This outstanding camp is offered to Masters swimmers through the combined efforts of United States Masters Swimming, USA Swimming, and the United States Olympic Training Center.

It is a rare opportunity to access the world's most sophisticated resources for assessing parameters of swimming performance. You'll stay with Olympic athletes in the inspiring and stimulating environment of the US Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs. You will train in the 50m indoor pool, have access to the biomechanics and physiology labs, and the OTC weight training center. You will eat and sleep in the OTC Center and athlete dorms.

The camp includes a limited number of dedicated Masters swimmers who are committed to advancing their skills and performances. You'll be taught and analyzed by outstanding USA Swimming and USMS professionals in the fields of sports psychology, physiology, biomechanics, nutrition, technique, resistance and flexibility training.

The camp emphasis is on testing and education. Pool time is dedicated to technique improvement rather than conditioning. You'll be tested for your Heart Rate/Lactate threshold and be filmed underwater for a full 50m of each stroke. Blood testing, stroke analysis, flexibility and ROM assessment and education, land-based training, nutritional assessment and education, and individual sports psychology consultations will be offered. Motivational and classroom presentations on topics such as biomechanics, physiology, sports psychology and training are all part of the program.

You will learn the most up-to-date training and competitive theories and techniques and be able to correlate them to your personal swimming program and goals. An entire day will be devoted to providing individual results and feedback of all testing. Computerized biomechanical analysis of your stroke, body physiology, stroke filming and analysis, flexibility and ROM assessment results and recommendations, blood analysis, and nutrition advice will be included. You will receive expert instruction and critique of your starts, turns, and drills. You'll take home computer printouts, handouts, DVDs, and test results along with personalized training program guidelines.

For each camp, a limited equal number of men and women are selected from a pool of applicants. Swimmers who apply should have a USMS ranking in the Top Ten in the past two years and should be reasonably conditioned for the experience.

A USMS coaching staff is assembled for each camp. More often than not selected coaches attend two consecutive camps. All USMS coaches are welcome to apply to be part of it. Applications must be submitted by September 1st to be included in the pool of applicants for the following year's camp.

For application copies, along with contacts for further information, review the swimmer and coach applications below:

Coach Application
Swimmer Application

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