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Straight-Line Swimming © Programmes

STA has partnered and endorsed a trio of new Straight‑Line Swimming CPDs, which have been created by double open water 10 km world champion and silver Olympic medallist Keri-anne Payne and triple Olympian David Carry. Their new Straight‑Line Swimming methodology offers a fresh approach to how swimming is understood, taught and coached.

Keri-anne and David have combined their Olympic experience, explored with leading coaches and scientists, to create Straight‑Line Swimming which focuses on empowering swimmers to learn and own their own swimming development simply and effectively. The ethos is to make the method of swimming from A to B easier, more efficient and—most importantly—more fun.

The three new online CPDs are aimed at swimming teachers, coaches and any swimmer who is keen to improve their technique and learn more about the fundamentals of swimming—in an indoor or outdoor swimming environment.

There are three parts to the Straight‑Line Swimming methodology: breathing, body position and motion, and for each part there is a dedicated online CPD.

Programmes

Breathing by Straight-Line Swimming ©

1 CPD Point

First in a series of CPDs from Straight-Line Swimming, which offers a fresh new approach to the importance of breathing for front crawl in the pool or in an outdoor swimming environment.

½ Developmental CIMSPA CPD Point

Body Position by Straight-Line Swimming ©

1 CPD Point

Second in a series of CPDs from Straight-Line Swimming, with the aim of helping swimming teachers and coaches to be able to coach the key steps to improve swimmers body position and make them more efficient in the water.

½ Developmental CIMSPA CPD Point

Motion by Straight-Line Swimming ©

1 CPD Point

The third in a series of CPDs from Straight-Line Swimming, which provides swimming teachers and coaches with the knowledge and understanding of how physics and the bodies biomechanics can help propel swimmers through the water more effectively and efficiently.

½ Developmental CIMSPA CPD Point