Current and past users of SWIMTECH include:
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Recreational and Swim for Fitness, all ages
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Experienced competitive swimmers age group and adult
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Triathletes all ages
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Competitive swim beginners
My experience in honing swim technique was fostered by some of the world's greatest coaches including Doc Councilman, the famous Indiana University coach and Don Talbot - Australian National coach
Focusing on technique helped me achieve Olympic, Commonwealth Games and World Championship finals and medals, in Freestyle and Medley
Australia's best all-round swimmer
Combining best practice training methods of the day (which I continually study to keep current and coach) and focusing on technique, helped me achieve the recognition of being the Best all-round swimmer in the 100+ year history of Australian swimming.
A distinction which I still hold today.
Since completing my competitive swim career I have continued to critique the technique of the world's best swimmers, up to and including the swimmers at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics and 2022 World Championships.
I look forward to helping your swimming develop to be easier, faster and more enjoyable - Graham Windeatt: Olympic medalist, Swim Coach, Technique specialist
About SwimTech
Swimming can bring great pleasure, fitness, relaxation and enjoyment.
Using Video Analysis and having Next Technique Aims will hone your swim technique and will heighten all those elements.
Your swim technique is individual and personal to you.
I evaluate your individual swim style and provide Next Technique Aims that are individual to you.
This approach will provide you with a technique that:
Meets your swimming aims, including the pool, surf, open water, triathlon
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At any level, fitness or competition
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For any age
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For any of the strokes Freestyle, Backstroke, Breaststroke, Butterfly
Achieving your Next Technique Aims will have you gliding through the water and will enhance all aspects of your swimming.
Happy to answer any questions.
Graham Windeatt
Olympic, Commonwealth Games Medalist
World, Olympic, Commonwealth, Australian Records
Australian Surf and Open Water Champion
Active Club Coach - coaching all ages
Benefits of a good technique
There are a whole range of benefits when you improve your swim technique.
Below listed are some. Check my Blog Post out for more information.
Benefits include:
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Improve your swimming speed
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Improve your stamina
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Be able to glide effortlessly through the water - it feels great
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Enables more variation in sessions to improve fitness and motivation
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Drop your competition times
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Make swimming easier and more enjoyable
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Easier speed for triathlon swimming
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Reduce the effort needed to maintain same pace
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Improve your swimming performance for beginners, intermediate and advanced
Video analysis & Next Technique Aim sheets
How they help
Your stroke is individual to you.
My role in making an analysis of your stroke is to:
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Highlight where you can improve
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Provide direction on how to make those improvements
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All the time using your personal style as the base
This is the best way to get your swimming to improve.
One type of style instruction does not suit all.
Even the World Record holders and Olympic Champions all have different stroke technique elements.
What they do, is to use their individual technique to create the:
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Optimum bio-mechanical advantage for their style
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Use the timing of their stroke to generate optimum power
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Using these two elements, to produce a style with the lowest drag
Finding out your aims is important in this process as different techniques can produce, in Freestyle swimming
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A high torque stroke - that suits, swimming in a pack like at times in a triathlon or surf race or choppy water that takes away momentum from your stroke
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A higher speed potential stroke - that suits shorter distance pool swimming
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A higher level of endurance and efficiency- that suits swimming longer distances
The Video Analysis and Next Technique Aim sheets will provide the pathway for you to swim easier, faster, more powerfully, which will provide greater enjoyment and satisfaction
How the process works
I guide you through the process, which in summary is:
1. You take a video of you stroke; from the front and side (see how to do that below)
2. I send you a Dropbox request that you drag your video into
3. I produce your
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Full Stroke Analysis - Video 1
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Next Technique Aim - Stage 1
4. I provide a link to your Personal Technique Library for you to download
How to create your video
The video above shows how to create your video
Using a mobile phone or GoPro
Have a friend video your stroke:
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From the front
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From the side, walking level with the swimmers shoulder
This process takes only a few minutes.
When you have your videos
Upload your videos using a Dropbox link that I send you.
Your Personal Technique Library, accessed via Dropbox, is accessible for all time and is personal to you
It will contain your
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All your original vision
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Your Technique Analysis edited video
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All Next Technique Aim sheets
Your choice of
Swim Technique Improvement
Service Levels
All costs are in $Australian - Payments processed via Square
Service Level 1
This level provides the most insight and interaction with your stroke.
The stroke analysis and feedback phase is over 10-16 weeks approximately - depending on the interval when you send your video (explained below)
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It is the most detailed in helping you to Self Educate as your technique develops
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It is the best in helping you with self-analysis during the process and later on
FEATURES INCLUDE:
Full Stroke Analysis - Video 1
This video provides an overall perspective of your technique improvement pathway.
It helps connect the dots as you achieve incremental improvements.
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Uses your original vision and I create slow motion and freeze frame
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Video is overlayed with text and technique improvement call outs of your style
Next Technique Aim (NTA) - Stage 1:
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A printable sheet with images of your style with prioritised improvement call outs
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I also provide swim drill information to help develop your improvements
3 Video Analysis service
3 Next Technique Aim service
As you make technique improvements they interact with other elements of your stroke.
Your NTA sheets prioritise these improvements.
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So every 2 - 4 weeks you send a front and side video of your stroke (Videos 2,3,4)
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I then send a new updated NTA sheet (Sheets 2,3,4), so you continually progress
Full Stroke Analysis - Video 5
Again uses your original vision, this time from your 5th video
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I create slow motion and freeze frame overlayed with text and technique commentary
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It provides a comparative analysis of your technique improvement since Video 1
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Being in your Library it can help consolidate and maintain your improved technique
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Personal Technique Library
Service Level provides all time access to your Personal Technique Library accessed via Dropbox
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Contains all Service elements including your original vision
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Accessing your Library will help you Self Educate and keep your improved technique
Swim Tech Bulletin - Monthly
Service Level includes 12 month subscription to the monthly Swim Tech Bulletin that includes:
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Swim session programs using the best of exercise science for efficient and effective training
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Support fitness information: the science behind physical fitness conditioning
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Special interest information including weight loss, lean body mass creation, flexibility, body shaping
Price: $395 Australian $ including GST
The Buy Now button below will take you to a secure payment process provided by Square
When you purchase
I will email you the next day, to begin your technique improvement process 😊
Graham
Be your own Technique Coach
I will show you how.
* This is a special service for Service Level 1 users
In Service Level 1 the combination of the
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Stroke Analysis Videos and the
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NTA Stages and sheets
will provide the technique information you need to self educate.
Having a friend take a video of your stroke, you will be able to use
that information to do a self analysis.
From experience, one of the problems in doing a self-analysis,
is identifying technique issues when you see your technique in real time.
Slow Motion Self Analysis
This service is available at any time with your Service Level 1.
Simply send your videos of your choice i.e. Front, Side or Both
I will edit the video and produce a
Slow Motion Self Analysis video
which will be added to your Personal Technique Library
* You can use this service, at any time during your use of Service Level 1,
or at any time after the Service is completed
In the interest of helping you to Be Your Own Technique Coach
this service is at a special pricing of $25 Australian $, per Slow Motion video
Click Buy Slow Motion to purchase
Then when you are ready, Upload your video
to the Dropbox request that I send you.
Service Level 2
This level is similar to Level 1, however it offers less interaction and therefore not as complete in helping you to glide through the water.
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It does not provide the Video 5 Analysis which helps consolidate your improvements
The stroke analysis and feedback phase is over 6 - 12 weeks approximately - depending on the interval when you send your video (explained below)
FEATURES INCLUDE:
Full Stroke Analysis - Video 1
This video provides an overall perspective of your technique improvement pathway.
It helps connect the dots as you achieve incremental improvements.
-
Uses your original vision and I create slow motion and freeze frame
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Video is overlayed with text and technique improvement call outs of your style
Next Technique Aim (NTA) - Stage 1:
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A printable sheet with images of your style with prioritised improvement call outs;
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I also provide swim drill information to help develop your improvements
2 Video Analysis service
2 Next Technique Aim service
As you make technique improvements they interact with other elements of your stroke.
Your NTA sheets prioritise these improvements.
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So every 2 - 4 weeks you send a video of your stroke (videos 2,3)
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I then send a new updated NTA sheet, so you continually progress (Sheets 2,3)
Personal Technique Library
Service Level provides all time access to your Personal Technique Library accessed via Dropbox
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Contains all Service elements including your original vision
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Accessing your Library will help you Self Educate and keep your improved technique
Swim Tech Bulletin - Monthly
Service Level includes 12 month subscription to the monthly Swim Tech Bulletin that includes:
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Swim session programs using the best of exercise science for efficient and effective training
-
Support fitness information: the science behind physical fitness conditioning
-
Special interest information including weight loss, lean body mass creation, flexibility, body shaping
Price: $289 Australian $ including GST
The Buy Now button below will take you to a secure payment process provided by Square
When you purchase
I will email you the next day, to begin your technique improvement process 😊
Graham
Service Level 3
This level offers the least service of the 3 levels.
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It does not provide the Video 5 Analysis which helps consolidate your improvements
The stroke analysis and feedback phase is over 2 - 4 weeks approximately - depending on the interval when you send your video (explained below)
FEATURES INCLUDE:
Full Stroke Analysis - Video 1
This video provides an overall perspective of your technique improvement pathway.
It helps connect the dots as you achieve incremental improvements.
-
Uses your original vision and I create slow motion and freeze frame
-
Video is overlayed with text and technique improvement call outs of your style
Next Technique Aim (NTA) - Stage 1:
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A printable sheet with images of your style with prioritised improvement call outs;
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I also provide swim drill information to help develop your improvements
1 Video Analysis service
1 Next Technique Aim service
As you make technique improvements they interact with other elements of your stroke.
Your NTA sheets prioritise these improvements.
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So after 2 - 4 weeks you send a video of your stroke (Video 2)
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I then send a new updated NTA sheet, so you continually progress (Sheet 2)
Personal Technique Library
Service Level provides all time access to your Personal Technique Library accessed via Dropbox
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Contains all Service elements including your original vision
-
Accessing your Library will help you Self Educate and keep your improved technique
Swim Tech Bulletin - Monthly
Service Level includes 12 month subscription to the monthly Swim Tech Bulletin that includes:
-
Swim session programs using the best of exercise science for efficient and effective training
-
Support fitness information: the science behind physical fitness conditioning
-
Special interest information including weight loss, lean body mass creation, flexibility, body shaping
Price: $229 Australian $ including GST
The Buy Now button below will take you to a secure payment process provided by Square
When you purchase
I will email you the next day, to begin your technique improvement process 😊
Graham
Swim education - For easier, faster and more enjoyable swimming
This free information service will help you:
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Improve swim speed and stamina
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Make swimming freestyle easier
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Improve your swimming for triathlon
See these current topics
Lets you know how to improve your freestyle technique within your individual style
Provides an understanding about why improving swim technique is difficult and encourages patience so you can improve your swimming
Ask a question - Get more information
User Feedback
"These videos are the best. I know how much we get out of them." Serena J.
Kate M.
This is just fantastic Graham, seeing my stroke in slow motion with your instruction really helped . So great to have a plan for improving my stroke, thank you!
Ken B.
Thanks Graham. You have seen things in my stroke that no other person has commented on... the fixes are working
Andrew B.
Amazing the improvement and different feel I am getting with your technique comments. Been labouring for years, now improving. Great.