Swimming Resources
Pacific Swimming
The Pacific Swimming website provides information on meets, including links to online entires, meet sheets, and results. They also post information about becoming an official and upcoming clinics.
USA Swimming
Create an account for your athlete at USA Swimming (Deck Pass) to sign up for meets using their online meet registration platform and track your swimmer's progress.
Strokes and Turns
Swim Technique
Get tips on the proper techniques for each stroke to go further and faster in the water!
Stroke, Kick, Breathing, Body Position
Stroke, Kick, Breathing, Body Position
Stroke, Kick, Breathing, Body Position
How Not To DQ!
Don't get disqualified! Here's a list of common reasons swimmers may get DQ'd and links to USA Swimming videos that describe what officials are looking for.
Failure to touch the wall at the turning end of the pool.
Walking on the bottom or pulling on the lane lines.
Exiting the pool before swimming the specified distance.
Past vertical towards the breast at any time except during a flip turn
Leaving the wall after a turn past vertical towards the breast
Improper flip turn (older swimmers)
Incorrect kick, such as a scissors kick or flutter kick
Non-Simultaneous two-hand touch or one-hand touch at turn or finish
Toes not pointed outward during the propulsive part of the kick
More than one stroke underwater with arms fully extended at start or turn
Arm recovery past waist except on first stroke after start or turn
Head didn’t break surface by conclusion of second arm pull underwater after a start or turn
Non-Simultaneous or one-handed wall touch at the turn or finish
Non-Simultaneous leg movement during kicks
Arms don’t break water surface during recovery
Non-Simultaneous arm movement during recovery
