Welcome to Swim Smooth: Clean-up Your Stroke!

Swim Smooth is a unique swim stroke correction program, specifically for triathletes and long-distance open water swimmers, which aims to provide you with a program that caters to your ability and your level of understanding of the freestyle stroke.

We do not adopt a "cookie cutter" methodology. Whilst we use a structured "model of efficiency" in our Clinics and for individual work, the real beauty of our approach is that we question "yes, this is all well and good in theory, but what does it mean for you?. How can we best apply this technique for you, given your attributes and your training history?"

Our main focus is swim stroke correction for triathlon. We know, just like you, that swimming in the open water can be (at times) very different to swimming in a pool. As such, our methodology includes looking at what is most efficient in both environments and how it is possible to master both. For many people, improving basic efficiency through enhanced body position, breathing technique and body rotation is where our coaching is centred. However, we also know that to "get to that next level" that effective propulsion - generated through the catch and pull through phase of the freestyle stroke - is key. The savy triathlete also appreciates that to be good in the swim discipline you need to work on both your technique and your specific fitness adaptations in your training. Swim Smooth takes a balanced approach to all these aspects and focuses your attention on the area most beneficial to you at that time. In this way, our swimmers continue to learn to improve rather reaching a plateau and wondering "what next?". This also allows us to have the knowledge and experience to work with a wide range of swimmers from novice / learn-2-swim to elite / professional.

We do not claim to have "reinvented the swimming wheel", nor do we believe that every swimmer must be taught to swim exactly the same way. Simply put, we see Swim Smooth as being a leading swim stroke correction company that is based upon sound biomechanical application of ideas, researched from a huge variety of swimming and sports science resources and backed by our own swimming and triathlon experience. This is all put together in a format that is easy to learn and understand by our swimmers. Swimmers like you.

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Who is Swim Smooth?

Swim Smooth was created in October 2004 by British Triathlon Association Level 2 and Australian Triathlon Association Level 2 coach, Paul Newsome B.Sc.(Hons.). The Swim Smooth DVD Boxset featuring Bill Kirby, Olympic Gold Medallist, was launched in December 2004 and has since sold over 3000 copies worldwide, receiving wide international acclaim. Together with the foundational knowledge and expertise of our Head Physiotherapist, Michelle Smith B.Sc.PhEd, we offer a program which seeks to provide safe instruction of the swim stroke with injury-prevention and education at our corner-stone. We also work together with a number of our associated swim coaches worldwide, which is enabling us to build up a strong network of support across the globe. If you are a coach and are keen to learn more, email Paul today!