Technical Swim Assessment (manual coach form)

What this assessment is

The Technical Swim Assessment is a manual coach observation form that captures qualitative technique notes from a pool-side or video review. Unlike the EO SwimBETTER upload, this is filled in by the coach by hand and lives as a structured Assessment record.

URL: /athlete/<public_id>/tech-swim-assessment/.

The 10 sections

The form is broken into 10 sections so it can be filled in over multiple sittings or focused on a single area:

1. General: preferred distance, weekly mileage, breath hold, open-water and pool confidence ratings (1 to 10).
2. Technique at a glance: 1 to 5 ratings for body alignment, catch and pull, kick, breathing, symmetry.
3. Technique: Head & Eyes: eyes position, head position, head stability and axis.
4. Technique: Entry & Catch: hand entry, entry angle, finger spread / hand shape, wrist angle on catch, catch quality.
5. Technique: Pull & Recovery: pull path, elbow position through pull.
6. Technique: Body: rotation, hip drive, kick mechanics, body line.
7. Starts, turns, open water: race starts, flip turns, sighting, drafting awareness.
8. Consistency & fatigue: how form degrades with effort and distance.
9. Physical / mobility: shoulder, ankle, thoracic mobility limiters.
10. Narrative: free-text coach observations and prescription.

Inputs

Each section has its own fields. Most are choice fields with a fixed option list (e.g. "looking forward / looking down / variable") or 1 to 5 ratings. The narrative section is free text.

How to use it

Use the assessment when you do a pool-side review or video analysis session. Fill in only the sections you observed; the form is partial-save friendly.

Save the assessment when you are done. The record goes into the athlete's assessment history with the date of the review.

How it compares to EO SwimBETTER Deep Dive

Both can be logged for the same athlete and they complement each other.

See also: EO SwimBETTER Deep Dive, Logging an assessment overview.