About SwimFast

Welcome to SwimFast

Straightforward swim coaching for triathletes who are tired of feeling stuck in the water.

If you're here, there's a good chance…

Your pace is not improving
The swim feels harder than it should
You're putting in the work, but not seeing much from it
Your swim is the thing holding your race back

If that sounds familiar, you're in the right place.

Who we are

Built for age-group triathletes who want to stop wasting time on the wrong things

We built SwimFast for age-group triathletes who want to become better swimmers without wasting time on the wrong things.

Because for most triathletes, the problem is not a lack of effort. It is that swimming is technical. It is easy to get wrong. And it is very hard to improve when you do not know what needs fixing first.

We take a no-nonsense approach:

Clear coaching
Clear priorities
A better understanding of what's actually slowing you down

Rory Buck

Head Coach

I’m a former international swimmer and now endurance coach who has spent more than a decade helping age-group triathletes become faster, more confident swimmers. I started SwimFast because I felt that AG triathletes need more than generic swim sets to understand their stroke, improve their technique and make real progress in the water.

Dale

Assistant Coach

I grew up with a strong swimming background and, in fact, Rory and I trained under the same coach 20 years ago. Over the past eight years, I’ve been involved in several areas of endurance sport, before returning to my roots and beginning to coach swimming two years ago. I bring a practical, approachable perspective to helping athletes improve their technique, confidence and performance in the water.

Rory Buck coaching a swimmer in the pool

Who this is for

Most age-group triathletes did not grow up swimming

SwimFast athletes gathered on the beach after an open water swim in Dubai

If you don't have the technique foundation of balance, propulsion and breathing in the water like a swimmer that started young, or you don't have the time or flexibility to swim 30km per week like the pro triathletes do, then you're in the same boat as 99% of the Age Group Triathletes we coach on a daily basis.

The good news is we can help.

It is also exactly why SwimFast exists.

We work with AG triathletes that swim between 2:20-1:40 who want to swim faster, feel more efficient, and get more confident in the water by focusing on the things that matter most.

What we believe

We do not believe the answer is (always) more swimming

We believe you need better technique, better feedback and a clearer plan. And that plan needs to fit you, your life and your goals.

Not a pool swimmer with a "perfect" high elbow recovery.
Not a professional triathlete's training week.
Not a one-size-fits-all program.
You.

That means focusing on all of the things that actually help you swim your next race faster and more efficiently.

Technique

The foundation. An efficient stroke determines the ceiling on everything else, fitness, endurance, open water performance. Without it, more training just reinforces the wrong patterns.

Fitness

Good technique will carry you through a few minutes of swimming. Racing a 70.3 or IM requires the capacity and durability to sustain it. Both technique and fitness matter, in the right order.

Confidence

Confidence in the water is not a personality trait. It is a product of practice. Athletes who know their stroke, know their pacing, and have a clear process are calm in situations that used to rattle them.

Open water

Pool swimming and open water racing are different skills. Sighting, drafting, managing contact, dealing with conditions. These have to be trained deliberately, not just hoped for on race day.

Tactical skills

Pacing, race strategy, energy conservation. Arriving at T1 fresh enough to race the bike and run is the goal. That requires a plan, not just a fast swim.

Get those moving in the right direction, and everything else starts to make more sense. Not overnight. Not by magic. But through steady, structured work that actually matches the swimmer in front of us.

How we work

Everything is built around you, and your goals.

Everything we do at SwimFast is built around you.

That's important, because two triathletes can have the same swim time and same goal, but be held back by completely different things. One might need better technique. The other might need more fitness, better pacing, more confidence or stronger open-water skills.

That is why we do not believe in generic fixes, random drill lists, or cookie-cutter programming.

What Makes Us Different:

We coach the person doing the training, not only the training itself.

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Drills chosen based on what you need

Not a library of options. The specific correction that matches your specific problem.

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Workouts written for your ability and goals

Built around where you are now, where you're going, and the constraints of your real life.

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Feedback specific to your stroke

Based on what we see and how you're responding to the work, not a generic checklist.

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Weekly structure designed around your life

Not an idealized training plan. Your schedule, your constraints, your priorities.

The method

The SwimFast approach is simple

Most AG Triathletes work hard, but on the wrong limiter. They push fitness when technique is the issue. They add volume when they actually need more speed.
We help you strip that back and focus on what will actually move you forward.

01First, identify the real problem

02Fix it with the right correction

03Build from there

Step By Step

Once we know what needs work, we build the process around you.

Stroke mechanicsBackgroundConfidence in the waterScheduleTraining ageRace goals

What you can expect

Everything we create is designed to help you learn, understand, and improve

That includes coaching, video analysis, educational resources, and practical guidance you can actually use in the water.

And when it comes to coaching, the goal is never to force every athlete into the same model. It is to give each athlete the right input at the right time.

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The right drillThe specific correction for the specific problem

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The right feedbackBased on what we actually see in your stroke

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The right sessionBuilt for where you are in the process

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The right focusFor that stage of the process, not the previous one

The goal is always the same

To help you understand your swimming better
To help you fix the right things
And to help you make progress that feels real

Know This:

Swimming faster is possible.

Not because it is easy. And not because there is some shortcut.

But because with the right coaching, the right structure, and the right focus, most triathletes can improve far more than they think.

Especially when the work is built around who they are, where they are now, and what they actually need.

That is what SwimFast is here to help you do.

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