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Teaching the Forward Start: The Coach's Guide

Item Number: MD-02488

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Learn everything needed to help your swimmers learn and refine their forward start!
See demonstrations clarifying every detail of the forward start!
Learn drills that will reinforce the mechanics and technique!
Learn from the best, to become your best!

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Learn everything needed to help your swimmers learn and refine their forward start!
See demonstrations clarifying every detail of the forward start!
Learn drills that will reinforce the mechanics and technique!
Learn from the best, to become your best!

with Trip Hedrick,
Iowa State University Men's Swimming Head Coach from 1989 to 2001;
Championship Productions Director of Coaching Education from 2001 to 2019;
1998 Big 12 Coach of the Year;
2x Big 8 Coach of the Year;
1995 Big 8 Conference Champions;University of Texas Graduate Assistant Coach in 1988;
1988 NCAA Division I Men's National Champions;
1998 Bemidji State Athletic Hall of Fame;
Winona High School Head Swim Coach from 1977 to 1988;
6x Big 9 Conference Championships;
2011 Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference Hall of Fame;
2015 Minnesota Masters Swimming Hall of Fame;
25-time U.S. Masters Swimming National Champion;
several US Masters Swimming Record Holder;
in 2021, set the new World Record in the 65-69 age group for the 50-meter butterfly

In this 3-part video, Hedrick shares a progressive system of drills, skills and instruction for teaching and coaching the forward start. Hedrick's drill system can easily be implemented with large numbers of swimmers of varying ability levels.

Part 1, Deck Drills, includes a six-drill kneeling dive progression, a three-drill agility progression and an eight-drill standing dive progression. Hedrick then shares a "false dive" series that drills the set up and initial body movement of the track start followed by water entry dives from the deck. All of the deck drills are taught and demonstrated using a 13 & 14-year-old swimmer, followed by large group demonstrations with swimmers of varying ability levels ranging from ages 6 to14.
In Part 2, On the Blocks, Hedrick shares individual technique instruction (with demonstration) of three track start techniques, each differing in the set up i.e., body position and arm movement.
In Part 3, Relay Take-offs, Hedrick shares the basics for teaching the arm swing step-up relay start with foot placement/sequence variations that include: Two feet back to a one front foot takeoff, two back-two front, and one back-two front.

64 minutes. 2006.

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