STR SpeedWeek Swim Camps: Using science to improve technique
Are you:
- looking for a significant time drop?
- serious about improving your technique?
- hoping to reduce or eliminate shoulder pain?
- ready to compete at the next level?
- interested in extending your swimming career to college?
If you are, then an STR Speedweek is your best swim camp option for 2020!
About Swimming Technology Research (STR) Camps
We are the only camp with scientific studies that confirm the effect of our technique improvement strategies.
In the morning classroom instructional session, swimmers learn specific cues to see and feel so they can swim like MONA, a biomechanical model of optimal technique. The following pool session includes deliberate practice strategies to help the swimmers optimize technique—short swims at a slow stroke rate with lots of individual feedback.
In the afternoon, swimmers are tested in the pool and analyzed in the classroom with Aquanex—our patented system that captures synchronized underwater video and hand force data. This science-based analysis is unlike anything else in the world of swimming, giving swimmers the information they need to fine-tune their technique and make drastic time drops.
You will learn to:
- Optimize the non-breathing head position
- Control the base of support to minimize resistance and maximize propulsion
- Benefit from elbow flexion at the beginning of the pull
- Vary the arm index of coordination in freestyle
- Minimize shoulder stress on the freestyle and butterfly arm entry
- Reduce fluctuations in body velocity in breaststroke and butterfly
- Gain extra propulsion on the freestyle push phase
- Practice deliberately to make technique changes quickly
The STR bottom line: We guarantee we can show every swimmer how to swim faster. SpeedWeek helps you make technique changes based on scientific data rather than opinion. Our campers have incomparable progress and learn practice strategies that help them continue to improve on return to normal training.
Each SpeedWeek is limited to 12 swimmers to ensure maximum individual attention by Dr. Rod Havriluk, world-renowned biomechanist and technique expert.
About Coach Dr. Rod Havriluk
All Speedweek camps and clinics are conducted by Dr. Rod Havriluk; a world-renowned biomechanist, consultant, and technique expert. He has been successfully helping swimmers swim faster for more than 30 years and is internationally recognized for his unique approach to accelerating skill-learning and preventing shoulder injury. He is a frequent conference presenter (ASCA, ASCTA, BMS, FINA, IOC, ISCA, USAS, USMS, USSSA) and has conducted camps all over the world. Dr. Havriluk is an internationally-recognized expert on the biomechanics of swimming. In 2015, he was selected by Swimming World Magazine as one of the top 10 individuals making an impact on swimming. He’s also a former coach, active researcher, patent holder, and swimmer. He is a frequent contributor to a number of swimming- and biomechanics-related publications and has been featured in books and on television.
Coach Rod Havriluk; Photo Courtesy: STR SpeedWeek
2020 STR SpeedWeek Swim Camp Dates
These camps sell out quickly, so don’t wait!
SpeedWeekend in Richmond, VA: April 18-19
SpeedWeek in Tallahassee, FL: July 27 – July 31
SpeedWeek in Miami, FL: December 27 – 31
Get more information about the camps or register.
2020 STR Swim Clinics Dates
Contact STR Speedweek Camp Staff
Phone: 850-385-9803
Website: www.swimmingtechnology.com
Email: info@swimmingtechnology.com