Established in 2005, Speediswim has nurtured SIngapore's first batch of artistic swimmers (formerly known as synchronised swimming). We have produced many topnotch artistic swimmers such as Debbie Soh, Stephanie Chen, Crystal Yap and more. Philip, Founder of Speediswim, was a vice-president of artistic swimming in Singapore Swimming Association, bringing Singapore her first gold medal in the SEA Games in the sport in 2015.
Artistic Swimming was once referred to as 'water ballet.' This is because the routines are simply a sequence of athletic movements choreographed to a piece of music. It is similar to staged ballet, except that it is performed in water. Although it is art, beauty, and dance choreographed to music, don’t be deceived by the glitzy performance and lipsticked smiles on the athletes’ faces. Below the surface, top-conditioned competitors perform remarkable feats of strength and flexibility. In fact, even while displaying their choreographed acrobatics with rhythm and flair, artistic swimmers spend much time underwater, performing some routines on a single breath.
Training sessions at Speediswim are devoted to working on “figures” (also known as moves), it is the set of body positions and transition movement which form the basis of artistic swimming. Its about performing highly specialised skills, the precision of movement in unison, one with the other, and the accompaniment above and below the surface accompanied with music. Land exercises include flexibility, strength, and weight training, and also Speediswim trains them to coordinate and concentrate on the skills as they must perform the routines/choreography on count. Best of all, the Olympic sized pool is a covered pool, you can swim even in a thunderstorm. No workouts need be ruined by bad weather.
The young athletes learn how to compete, how to work hard, how to manage their time while striving for good academic results with training upto many hours per week. By working both out of the water and in the water, they learn invaluable lessons for life.
Artistic swimming is performed Solo, in Duets, Trio, Team, Combination etc., it demands tremendous stamina, agility, flexibility, grace, artistry, precise timing, and excellent breath control while upside down underwater. Routines are graded on a 100-point scale, with points awarded for execution, artistic Impression, and complexity.
For more details, refer to FINA Artistic Swimming Rules 2017-2021 https://www.fina.org/artistic-swimming/rules
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Learning will be easier if you start at an early age, It is possible to start artistic swimming as young as 6 years.
Along with introducing basic artistic swimming skills our little mermaid group involves to improve their swimming by developing foundational aquatic skills such as floating, breathing, water entries, stroking and kicking, sculling, body positions, agility, balance, coordination, strength, and flexibility all while having fun!
Swimmers will be introduced to basic aquatic and artistic swimming skills. This developmental class involves – Body positions and water awareness, Sculling, Routine Patterns, Propulsion Skills and Transition Movements, drills, etc.
Swimmers should have an understanding of freestyle, backstroke, and breaststroke before coming into the program.
This class trains synchro swimmers for competition at national, inter-school, age group, inter-club levels.
A number of SpeediSwim’s synchro girls are on Singapore’s national team. They compete in the region and won us a few medals. We hope that with time and passion, you would also become Singapore’s pride.
This class trains synchro swimmers for competition at national, inter-school, age group, inter-club levels.
A number of SpeediSwim’s synchro girls are on Singapore’s national team. They compete in the region and won us a few medals. We hope that with time and passion, you would also become Singapore’s pride.
Since artistic swimmers cannot touch the bottom of the pool for lifts, they must develop their strength on land in order to perform gravity-defying lifts.
Swimmers must execute their drills without hitting the surface, using a mixture of eggbeater and sculling to shift in and out of positions and arm movements. This constant movement increases stamina because athletes participate in a full-body workout during each routine
Artistic Swimming will help you become more versatile and limber in all facets of the sport, whether on land or water.
