your line
- Pacing: the drop between the first and last 100 metres
Underwater technical analysis runs at the camps whose announcement includes it. Surface and drone footage are added when weather, light and the venue allow; at Swim Up Open Water, line analysis depends on the same conditions.
Correct · frame by frame
One frame, four lines.
The coach slows the footage, freezes the key frame and compares it with the right line. What you see on screen is what your stroke really does.
What else the camera looks at
- KickAmplitude, rate, ankle flexibility
- Turns and breakoutsFlip turn, push-off, dolphin kicks
- BreathingHow far the head turns, and its effect on balance
- SurfaceStroke rate, pace, line in open water
The drawings are illustrative: they show what the coach looks at, not measurements.
Underwater · from filming to plan
You see the difference on screen, not in words.
- Warm-up and free swimming, so you forget the camera and settle into your natural pace
- Filming with fixed and moving underwater cameras, from different angles and at different paces
- Screen review: footage slowed, key frames marked and compared with the right line
- In the water: you try the first corrections the same day, with your coach watching
- Priorities: your three priority faults and a drill list for them
Which camps?
Underwater technical analysis runs at the Swim Up Winter, Summer and Open Water camps whose announcement includes it, as part of the package.
Only at camp.
Seeing a fault isn't enough. Changing it takes days of repetition and a coach watching, and only a camp makes all of that possible. Your recordings and notes are shared with you digitally after camp.
Who benefits most?
- Masters swimmers stuck at a time or distance
- Triathletes losing time on the swim
- Swimmers who want to swim more comfortably and with less strain
- Competitive club swimmers looking for a final pre-race tune-up
FAQ
About the analysis.
Can I come just for the analysis?
No. Analysis is part of the camp programme; we don't offer it as a single session outside camp.
Is the analysis part of the package?
Yes. Underwater filming and the analysis session with a coach are part of the camp package.
I'm not an advanced swimmer. Will the analysis still help?
Yes. Fixing a habit before it settles is far easier than unpicking it later.
Do I keep the footage?
Yes. Your recordings and analysis notes are shared with you digitally after camp.
Two sessions a day, in the water and on land.Two sessions a day, in the water and on land.
A question, or curious about dates? Write to us and our team replies. Nothing binds you.