The 12 Days Of Christmas Swim Set

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Merry Christmas everyone! Looking for a way to burn off all those mince pies? Try our very special 12 Days Of Christmas swim set written by SS Coach Annie Oberlin-Harris:

As with many things Christmas, there's an element of endurance to this at 3900m (!) but you can start at the 6th day for 3150m, 9th day for 2100m or 11th day of Christmas for 1150m:

[ You can also see the session in the SS Coaching System, as always complete with full drill descriptions and videos: app.swimsmooth.com/sequence/ks/cIn/12-days-of-christmas/ ]

On the first day of Christmas my true love said to me...

Swim 50 freestyle bubble-bubble-breathe

On the second day of Christmas my true love said to me..

Swim 50 using pull & paddles 

And 50 bubble-bubble-breathe

On the third day of Christmas my true love said to me...

Swim 50 with fins ↑ 6/3/6 ↓ freestyle

50 pull & paddles

And 50 bubble-bubble-breathe

On the fourth day of Christmas my true love said to me...

Swim 50 ↑ B4s L ↓ B4s R

50 ↑ 6/3/6 ↓ freestyle

50 pull & paddles

And 50 bubble-bubble-breathe

On the fifth day of Christmas my true love said to me...

Swim 50 with fins 6/5/6

50 ↑ B4s L ↓ B4s R

50 ↑ 6/3/6 ↓ freestyle

50 pull & paddles

And 50 bubble-bubble-breathe

On the sixth day of Christmas my true love said to me...

Swim 50 sighting every 6 strokes

50 fins 6/5/6

50 ↑ B4s L ↓ B4s R

50 ↑ 6/3/6 ↓ freestyle

50 pull & paddles

And 50 bubble-bubble-breathe

On the seventh day of Christmas my true love said to me...

Swim 50 B3/5/7s

50 sighting every 6 strokes

50 fins 6/5/6

50 ↑ B4s L ↓ B4s R

50 ↑ 6/3/6 ↓ freestyle

50 pull & paddles 

And 50 bubble-bubble-breathe

On the eighth day of Christmas my true love said to me...

Swim 50 with the first 8m underwater with a strong torpedo push off

50 B3/5/7s

50 sighting every 6 strokes

50 fins 6/5/6

50 ↑ B4s L ↓ B4s R

50 ↑ 6/3/6 ↓ freestyle

50 pull & paddles 

And 50 bubble-bubble-breathe

On the ninth day of Christmas my true love said to me...

Swim with pull buoy ↑ B9s ↓ B3s

50 8m strong underwater

50 B3/5/7s

50 sighting every 6 strokes

50 fins 6/5/6

50 ↑ B4s L ↓ B4s R

50 ↑ 6/3/6 ↓ freestyle

50 pull & paddles 

And 50 bubble-bubble-breathe

On the tenth day of Christmas my true love said to me...

Swim 50 starting with 10 strokes waterpolo into freestyle B3s keeping up the tempo

50 pull buoy ↑ B9s ↓ B3s

50 8m strong underwater

50 B3/5/7s

50 sighting every 6 strokes

50 fins 6/5/6

50 ↑ B4s L ↓ B4s R

50 ↑ 6/3/6 ↓ freestyle

50 pull & paddles 

And 50 bubble-bubble-breathe

On the eleventh day of Christmas my true love said to me...

Swim 50 sprinting first 11 strokes into easy freestyle 

50 as 10 strokes waterpolo + B3s tempo

50 pull buoy ↑ B9s ↓ B3s

50 8m strong underwater

50 B3/5/7s

50 sighting every 6 strokes

50 fins 6/5/6

50 ↑ B4s L ↓ B4s R

50 ↑ 6/3/6 ↓ freestyle

50 pull & paddles 

And 50 bubble-bubble-breathe

On the twelfth day of Christmas my true love said to me...

Swim 50 as 12.5 scull 1 + 12.5 doggy paddle + 25 freestyle 

50 sprint 11 strokes then easy 

50 as 10 strokes waterpolo + B3s tempo

50 pull buoy ↑ B9s ↓ B3s

50 8m strong underwater

50 B3/5/7s

50 sighting every 6 strokes

50 fins 6/5/6

50 ↑ B4s L ↓ B4s R

50 ↑ 6/3/6 ↓ freestyle

50 pull & paddles 

And 50 bubble-bubble-breathe

Enjoy and MERRY CHRISTMAS from the whole Swim Smooth team!

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The New Swim Smooth Coaching System Tour

Wow! Interest in the new Swim Smooth Coaching System has been amazing with over 1000 of you subscribing since the launch last week - way beyond what we could have ever hoped for! Creating the system has been a real labour of love for us and it's fantastic to here your messages and comments about how much you're enjoying using the system.

If you haven't seen the system yet, check it out here: app.swimsmooth.com

** The special launch offer ends on December 22nd (Monday), don't miss out! **

The new Swim Smooth Coaching System brings all of Swim Smooth's coaching to your fingertips on your phone, tablet or computer. It's an intelligent system that tailors coaching and training sessions to your individual needs to improve your stroke technique, swim fitness and open water skills. To show you a little more how it works we've created a new tour video on Youtube here:

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Janine Willis, Age Group Triathlete: This app is amazing, there is so much info it feels like you literally have Paul there coaching you!

FAQs

We have had plenty of questions about the new system, the most common are:

- Is there a tie in period when subscribing? No you can unsubscribe at any time at the click of a button in the Account Settings area. In fact if you are unhappy with the system you can contact us and claim a full refund in the first 14 days.

- Can I take a look around the system before subscribing? Sorry at the moment we don't have a trial which is why we created the tour video above for you.

- I'm a coach, what subscription do I need? You should use a normal single license, either monthly or annual. Any user can switch between coach and swimmer modes at any time. If you are a club with multiple coaches, choose one of the

- I'm on a slow connection, how do I lower the bandwidth of the videos? This should happen automatically on your phone or tablet but if you on a computer just go to the bottom right of any video and un-click the 'HD' button.

- Do I need an internet connection to use the system? Yes you do, unfortunately the content is just too extensive to download everything onto any current device.

- I can't view the website on Google Chrome on my PC! Sorry about that, we fixed this bug yesterday, it should work fine for you now.

If you have a question yourself, just send us a quick email to customerservice@swimsmooth.com and we'll get right back to you.

Subscribe here and start improving your swimming today: app.swimsmooth.com

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Announcing: The All New Swim Smooth Coaching System - For Swimmers & Triathletes!

Nothing happens if you do not first dream it… This was our dream, we hope you like it.

Swim Smooth are very proud to announce the launch of the new Swim Smooth Coaching System, a personal coach for swimmers and triathletes! Available for to use wherever you are on any phone, tablet or computer - in fact anywhere you can access the internet:

Dive right in: app.swimsmooth.com

Featuring over 20 hours of never-seen-before Swim Smooth coaching video to work on all aspects of your swimming and over new 300 training sessions for you to follow, this unique web-app brings our whole coaching system together in one place, in an always-accessible format.

First it cleverly configures itself to your level of swimming and individual Swim Type, then informs and inspires you on how to move forwards. Follow the simple step-by-step instructions and you will quickly make some big strides forwards with your freestyle swimming in the pool, open water and triathlon events!

You can see a full tour of the features below but as you'd expect from Swim Smooth, the system is incredibly comprehensive whilst also being extremely easy to use.

Whatever your level of swimming, it's your complete swim coaching solution.

app.swimsmooth.com

** Don't delay in signing up - our special introductory offer ends on the 22nd December. **

If you enjoy Swim Smooth please forward this email to all your swimming friends or post out on social media - we don't have a big advertising budget and more than anything we rely on word of mouth to spread the word about great swim coaching. :)

Swim Smooth!

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The Swim Smooth Coaching System Tour

The Coaching System dashboard (shown above) is the hub of everything you do in the web-app, providing the gateway to all of our coaching content and allowing you to track your development. You can also set race targets here and see quick links to your favourite videos and training sessions.

Improving your freestyle stroke technique is a key part of becoming a faster more efficient swimmer. The coaching system embeds Swim Smooth's highly developed Swim Type correction processes to develop your stroke technique as a whole:

Each process is presented as simple step by step instructions to follow and tick off, linking in all the coaching videos, visualisations and drills to get to work on your individual needs as a swimmer. If you've been swimming for a while and become stuck on a plateau then it's likely you've been following generic coaching that isn't working on your weaknesses. Our Swim Type system will fix that and get you moving forwards again.

As well as the Swim Type system you'll also find our Fault-Fixer processes to correct any specific stroke flaw you need to work on. Here's the guide for swimmers who lift their head to breathe:

In total the system contains over 25 hours of unique Swim Smooth video, including over 20 hours which has never been released before, all shot in incredible HD*. Collating this much high quality footage has been a real labour of love over the last 2 years!

* If you're sometimes on a slow connection you can easily switch from HD to SD footage.

As you'd expect the entire Swim Smooth Drill set is in place:

Each drill can be viewed from up to 7 unique angles to get a real three dimensional appreciation of every position together with in-depth voice-over tutorials and summary points:

Of course we also have an extensive Open Water Skills section, explaining how to make you a faster and more effective swimmer in the great outdoors. We have skills, methods and practise sessions aplenty:

Extensive training plans for different goals and distances are a huge feature of the Coaching System. There are 12 complete plans to choose from, preparing you perfectly for any event from your first mile swim right through Sprint, Olympic, Half and Full Ironman triathlons, and even 5km, 10km and marathon swims:

If you're new to freestyle and not ready for a full training plan yet then try our special Swim Type Follow-On Plan to build you up to swimming 400m (and further) without stopping.

Of course, all the drills and visualisations are fully integrated within the training sessions:

You can print out any session to take poolside or if you're a coach, slip your device into a waterproof housing for instant access to everything.

Oh and if you fancy a real challenge we've also included our extensive new guide to Marathon and Channel Swimming written by our very own Manhattan Island Marathon Swim Champion Paul Newsome!

Another innovative feature is the integrated use of Tempo Trainer Pros. Start in the MyCSS section and enter your CSS swim test results to get a full analysis of your fitness:

Your resultant CSS pace is then used throughout the app, prescribing you the perfect pace you need to swim in every session for maximum benefit. In fact we tell you exactly what to enter into the Tempo Trainer Pro every time (in true dummies-guide style!) :

In total there are over 300 sessions in the webapp covering all levels of ability from beginner to elite competitor. There's an extensive session library too, so if you're a coach looking for a CSS session for your squad that evening or a swimmer looking for a technique session, it's all there for you:

Over the last two years we've been busy expanding our archive of elite swimmers with 15 world class swimmers and triathletes included, each specially filmed and analysed by Swim Smooth. There's such much to learn by watching these guys! Here's Double Olympic Champion Rebecca Adlington in action showing us her incredible stroke:

Watch each athlete up-close and from every conceivable angle to give you an amazing insight into why they are so quick through the water. As well as Rebecca the set includes the world’s fastest triathlon Swimmer Richard Varga, Olympian Jono Van Hazel (aka Mr Smooth himself), World Triathlon Champion Tim Don and 7 Times Marathon Swimming Champion Shelley Taylor Smith.

Our award winning Catch Masterclass program is also included (previously available on DVD) which has already helping thousands of swimmers to improve their catch and propulsive technique:

The system is also the ultimate resource for clubs and coaches. In fact if you tell the system you are a coach it provides you with a bespoke dashboard layout to more quickly access essential coaching tools such as the Swim Smooth drill set, our elite swimmer footage and your collection of favourites:

Swim Smooth offers you the most highly developed and respected coaching system in the world used by British Triathlon, Triathlon England, The ASA (Open Water) and The International Triathlon Union governing bodies for their coach education.

If you're coaching under one of these governing bodies yourself the new web-app based system makes the perfect companion tool to develop your coaching knowledge and skills.

For more information and to signup visit: app.swimsmooth.com

Pricing Plans

If you're quick you can subscribe to the Swim Smooth Coaching System for just £6.99 / US$10.99 per month* as a swimmer or coach. Annual and group license plans (ideal for clubs) are also available, for more information see our price plans on the bottom of this page: app.swimsmooth.com

* Our special introductory offer ends of December 22nd!

If you have a question about the system or which plan is right for you then don't hesitate to send us an email to customerservice@swimsmooth.com and we'll get right back to you.

Swim Smooth!

Announcing: The All New Swim Smooth Coaching System!

Nothing happens if you do not first dream it… This was our dream, we hope you like it.

**just need to add some testimonials when we have them all back**

Swim Smooth are very proud to announce the launch of the new Swim Smooth Coaching System! Available to use wherever you are on any phone, tablet or computer - in fact anywhere you can access the internet:

Dive right in: app.swimsmooth.com

Featuring over 20 hours of brand new Swim Smooth video and over 300 training sessions to follow, this unique web-app combines all our knowledge on stroke correction, training methods and open water skills. It brings our whole coaching system together in one place, in an always-accessible format.

You can see a full tour of the features below but as you'd expect from Swim Smooth, the system is incredibly comprehensive whilst also being extremely easy to use. First it cleverly configures itself to your level of swimming and individual Swim Type, then informs and inspires you on how to move forwards. Follow the simple step-by-step instructions and you will quickly make some big strides forwards with your freestyle swimming in the pool, open water and triathlon!

Whatever your level of swimming, it's your complete swim coaching solution.

app.swimsmooth.com

** Don't delay in signing up - our special introductory offer ends on the 22nd December. **

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The Swim Smooth Coaching System Tour

The Coaching System dashboard is the hub of everything you do in the web-app, providing the gateway to all of our coaching content and allowing you to track your development. You can also set race targets here and see quick links to your favourite videos and training sessions:

Of course improving your freestyle stroke technique is a key part of becoming a faster more efficient swimmer. The coaching system uses Swim Smooth's highly developed Swim Type correction processes to develop your stroke technique as a whole:

Each process is presented as simple step by step instructions to follow and tick off, linking in all the coaching videos, visualisations and drills to get to work on your individual needs as a swimmer. If you've been swimming for a while and become stuck on a plateau then it's likely you've been following generic coaching that isn't working on your weaknesses. Our Swim Type system will fix that and get you moving forwards again.

As well as the Swim Type system you'll also find our Fault-Fixer processes to correct any specific stroke flaw you need to work on:

In total the system contains over 25 hours of unique Swim Smooth video, including over 20 hours which has never been released before, all shot in incredible HD*. Collating this much high quality footage has been a real labour of love over the last 2 years!

* If you're sometimes on a slow connection you can easily switch from HD to SD footage.

As you'd expect the entire Swim Smooth Drill set is in place:

Each drill can be viewed from up to 7 unique angles to get a real three dimensional appreciation of every position together with in-depth voice-over tutorials and summary points:

Of course we also have an extensive Open Water Skills section, explaining how to make you a faster and more effective swimmer in the great outdoors. We have skills, methods and practise sessions aplenty:

Extensive training plans for different goals and distances are a huge feature of the Coaching System. There are 12 complete plans to choose from, preparing you perfectly for any event from your first mile swim right through Sprint, Olympic, Half and Full Ironman triathlons, and even 5km, 10km and marathon swims:

If you're new to freestyle and not ready for a full training plan yet then try our special Swim Type Follow-On Plan to build you up to swimming 400m (and further) without stopping.

Of course, all the drills and visualisations are fully integrated within the training sessions:

You can print out any session to take poolside or if you're a coach, slip your device into a waterproof housing for instant access to everything.

Oh and if you fancy a real challenge we've also included our extensive new guide to Marathon and Channel Swimming written by our very own Manhattan Island Marathon Swim Champion Paul Newsome!

Another innovative feature of the coaching system is that we've integrated the use of Tempo Trainer Pros. Start in the MyCSS section and enter your CSS swim test results to get a full analysis of your fitness:

Your resultant CSS pace is then used throughout the app, prescribing you the perfect pace you need to swim in every session for maximum benefit. In fact we tell you exactly what to enter into the Tempo Trainer Pro every time (in true dummies-guide style!) :

In total there are over 300 sessions in the webapp covering all levels of ability from beginner to elite competitor. There's an extensive session library too, so if you're a coach looking for a CSS session for your squad that evening or a swimmer looking for a technique session, it's all there for you:

Over the last two years we've been busy expanding our archive of elite swimmers with 15 world class swimmers and triathletes included, each specially filmed and analysed by Swim Smooth. There's such much to learn by watching these guys! Here's Double Olympic Champion Rebecca Adlington in action showing us her incredible stroke:

Watch each athlete up-close and from every conceivable angle to give you an amazing insight into why they are so quick through the water. As well as Rebecca the set includes the world’s fastest triathlon Swimmer Richard Varga, Olympian Jono Van Hazel (aka Mr Smooth himself), World Triathlon Champion Tim Don and 7 Times Marathon Swimming Champion Shelley Taylor Smith.

Our award winning Catch Masterclass program is also included (previously available on DVD) which has already helping thousands of swimmers to improve their catch and propulsive technique:

The system is also the ultimate resource for clubs and coaches. In fact if you tell the system you are a coach it provides you with a bespoke dashboard layout to more quickly access essential coaching tools such as the Swim Smooth drill set, our elite swimmer footage and your collection of favourites:

Swim Smooth offers you the most highly developed and respected coaching system in the world used by British Triathlon, Triathlon England, The ASA (Open Water) and The International Triathlon Union governing bodies for their coach education.

And if you're coaching under one of these governing bodies yourself the new web-app based coaching system makes the perfect companion tool to develop your coaching knowledge and skills.

For more information and to signup visit: app.swimsmooth.com

Pricing Plans

If you're quick you can subscribe to the Swim Smooth Coaching System for just £6.99 / US$10.99 per month* as a swimmer or coach. Annual and group license plans (ideal for clubs) are also available, for more information see our price plans on the bottom of this page: app.swimsmooth.com

* Our special introductory offer ends of December 22nd!

If you have a question about the system or which plan is right for you then don't hesitate to send us an email to customerservice@swimsmooth.com and we'll get right back to you.

Swim Smooth!

Announcing: The All New Swim Smooth Coaching System!

[Damn, most of the screen grabs here are cropped on the right... will fix tomorrow]

Nothing happens if you do not first dream it… This was our dream, we hope you like it.

**mention can switch HD off**

Swim Smooth are very proud to announce the launch of our new Swim Smooth Coaching System, available to use wherever you are on any phone, tablet or computer:

Featuring over 20 hours of brand new Swim Smooth video and over 300 training sessions to follow, this webapp replaces all of our DVDs, written training plans and stroke correction guides, bringing our whole coaching system together into one place. Whatever your level of swimming, it's your complete swim coaching solution!

As you'd expect from Swim Smooth, the system is incredibly comprehensive but it's also extremely easy to use, cleverly configuring itself to your level of swimming and individual Swim Type. It informs and inspires you, then gives you simple step-by-step instructions to follow to take big strides forwards with your swimming.

You can see a tour of the key features below but don't delay in signing up - we have a special introductory offer on the coaching system ending on December 22nd.

Discover the Swim Smooth Coaching System at: app.swimsmooth.com

The Swim Smooth Coaching System Tour

The Coaching System dashboard is the hub of everything you do in the web-app, providing the gateway to all of our coaching content and allowing you to track your development. You can also set race targets here and see quick links to your favourite videos and training sessions:

Of course improving your stroke technique is a key part of becoming a faster more efficient swimmer and the coaching system majors in this area our full Swim Type development processes to develop your whole stroke and our Fault-Fixers to correct a specific stroke flaw you want to work on:

Each process is presented as simple step by step instructions to follow and tick off, linking in coaching videos, including just the right visualisations and drills to focus just on what you need to do.

In total the system contains over 25 hours of unique Swim Smooth video, including over 20 hours which has never been released before, all shot in incredible HD. Collating this much high quality footage has been a real labour of love over the last 2 years!

As you'd expect the entire Swim Smooth Drill set is here:

Each drill can be viewed from up to 7 unique angles to get a real three dimensional appreciation of every position together with in-depth voice-over tutorials and summary points:

Of course we also have an extensive Open Water Skills section, explaining how to make you a faster and more effective swimmer in the great outdoors. We have skills, methods and practise sessions aplenty:

A huge feature of the Coaching System are the included training plans. There are 12 complete plans to choose from, preparing you perfectly for any challenge from your first mile swim right through Sprint, Olympic, Half and Full Ironman triathlons:

Of course, all the drills and visualisations are fully integrated into the training sessions:

You can print out any session to take poolside, or if you're a coach slip your device into a waterproof housing for instant access to everything.

Oh and if you fancy a real challenge we've also included our extensive new guide to Marathon and Channel Swimming written by our very own Manhattan Island Marathon Swim Champion Paul Newsome!

An innovative feature of the coaching system is that we've integrated the use of Tempo Trainer Pros within the training sessions. In the MyCSS section first take the CSS test and get a full analysis of your results:

Your resultant CSS pace is then used throughout the app, giving you the perfect pace you need to swim in every session for maximum benefit. In fact we tell you exactly what to enter into the Tempo Trainer Pro every time (in true dummies-guide style!) :

In total there are over 300 sessions in the webapp covering all levels of ability from beginner to elite competitor. There's an extensive session library too, so if you're a coach looking for a CSS session for your squad or a swimmer looking for a technique session, it's all there for you:

Over the last two years we've been busy expanding our archive of elite swimmers we've filmed and there are 15 elite swimmers included here in total, each with our analysis of their stroke technique. Here's Double Olympic Champion Rebecca Adlington in action showing us her incredible stroke:

We filmed each elite swimmer up-close and from every conceivable angle to give you amazing insight into why they are so quick through the water. As well as Rebecca the set includes the world’s fastest triathlon Swimmer Richard Varga, Olympian Jono Van Hazel (aka Mr Smooth himself), World Triathlon Champion Tim Don and 7 Times Marathon Swimming Champion Shelley Taylor Smith.

Our award winning Catch Masterclass program is also included (previously available on DVD) which has already helping thousands of swimmers to improve their catch and propulsive technique:

The system is the ultimate resource for clubs and coaches too. In fact if you tell the system you are a coach it provides you with a bespoke dashboard layout to more quickly access essential coaching tools such as the Swim Smooth drill set, our elite swimmer footage and your collection of favourites:

For clubs looking to use the system we have a range of group licenses available to give access to all of your coaches (see the bottom of the page here). If you can't see exactly what you are looking for then send us an email to customerservice@swimsmooth.com and we'll get right back to you.

Last but not least we should point out that the Swim Smooth is a coaching system you can trust. We were selected to write the swim coaching curriculum for British Triathlon, Triathlon England, The ASA (Open Water) and International Triathlon Union.

#will also add BTF & ASA logos in here#

The Swim Smooth Coaching System gives you direct access to an expanded version of the material used by these governing bodies to help you develop even further as a swimmer or coach.

For more information and to signup for the Swim Smooth Coaching System see: app.swimsmooth.com

Swim Smooth!