Lessons for swimmers

Learn to swim, one skill at a time.

Short animated lessons from a certified swimming coach. Each one shows you the one mistake to avoid, then the fix.

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How every lesson works

30 to 45 seconds. One thing to watch.

No long videos and no jargon. Each lesson takes one skill, shows the common mistake and the fix, and sends you to the pool.

01

One skill

A breath, a float, a glide. One small step you can try on your next pool day.

02

The mistake, first

The ✕ comes up before the wrong move plays, so you know exactly what to watch.

03

Then the fix

The same move done right, side by side with the mistake, step by step.

The curriculum

From your first breath to your first workout.

One skill per lesson, and every lesson builds on the one before it. Start at the beginning, or go straight to the skill you're working on.

8modules
81lessons
4strokes
1
Lessons 1–9

Water Basics

Breathing, floating and gliding: feeling at home in the water.

1Breathing in water
2Floating face down
3Floating on your back
4Push off and glide
5Flutter kick at the wall
6Glide, then kick
7Kickboard: body position
8Kickboard: the kick
9The hand in front crawl
2
Lessons 10–22

Freestyle

The front crawl, piece by piece, then the whole stroke.

10Hand entry and reach
11The catch: high elbow
12The pull
13Push to the hip
14The recovery
15Body rotation
16The side breath
17One-arm drill
18Arms and kick together
19Breath, arms and kick
20The whole stroke
21Common mistakes: body and arms
22Common mistakes: kick and breath
3
Lessons 23–34

Backstroke

Swimming on your back, from body position to the whole stroke.

23Body position on your back
24The backstroke kick
25Head position
26Hand exit and entry
27The recovery over the water
28The catch and the pull
29Shoulder and hip rotation
30Breathing in backstroke
31One-arm backstroke drill
32Counting strokes to the wall
33The whole stroke
34Common mistakes in backstroke
4
Lessons 35–45

Breaststroke

The kick, the pull, and the timing that ties them together.

35The breaststroke kick
36The kick on your back
37The kick with a kickboard
38The arm pull
39Hands forward into the glide
40Breathing with the pull
41Timing: pull, breathe, kick, glide
42Two kicks, one pull drill
43The whole stroke
44Common mistakes: the kick
45Common mistakes: the timing
5
Lessons 46–52

Water Skills

Sculling, treading water and moving with control.

46Sculling with your hands
47Treading water
48Resting on your back
49Turning from front to back
50Changing direction
51Getting in safely
52Getting out without the steps
6
Lessons 53–63

Butterfly

The dolphin kick and the body wave, then the arms.

53The dolphin kick on your front
54The dolphin kick on your side
55The dolphin kick on your back
56The body wave
57The arm pull
58The recovery over the water
59Breathing forward
60Timing the kicks with the arms
61One-arm butterfly drill
62The whole stroke
63Common mistakes in butterfly
7
Lessons 64–73

Turns and Starts

Turning at the wall and starting from the edge.

64Streamline off the wall
65The open turn
66The tumble turn: the somersault
67The tumble turn: the push-off
68The backstroke turn
69The breaststroke pull-out
70The sitting dive
71The kneeling dive
72The standing dive
73The backstroke start
8
Lessons 74–81

Training

Pacing, distance and reading a workout.

74Pacing a length
75Counting your strokes
76Building distance
77Using the pace clock
78Intervals and rest
79Warm-up and cool-down
80Fins, paddles and pull buoy
81Reading a swim workout

By a certified swimming coach

A certified swimming coach plans every lesson, from the skill to the drill, and checks every movement before it goes out.

Sourced, not invented

Every “why” and every number comes from a recognised swim-teaching body or published research.

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