Stroke clinics in De Pere, Wisconsin
Sculling runs technique clinics in one rented lap pool: freestyle, backstroke, breaststroke, butterfly, starts and turns, for teens, adults and triathletes. Every swimmer starts with a short level check in a lane.
The clinic series
A series is eight weeks with one focus. Each plan lists its clinics, its term and how cancellation and refunds work. We share the figures when you register or call.
For ages 13 to 18 heading for a school or club team: starts, turns, how a set is built and all four strokes.
For adults who swim laps and want to work on one stroke at a time, with a stroke review in the last week.
For triathletes: sighting, pacing and straight lines practiced in a pool, built around the swim leg.
Sessions by season
Each series is eight weeks with its own focus. Clinics run on weeknights and Saturday mornings.
Freestyle and backstroke
Eight weeks on the two long strokes: rotation, catch and a kick that holds your line.
Breaststroke and butterfly
Eight weeks on the two strokes where timing matters most, with one night a week on starts and turns.
Starts, turns and set structure
Eight weeks of team prep for teens: wall work, how to build a set and how to hold a stroke when you are tired.
Triathlon swim
Eight weeks of sighting, pacing and straight lines for the swim leg, practiced in the pool.
Sample sessions.
Every swimmer moves at their own pace. A level check places you before the first clinic.
Lane by lane
Each clinic takes one lane's subject and works it with drills, short sets and a coach's note.
Catch, rotation and breathing to both sides, with drills for a long, even stroke.
Body line, a steady kick and a recovery that stays close to the water.
The timing of pull, breath, kick and glide, and a kick that works for your hips and knees.
Two kicks to every pull, the body wave and breathing low.
Streamline off the wall, open turns, flip turns and finishes at the wall.
Sighting, straight lines and pacing for triathletes, practiced in the pool.
The pool
We rent a six-lane lap pool in De Pere. For clinics the lanes are roped by level, and a bench on the deck holds the coach's notes.
Six lanes, one subject to a lane
Kickboards, pull buoys and fins on the deck
A bench on the deck for notes and for parents of teens
Every coach is a lifeguard and a water-safety instructor, is trained in CPR and first aid, and has passed a background check.
Owner and head coach
Mira swam in college and opened Sculling to coach technique one stroke at a time. She coaches the adult clinics and the Saturday clinic, and she runs every level check.
Coach, Teen team prep
Tevin coaches the Monday and Wednesday teen clinics: starts, turns and how to build a set. He also lifeguards at the pool.
Coach, Triathlon swim
Thania coaches the triathlon clinics on Wednesday and Thursday evenings. She swims open water herself and drills sighting, pacing and straight lines.
What swimmers ask before the first clinic.
Clinics are for swimmers ages 13 and up who already swim lengths and want to work on technique: teens heading for a school or club team, adults who swim for fitness and triathletes. If you are not sure, the level check shows us where to start.
Book a level check. A coach watches you swim a short set in a lane, talks through where to start and points you to a clinic series.
A weeknight clinic runs seventy-five minutes and the Saturday clinic runs ninety. A series runs eight weeks.
A cap, goggles and a towel. Fins, a pull buoy and a kickboard are on the deck for the drills that use them.
Tell us, and we will offer a seat in the same clinic on another night of the series, space allowing. A clinic the pool cancels is made up in the same series.
It depends on the series: how many clinics a week, how long each one runs and how many weeks the series lasts.
Choose a time on our enrollment page. Bring a cap, goggles and a towel.