Swimming
Swimming is one of the most popular sports in the world. Unlike other sports, swimming is a life skill that is taught, first, to ensure safety and, secondly, for sports and competition purposes. Swimming covers a great variety of swimming skills, from short sprints to longer events and relays. Coaches receive training to enable them to coach swimmers of all abilities, from strong fast competitors to swimmers who require assistance or floating devices in order to compete.
Rules
Learn about the official Special Olympics Northern California rules and adaptations.
Governing Body Rules
Learn about the World Aquatics official swimming rules (worldaquatics.com)
Become Certified
Take our Coaches Education Course to become a certified swimming coach: Coaches Education Certification Course (website)
Resources (includes Videos)
Equipment (Videos)
Individual Strokes (Videos)
Streamline Basics
Introduction to Freestyle (Front Crawl)
Introduction to Backstroke
Introduction to Breaststroke
Introduction to Butterfly
Introduction to Individual Medley (IM)
Turns (Videos)
Open Turn
Basic Turns for All Strokes
Freestyle Flip Turn
Backstroke Flip Turn
Individual Medley Turns
Drills (Videos)
Freestyle: Finger-Tip Drag
Freestyle: Catch-Up
Freestyle: Zipper
Freestyle: One Arm
Freestyle: Closed Fist
Backstroke: Shoulder and Head
Backstroke: Underwater Work
Using Backstroke Flags
Backstroke: Arm Technique
Breaststroke: Various Drills
Breaststroke: Dry-Land Kick
Breaststroke: Underwater Work
Butterfly: Drills
Butterfly: Left, Right, Together
Training for the Individual Medley (IM)
Dives (Videos)
Steps to Perform a Dive Start
Racing Dive Starts
Swimming
Swimming is one of the most popular sports in the world. Unlike other sports, swimming is a life skill that is taught, first, to ensure safety and, secondly, for sports and competition purposes. Swimming covers a great variety of swimming skills, from short sprints to longer events and relays. Coaches receive training to enable them to coach swimmers of all abilities, from strong fast competitors to swimmers who require assistance or floating devices in order to compete.
Rules
Learn about the official Special Olympics Northern California rules and adaptations.
2025 Swimming Rules (pdf)
Governing Body Rules
Learn about the World Aquatics official swimming rules (worldaquatics.com)
Becoming Certified
Take our Coaches Education Course to become a certified swimming coach: Coaches Education Certification Course (website)
RESOURCES (includes Videos)
Swimming Warm-up and Stretching (pdf)
Planning a Training Season (pdf)
Planning Seasons & Training Sessions – Free to join (pdf)
Conducting a Safe Training (pdf)
Equipment (Videos)
Attire and Equipment (pdf)
