Coaching Swimming

About the course

Coaching Swimming was developed by the NFHS and the National Interscholastic Swim Coaches Association of America (NISCA). This course teaches the basic skills of the four competitive strokes, and also includes starts, turns and finishes. It also provides material on how to best administer a successful swimming program.

NFHS National Coaching Credentials

The NFHS Learning Center offers a 3-level national coaching credential that helps you gain knowledge you can use to provide a fun, educational, and a safer environment for your students.

This national credential was developed for individuals who are currently coaching or aspire to coach at the interscholastic level. The goal is to enhance the ability of the coach to better serve students, the school, the community, and the profession of coaching.

Coach Level 1

National Credential

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Coach Level 2

National Credential

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Coach Level 3

National Credential

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Your Course Curriculum

Course comes with

1 Administering the Program

9 Sections
- Course Introduction
- Course Overview
- Administering the Program
- Recruitment
- Pre-event Management
- Interscholastic Coaching Philosophy
- Club vs High School
- Communication
- Minimizing Risk
2 Competitive Swimstrokes

7 Sections
- Introduction
- Freestyle
- Backstroke
- Breaststroke
- Butterfly
- The Individual Medley
- Unit 2 Close
3 Starts

5 Sections
- Introduction
- Forward Starts
- Backstroke Start
- Relay Starts
- Unit 3 Close
4 Turns & Finishes

3 Sections
- Introduction
- Turns
- Finishes
5 Course Summary

1 Sections
- Course Summary