Are you looking for professional swim coaching in Berlin—whether to start learning front crawl, improve your technique, or prepare for your first triathlon? Then you’ve come to the right place.
Whether you’re completely new to swimming, already doing your first laps, or aiming to increase your speed—our individualized swim coaching in Berlin (or worldwide via our online Swim & Run Academy) will help you reach your goals efficiently and safely.
In our personal training sessions, we focus on refining your technique, breathing, body position, and pace. You’ll learn to move through the water with ease—whether for fitness, stress relief, or race preparation.
Over the years, we’ve helped countless people overcome technical issues and achieve ambitious swimming goals. Here are some of the most common problems we’ve encountered through our swim coaching in Berlin:
You want to learn how to swim and finally feel safe and confident in the water – without stress or pressure? Our beginner swim coaching in Berlin guides you step by step towards a calm and powerful swimming style.
With patience, clarity, and a well-structured approach, you’ll learn at your own pace. We’re right there with you in the water, giving real-time feedback—both above and below the surface—so you know exactly how to move safely and efficiently.
You don’t need any prior experience or a high level of fitness. Strength, endurance, and breath control will develop naturally as part of your swim journey. Our swim coaching is designed for adults who want to learn from scratch or finally overcome their fear of water.
You want to finally master efficient front crawl – whether for the pool or triathlon? Then our swim coaching in Berlin is exactly what you’re looking for. With a personal coach by your side, we’ll help you optimize your technique, pace, and efficiency – tailored to your individual goals.
We offer a clear, proven training concept: time-efficient, effective, and customized to your distance – whether it’s a 200 m sprint or a 1900 m triathlon swim. Instead of overwhelming you with countless drills, you’ll get targeted cues that really make you faster – like improving your kick timing, breathing rhythm, or stroke mechanics.
You train with purpose, without endless laps – focusing instead on real progress, body awareness, and performance. No overcomplicated technique circus, just smart, effective personal swim coaching that delivers results.
Depending on the goals you have, it will definitely help if you can already swim a few lengths confidently (any style!). But even as an absolute beginner you’ll benefit from a Personal Swim Coaching and I’ll explain to you in detail how to move effortlessly and efficiently in the water.
We can use the public pools (Berliner Bäder) in the South-West of Berlin, depending on their capacity. This is where I do my own training as well, so I know those pools inside out. The lakes in the South-West (Schlachtensee, Krumme Lanke) are a good option as well if you want to gain open water experience.
On request, we can also do the Personal Swim Coaching sessions in pools that are further away from my office, e.g. the SSE near Landsberger Allee, or we can work with videos of you swimming in a completely different pool, for example if you live in a different city or outside of Germany.
Of course, that really depends on what you want to change. When we optimize your technique, you’ll feel taht right on the spot. For the training effect of workouts to catch on, that usually takes 2 to 4 weeks. You’ll also quickly notice changes in your body composition – maybe that’s one of your goals as well?
As often as you can and want to! For a good start, the minimum is one session per week, so that I can check your swimming technique regularly. On top of that, you should do a second swim workout per week with me or on your own if you really want to get somewhere. Anything beyond that is really ambitious and takes time to establish in terms of volume.
Yes, that’s possible actually. With my PSF Concept we’ll cover precisely this topic. If you want to learn more, you can have a look at this blog article (written in German). Certain things, for example the feel fort he water, can only be trained in the pool. But Performance Training is a great alternative for those days where you can’t make it to the pool.
Butterfly! Just kidding. The best style is the one you’re comfortable with. However, it doesn’t hurt to have different swimming styles in your toolbox to vary your workouts. I prefer freestyle, backstroke and butterfly – those are the stylest hat I teach in my Swim Coaching. Breaststroke bears a bit of a risk. If you want to know why, send me an e-mail and I’ll tell you more.
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