Coach Barb Shycoff
With over 50 years experience as a competitive swimmer, coach, and administrator, I can help you achieve your goals in swimming. Whether you want to get faster, swim with ease, learn new strokes or turns, improve your efficiency and stroke mechanics, or otherwise just SwimBetter, I am here to help! Offering private, semi-private, or group instruction in the greater Washington, DC or Annapolis metro areas.
Have Fun While Learning New Skills
Are you trying to swim faster, improve your technical skills in the water, swim easier when swimming for general fitness? Is swimming the weak part of your triathlon? Can you run a 5k but struggle to swim 500 yards? Offering one-on-one instruction or group sessions - we will move at your pace. Focusing on gaining efficiency, improving propulsion, reducing drag, using proper mechanics and the best techniques for you.
Experience
Level 3 U.S. Masters Swimming Certified Coach; Adult Learn-to- Swim Certified Instructor; Former NCAA and National Qualifier; Former YMCA National Champion; Two-time U.S. Masters Swimming National Top-10; Former Chairman of the Athletes Executive Committee and Member of the Board of Directors of USA Swimming; Former Delegate to the United States Olympic Committee; Current Arbitrator on the Court of Arbitration for Sport.
email: swimher@icloud.com
phone: (202) 262-5140