Need to polish up on your butterfly or perfect that backstroke? We run stroke improvement courses at Richmond Recreation Centre and Collingwood Leisure Centre.

With personalised support from our fantastic coaches, this is your chance to improve all areas of your swimming.

You must be able to swim 100m freestyle continuously to benefit from this course.

Course outline

The course will develop all four of your strokes with focuses on the following topics and more!

• Lane etiquette
• Kicking technique
• Body positioning and balance
• Kick and body positioning
• Breathing techniques
• Correct head movement while breathing
• Timing breaths with your stroke
• Stroke rhythm: entry, catch and sweep
• Gaining longer, stronger strokes
• Correct positioning of arms and hands
• Stroke rhythm: entering and exiting the water
• Rotating to increase stroke length and minimise resistance.

Dates and times

Stroke improvement courses are as follows:

• Richmond: Tuesdays 6pm to 7pm
• Collingwood: Wednesdays 6pm to 7pm

All courses run for 5 weeks unless stated otherwise - you must sign up for the whole program.

Richmond October Stroke Improvement course is 4 weeks due to Melbourne Cup Day public holiday Tuesday 4 November. 

November/December Stroke Improvement courses 4 weeks due to Christmas Holiday season. 

What if you can't commit to 5 weeks?

We understand that life is busy. If you just want something on the go, come to our weekly casual Swimfit or Swimfit+ group exercise classes. These classes casually and book individually.

Price

For our standard 5-week program:

• Members: $138.50
• Non-Members: $151.50

Pricing is adjusted for shorter or longer programs.

How to book

To make a booking:

• log in to our online portal. You must create a free account if you don't have one
• visit one of our centres
• call 9205 5522.

More information

For more information, please call 9205 5522, email [email protected] or visit your nearest venue.