Case study · Boys 200m Freestyle
3:42.66 → 3:07. Thirty-five seconds, one session a week.
How a young club swimmer broke his PB at the very next meet, then kept dropping time at every race through 2026.
Certified & registered- SwimSafer credentialed
- NROC-registered swimming coach
The starting point
On 2 May 2026, a parent messaged Coach Jina. Their son needed 3:35.88 in the 200m freestyle to upgrade at his club. His PB was 3:42.66, and he had just swum 3:45.30 at an SSPA test. His next meet was in under two weeks.
The plan
- Once-a-week stroke correction, over about 5–6 months
- Fine-tuning the gaps he was unaware of, which a busy club coach had no time to catch
- Continued daily training with his club coach
- Mindset: no pressure targets, just “keep working on the small details”
200m freestyle progression
Race by race
Times from meet scoreboards and results apps shared by Coach Jina. Swimmer identity withheld for privacy. Results vary by swimmer; no time is guaranteed.
“His progress didn’t come from me. It came from his determination to make a difference, and his club coach working on his daily training. All I did weekly was fine-tune the missing gaps.”
Next target: under 3:03. As the parent put it after the 3:07, “See how in Nov.”
What his parent says
“He has managed to shave an incredible 40 seconds off his 200m freestyle time in just five months… Coach Jina has an exceptional eye for technique and is able to identify small details in a swimmer’s stroke that can make a significant difference.”
D. T., parent · Google review ★★★★★
More results from parents
“We will not hesitate to engage you again if my child decides to take his swimming proficiency to the national level.”
“My 9-year-old son took lessons with Coach Jina, and his strokes improved tremendously in a short period of time.”
“Coach Jina helped my daughter to not only passed the bronze assessment, the techniques she taught was applauded by the assessors.”
In Coach Jina’s words
Beginners, too
Not every milestone is a race time. These young swimmers earned their SwimSafer Bronze Awards with Coach Jina at their condo pool.
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Send Coach Jina your swimmer’s age, current club/squad, and latest race times. She will tell you honestly where the time is hiding.
Where I coach: Delta Swimming Complex · Queenstown Swimming Complex · your condo pool