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Coaching built around your swimming

Find coaching that fits your swimming

A nervous beginner and an Ironman swimmer may both want freestyle help, but they do not need the same lesson. Choose the program closest to your situation.

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Always private 1:1

One coach, one adult swimmer and no group pace to keep up with.

$165 · 60 minutes

Private coaching plus your choice of a custom swim set or a development report with associated drills.

Melbourne based

Year-round at MSAC, with private beach coaching from November to April.

Choose the starting point that sounds like you

These are different focuses for the same private coaching service. You don’t need to choose perfectly. The first lesson helps establish what to work on.

You might want to swim a few lengths without stopping, return to the pool after years away, or feel better prepared for a race. The options below explain how a lesson can help with each of those goals, and the skills we might practise together.

Pool lessons are private, 60-minute sessions at MSAC. You can start with one lesson. Choosing a program does not commit you to a course. Your experience and a look at your swimming guide the session. If you cannot yet swim independently, get in touch before booking to discuss a suitable starting point.

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Confidence before complexity

Foundations

For adults who are new to swimming, uneasy in the water or returning after enough time away that it no longer feels familiar.

How coaching can help

There’s no pressure to push through hesitation. You agree on a comfortable starting point, try a small skill and stop to talk whenever you need to. Understanding what the water is doing often removes more fear than another rushed lap.

Comfort, breathing and calm submersion
Floating, balance and body awareness
Freestyle foundations and rhythm
Treading water and recovery positions

At your first lesson

Expect plenty of conversation and no surprises. Talk through your history and what would count as a good result for you. The water work begins somewhere secure and finishes with one or two things you feel comfortable repeating.

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Stroke Development

For adults who can already swim laps but find breathing awkward, use too much energy or lose their stroke as the distance grows.

How coaching can help

Most strokes do not need five corrections at once. Try a change that could help the whole stroke, then return to normal freestyle to see whether it helps.

Breathing coordination and relaxed rhythm
Head position, balance and reduced drag
Kick timing and body rotation
Catch, propulsion and stroke integration

At your first lesson

You begin with ordinary freestyle at a pace you can repeat. Explore where the effort rises, try one change and compare the new feeling with the old one over several attempts. The lesson ends in full stroke, not an isolated drill.

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Make every session count

Swim Fitness & Endurance

For swimmers who want to build fitness, swim further and arrive at the pool knowing what to practise.

How coaching can help

Build a swimming routine around the time you have. You’ll work on pace, rest and technique, with sessions you can adjust when life gets busy.

Sustainable pace and efficient effort
Technique that holds under fatigue
Purposeful sets for limited time
Progressive distance and recovery

At your first lesson

After talking through your week and your goal, a few repeatable swims help establish your current pace, recovery and first signs of technical fatigue. Those observations become a session you can complete without special equipment or an unrealistic training schedule.

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Technical details that create speed

Advanced Coaching

For experienced swimmers and Masters competitors who want an exact look at the details costing time in a race.

How coaching can help

Bring a race goal or a detail you want to improve. Repeat it at a useful pace, test a change with feedback and leave with a way to check progress in training.

Turns, wall contact and approach distance
Streamlines, underwaters and breakouts
Race pace and speed distribution
Breath management under pressure

At your first lesson

Choose one event or race phase before you arrive. Several comparable efforts help distinguish a consistent pattern from a single poor turn. You leave with a precise priority and a simple way to judge it in training.

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Protect energy for the whole race

Triathlon & Ironman

For triathletes who want to leave the water composed, on pace and with enough energy for the bike and run.

How coaching can help

A faster split is not useful if it empties you before the bike. Work on a stroke and pace you can sustain in the context of the whole event. The pool supplies repetition. Seasonal beach work adds sighting, contact and conditions.

Economical freestyle for distance
Pool pace and effort control
Sighting, navigation and wetsuit adaptation
Starts, contact and staying composed

At your first lesson

Bring the event date, distance and any recent swim information you already track. Swim at a sustainable effort and discuss how swimming fits into the rest of your training week. The first priority should save energy as well as improve the stroke.

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Calm beyond the lane ropes

Open-Water Confidence

For pool swimmers who want to feel calmer at the beach, learn open water skills or prepare for an event outside the lane ropes.

How coaching can help

We’ll start on shore, talk about your experience and check the conditions. The lesson may be shortened, changed or postponed if the water or weather is unsuitable.

Safe entry, orientation and composure
Sighting and a straighter course
Breathing in chop and variable conditions
Pacing, navigation and decisions

At your first lesson

The lesson starts on shore. Discuss your pool background and previous beach swims, then check the location and conditions with your coach. The first water task stays close and conservative enough for both of you to see how you respond.

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Keep practising with a clear plan

Your $165 pool lesson includes a personal written follow-up. Choose the format you’ll find most useful when you next get in the water.

A custom swim set gives you a session to follow, with distances, rest, pacing guidance and technique reminders. It suits swimmers who want to arrive at the pool knowing what to do.

A development report explains the areas you worked on, why they matter and the drills and cues to practise. It suits swimmers who want to understand their technique and revisit the feedback.

After your first lesson, you’ll also receive access to the AquaEdge insight library. MSAC admission is separate and paid directly by each swimmer. Beach sessions are arranged separately and depend on suitable conditions.

Prefer to talk first?

Not sure which lesson suits you?

“I run out of air after two laps” is enough information to start a useful conversation.

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