Most coaches know stroke rate matters.

Very few use it as more than “move your arms faster” at taper.

 

This guide shows you exactly how to use stroke rates in practice to:

 

• Develop race‑relevant rhythm 

• Connect speed, stroke length, and rate 

• Build skills that hold up under pressure, instead of falling apart when swimmers get tired

 

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Who This Is For

 

This guide is for coaches who:

 

• Want to do more than occasional “rate checks” at taper

• Are looking to use stroke rate to develop skills, not just measure them

• Want specific ways to use stroke rates so skills hold up under pressure

 

If you’ve ever thought, “We should be using stroke rates better, but I’m not sure how,” this is for you.

 

What You’ll Learn

 

Inside How To Use Stroke Rates, you’ll learn:

 

• Why stroke rate is more than just a tool for getting swimmers to move their arms faster

• Different ways stroke rates can show up in practice:

  • As a diagnostic tool 

  • To build efficient speed 

  • To fatigue‑proof skills 

• How to combine stroke rate with speed goals to drive performance through improved stroke length

• How to progress stroke rate work over time without frying swimmers

• You’ll see how to use stroke rate in:

  • Technique sets

  • Speed sets

  • Race‑pace work

 

What You Get

 

1. Strategy Manual (PDF)

 

You’ll get a complete breakdown of:

 

• When and why to use stroke rates 

• How to choose appropriate target rates for different swimmers and events 

• How to avoid common mistakes (like just cranking rate with no propulsion)

 

2. ~75 Example Sets – With 1 Video Per Set

 

You also get roughly 75 example sets that show multiple ways to use stroke rates across:

 

• All four strokes and underwater kicking

• Different training types (aerobic, speed, race‑pace) 

 

For every set, you get:

 

• The written set 

• A short ~90‑second video walkthrough (mp4 + YouTube) where I explain:

  • Why it’s written the way it is 

  • What problem it solves 

 

You can:

 

• Copy sets directly into practice, or 

• Use them as templates and tweak distances/intervals while keeping the same idea

 

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Pricing & Best Value

 

• How To Use Stroke Rates (this volume): $69 

• Best value: get all six Strategy volumes (Stroke Counts, Drills, Resistance, Stroke Rates, Training Aids, Hand Postures) – including this one – plus ~450 sets and videos in the Skill Development Strategies Collection for $197 during launch (or $297 afterward).

 

If you know you’ll want the full skill system, it usually makes sense to grab the bundle instead of one piece.

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