Understand the Movement Scores used in The Swimmer’s Warm Up Deck, including Coordination, Flexibility, Impact, Strength and Intensity. Learn how the scores help young competitive swimmers compare movement demands, build understanding and explore the Top Score Challenge without treating higher scores as better.

What makes a good pre-pool warm-up for swimmers? Explore the purpose of Raise, Mobilise, Activate, Prime and optional Explode, how the stages progress and where The Swimmer’s Warm Up Deck fits within a clear, flexible warm-up structure for young competitive swimmers.

Parents play an important role in helping young swimmers build good pre-pool habits. Learn how The Swimmer’s Warm Up Deck and Exercise Companion Guide can support understanding, organisation and age-appropriate preparation before training and racing.

Developing pre-pool preparation as part of a young swimmer’s process. Spencer Turner explores ownership, good habits and how The Swimmer’s Warm Up Deck can support coaches as swimmers gradually take more responsibility for preparing before training and racing.

Why make swimming warm-ups visual? Explore how coaches can use visual cues, demonstrations and simple pre-pool warm-up cards to support young competitive swimmers, reinforce movement understanding and make pre-pool preparation easier to follow as swimmers develop through the pathway.

From Idea to Poolside tells the story behind The Swimmer’s Warm Up Deck and how a recurring coaching challenge led to a visual, scalable approach to pre-pool preparation for young competitive swimmers. It explores the thinking behind the cards, the numbered and colour-coded structure, the focus on engagement and how the Deck was developed to help swimmers build understanding, confidence and ownership as they progress through the swimming pathway.