Dive and Backstroke Starts Clinics
07:15 to 18:45, 01 June 2025
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The Alan Higgs Centre, Coventry
For the first time ever, the AP Race team are heading to Coventry to explore the secrets to a perfect start. Throughout the clinic you will be coached by both Matt Richards, Double Olympic Champion, and Luke Greenbank, World Champion.
Matt and Luke will be joined by a team of world leading practitioners who will be supporting the event. You will begin the clinic with an introduction to get to know the World-Class AP Race Team and the importance of a well executed start.
Book your space via the links below.
| Clinic | Time | |
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| Morning Clinic | 07:00 to 12:45 | Book now |
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| Afternoon Clinic | 13:00 to 18:45 | Book now |
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We look forward to seeing you in June and helping you become… Better Than Yesterday.
Team
Matt Richards
After a very impressive junior career, Matt burst onto the senior stage at only 18 years old when he was crowned Olympic Champion in Tokyo on the 4x200 Freestyle relay. After a faultless introduction to the international stage, Matt backed up these performances by becoming an individual World Champion in the 200 Freestyle in 2023. At the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, Matt once again was crowned Olympic Champion in the 4x200 Freestyle and followed up with a Silver medal in the individual 200 Freestyle. Matt cannot wait to share his tips to perfecting the dive.
Luke Greenbank
Luke started his swimming journey at one of the smallest swimming clubs in Great Britain where there were only voluntary coaches, Cockermouth Swimming Club. The backstroke specialist progressed through his junior career breaking a World Junior Record at the age of 17. After a few challenging years, Luke has transitioned into one of the fastest backstroke swimmers in the world with many achievements to his name. Luke is a double Olympic Medallist, World Champion and multiple British Record Holder and is excited to share his wealth of knowledge to help you become… Better Than yesterday.
Rob Norman
Rob is a very experienced swimming specific Strength and Conditioning Coach who has a wealth of knowledge around how to best compliment the metres done in the pool with a truly World Class Dry Strength and Conditioning Programme. After working with British Swimming from 2017 to 2023, Rob now personally works alongside Adam Peaty and supports our AP Race Athletes. Throughout the clinic, Rob will be sharing his knowledge of plyometric movements that have helped Matt and Luke become some of the worlds best starters.
Rachel Carter
Rachel has been supporting athletes at the world stage in rehabilitation and injury prevention for over a decade. Specifically supporting Adam throughout his career, alongside many other athletes from Junior International Medallists to Olympic Champions. Throughout the clinic Rachel will be guiding swimmers through fundamental movement patterns that have played a pivotal role in ensuring athletes flexibility and range of motion supports maximal power out of the blocks.
There will also be several support staff including team managers, support coaches and media representatives.
Content
Start Station
Based in the pool, swimmers will work with both Matt and Luke as they teach you the skills and drills that they practice regularly to perfect their starts which has helped them become some of the best swimmers in the world. Matt is one of the most versatile freestyle swimmers in the world, being the only person in history to swim under 22.00, 48.00 and 1:45.00 in the freestyle events and his start contributes to his versatility. Luke is known for having world class skills and this is something that he has worked on for over a decade and helped him break a World Junior Record earlier in his career, you will be learning exactly how Luke developed such a strong backstroke start.
Land Station
Throughout the land station, you will have 2 world-class practitioners focusing on some very important areas that contribute massively to your starts: flexibility, strength, power and movement patterns. During the station you will go through key exercises and movements to ensure your flexibility provides optimum power exertion, while learning vital plyometric, power based exercises to accelerate you off the blocks.
Presentation and Q&A
The clinic will end with a presentation, Q&A and photo opportunity with both Matt and Luke. Please note, during this clinic, there will not be an opportunity to get any signatures from Matt or Luke, every attendee will however receive a signed photo card from them both during registration.
FAQs
There will be two clinics throughout the day, a morning clinic running from 7:30-12:45, and an afternoon clinic running from 13:00-18:45, both priced at £125 per swimmer.
Eligibility
To attend a clinic, you must be aged between 8-17, age will be based off the day of clinic you wish to attend. Spaces at each clinic are limited and the whole booking process will take place through Ticket Source, our Race Clinics booking partner.
Please see full T&C’s at clinics.aprace.club/terms.
Clothing
AP Race Clothing will be available both at the Clinic on the day, and via our online store, apraceclo.com.
Spectating & Photography
Parents are welcome to attended and watch the day as it unfolds (where seating availability permits). Although parents are more than welcome to watch we request you don’t interact with the swimmers (including your own child) whilst the swimmers are at stations.
Please note photography and filming by spectators is strictly prohibited during the clinics for child protection purposes in line with facility policies. However, there will be an opportunity at the end of the clinic for parents and swimmers to take pictures with James. There will also be an official photographer at the Race Clinic and these shots will be available to purchase after the event through SmugMug, the link to which can be found in your Clinic Information Hub.