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Swim Basics Technique Propulsion Swim Sets & Pacing Wetsuits Open Water Dryland Workouts Race Day More Speed! Pool Tools	I'm Coach Steve, not an elite level swimmer, but I've done well for someone who began swimming in his late thirties. I consider my late start an advantage for swim coaching as I understand the challenges of learning swim technique as an adult. Swimmers who began as kids usually don't need as much help, just ongoing motivation! I never learned to swim as a kid. I don't know exactly why, but it's a fact. It's not that I was afraid of the water, I just never learned the technique. My High School has a pool and there's a swim requirement for PE class to graduate. I may be the only one not to pass as I never took the test (true). I missed the last few weeks of school, including swim tests and graduation while competing at the Junior World Cycling Championships in Belgium. They gave me a diploma anyway. In the mid-nineties I was racing the Duathlon World Championship in Cancun and the Triathlon Championship was the following weekend so I stayed to watch. The ocean was clear and beautiful and the swim looked like fun; I felt like I was missing something. A friend from bike racing days won both the du and tri championship in his age group on consecutive weekends. I was impressed, and for the first time motivated to begin swimming. The next summer I taught myself to swim as soon as the ocean was warm enough to jump in with a wetsuit. I'm sure it wasn't pretty, but I was out there swimming and moving pretty well! Now I compete in triathlon at the elite age group level, participating in the Olympic distance National and World Championship every year.
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