Mark Onstott: High School Coaching Academy: Strokes, Starts, Turns and Breakouts (DVD)
with Mark Onstott,Head Swimming Coach, New Trier (IL) High SchoolIn this comprehensive 2-disc presentation, Mark Onstott, one of the country's top high school coaches from legendary New Trier (IL) High School, shares a comprehensive set of essential skills for competitive swimming success.Onstott begins with a review of several essential competitive skills. This segment includes wall basics for pushoffs, effective streamlining, dolphin kicking and sculling. He shares demonstrations of the four sculling drills that he incorporates, which start out basic and advance in difficulty.Next, in the Stroke Instruction Segment, Onstott teaches Freestyle, Backstroke, Butterfly, and Breaststroke that each includes a concise and consistent teaching progression. Each stroke segment includes:    * Overview of the stroke    * A seven-drill teaching progression that includes body positioning, recovery, catch, entry, pull patterns and timing and rhythm of the stroke    * Full stroke review    * Common errors and correctionIn the Starts and Breakout Segment, Onstott includes complete instruction for the following:    * Forward start technical breakdown; set up, leg angles, hand positioning, take off and entry    * Forward start drills    * Breakouts for each of the forward start strokes: free, fly, breast    * Relay take offs    * Backstroke start lead up progression    * Backstroke start    * Backstroke breakoutIn the Turns Segment, Onstott includes:    * Flip turn overview    * Flip turn drill progression (5 drills)    * Flip turn common errors (8)    * Backstroke turn    * Breast and Fly turn breakdown and instruction    * Fly kickout    * Breast pulloutWhat is invaluable in this technical skill instruction is that Onstott includes demonstrators of varying ability levels from lower ability swimmers to more advanced ability swimmers. 2011.