Race Faster Backstroke and More - Joliet, IL

Improve your technique by swimming with Olympic gold medalist OLIVIA SMOLIGA and two-time Olympian CHLOE SUTTON! Talk to them, swim with them, and learn from them. Olivia and Chloe will teach participants the drills and exercises that she does everyday. Don't miss out on this special event designed to inspire and educate swimmers to swim faster, dream bigger!

Olivia and Chloe will be leading three sessions designed for swimmers of all ages and abilities. Sign up for the approriate session today:

• Saturday September 9 - Ages 10 and under (SOLD OUT!):
  Check-in: 1:00 PM, Event 1:30 PM - 3:30 PM
  Enter the waitlist for this clinic by clicking register.
  Register for other clinics in your area: Peoria, IL & Western Springs, IL
  

• Sunday September 10 - Ages 11-12 (SOLD OUT!:
  Check-in: 9:00 AM, Event: 9:30 AM - 12:00 PM
  Enter the waitlist for this clinic by clicking register.
  Register for other clinics in your area: Peoria, IL & Western Springs, IL
  

• Sunday September 10 - Ages 13 & Over:
  Check-in: 1:00 PM, Event 1:30 PM - 4:30 PM

Space is limited! Sign up before the sessions sell out!

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10 & Under Curriculum:
Freestyle and Backstroke Fundamentals

This clinic is designed to be a fun, inspirational, and educational experience for swimmers to learn the details of fast techique while they build on their love for swimming! Olympian Olivia Smoliga will teach you the KEY components to enhance their overall race performance in backstroke and Olympian Chloe Sutton will hellp you master freestyle technqiue!

• Freestyle: Learn how to hold a straight and solid body line so that you can rocket through the water with less drag. Keep your head still and low in the water while driving your kick. Chloe will also teach participants how to get an early and powerful press backwards on the water with your pull. You swim freestyle more than any other stroke. Learn how to swim it effectively!

• Backstroke: Engaging your core not only allows you to swim stronger, but it also allows you to hold the proper body line. Olivia will help swimmers learn the importance of rotation and how to use it to your advantage. Backstrokers are often the fastest kickers on their teams, find out why!

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11-12 Curriculum:
Backstroke, Backstroke Starts, and Underwater Dolphin Kicking

Elevate your performance and take your swimming to the next level at this high performance swim clinic designed to help swimmers age 11 & 12 improve their technique by learning what it takes to swim fast. Chloe and Olivia will work with participants in the water and demonstrate a progression of drills!

• Backstroke: Set up the proper bodyline by engaging your core. Olivia will help swimmers learn how to rotate and connect the rotation to a powerful arm pull for increased power. Backstrokers are often the fastest kickers on their teams, find out why!

• Underwater Dolphin Kicking: The fastest swimmers in the world dolphin kick off of their walls. It's not as hard as you think. Olivia and Chloe will help swimmers commit to a number of kicks off of every wall so that they can blast ahead of the competition on every breakout!

• Backstroke starts: This complex and athletic movement takes a lot of strength as well as flexibility. Olivia has one of the smoothest and fastest backstroke starts on the planet. She will teach you to use your arms, core, and feet to enter through one hole and transfer your energy forward off of the start,

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13 & Over Curriculum:
Backstroke, Backstroke Starts, and Underwater Dolphin Kicking

This high performance swim clinic is the perfect opportunity to turn a good swimmers into a great swimmer. Backstroke, backstroke starts, and underwater dolphin kicking are skills that everyone can and must consistantly work on. Learn the details of a FAST technique as well as drills and exercises so that you can continuously improve on these skills.

• Backstroke: Set up the proper bodyline by engaging your core and lifting through your hips. Olivia will help swimmers learn how to time their rotation so that it connects to a powerful arm pull for increased power. Backstrokers are often the fastest kickers on their teams, find out why and how you can become a faster kicker!

• Underwater Dolphin Kicking: The fastest swimmers in the world dolphin kick off of their walls and they are fast at it. Olivia and Chloe will help swimmers learn how to use their frequency and amplitude from each kick to get more speed and power in their underwaters before breaking out into an explosive first stroke.

• Backstroke starts: This complex and athletic movement takes a lot of strength as well as flexibility. Olivia has one of the smoothest and fastest backstroke starts on the planet. She will teach you to use your arms, core, and feet to enter through one hole and transfer your energy forward off of the start,
  

ASK QUESTIONS: Swimmers and parents are invited to ask the elite clinician questions during a Q&A session. Gain insight into their training regimen, diet and nutrition, and recovery tactics. Get to know her and relate to her journey as inspiration for yourself.

WATCH THE CLINICIAN: Observe the elite clinician swim at full speed and demonstrate a progression of perfectly executed drills to achieve powerful, efficient and fast swimming. Visual learners will greatly benefit from not only seeing drills done correctly, but also from seeing them live and in person!

PRACTICE DRILLS: Learn the same drills that Olivia practices every day as well as what she thinks about when she swims. Then get the chance to practice them and get feedback!

Take a photo while wearing clinicians' medals, get autographs, and recieve a special gift from our sponsors!

Inquisitive, Educated Swimmers are Faster Swimmers! Sign up TODAY!

COACHES: There are spots available in the hands-on coaches program. If you are interested in meeting and working alongside our elite clinician during the clinic, please click the register button for the coaches program.