TWIM Short Axis Strokes Speed Clinic with Tatiana!

by Dan Underbrink

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On October 26, 2024, a group of US Masters Swimmers gathered at the Snohomish Aquatics Center to participate in the latest TWIM Swim Clinic. The topic was Speed! – for the short-axis strokes (Breaststroke and Butterfly). This clinic was a follow-up to an earlier TWIM Speed Clinic for the long-axis stroke.

Our presenter was two-time Brazilian Olympian, Coach Tatiana Lemos de Lima. It was an afternoon packed with in-depth instruction from Coach Tatiana, and great fun for all participants!

After introduction, opening remarks, and a brief safety message, the clinic got started with a bit of whiteboard instruction from Coach Tatiana.

**Coach Tatiana starts the group off with a short session of whiteboard instruction, setting expectations of what swimmers will be learning during the clinic.**

**Clinic participants in the “Classroom”**

Then swimmers headed into the pool, for nearly two hours of intense instruction in the finer points of Breaststroke and Butterfly, culminating in combining the newly learned skills and discovering a new level of speed!

**Coach Tatiana instructs clinic swimmers as some of the on-deck coaching crew looks on**

**Coach Tatiana demonstrates the glide position to the clinic group (our thanks to clinic attendee, Linda Chapman, for stepping in as the demonstration model).**

**Clinic attendees discuss and practice skills on deck, before returning to the water.**

**Clinic attendees practiced skills and drills for nearly two hours**

A big TWIM Thank You goes out to Coach Tatiana and our On-deck Coaching crew! Our On-deck Coaches were Brandon Ringstad, Tonya Heike, Diana Hermanson, Steve Fogg, Jenny Claridge, and Alison Eliason. On-deck Coaches provided real-time feedback to swimmers, as they practiced their new skills.