Coach Details

Richard Lear
Plainfield, NJ

Triathletes
Perfect Breathing through complete breakdown and drills
Stroke Perfection through complete breakdown and drills
Strength Training
Aquatic Cardio Strengthening

Competitive Swimmers
Perfect Breathing through complete breakdown and drills
Perfect all strokes through complete breakdown and drills
Strength Training
Aquatic Cardio Strengthening

Coach and Teach in Jersey City

Triathlons
My most successful student was Erica Alden
She came to me ranked 30th in her age group in the NYC Olympic Tri
In 3 months - working together 1 day a week
I brought her ranking down to 18th.
The next 2 years she would check in with me when problems arose
She ranked 3rd in her age group and 6th overall

Competitive Swimming
Having competed all through school my wealth of knowledge is vast
Having been in the water competing I know the pain every athlete experiences
My ability to break a stroke down into segments allows my swimmers to excel

Extreme Fear of Water
I have developed special techniques to deal with fear of water

Teaching and Coaching 33 years
Swimming 46 years
2nd in the Southern California Conference
State Champion Swim Team
Swam 6 days/week - 24 hours/week for years

I am the Instructors Instructor for the NJ franchise of Safe Splash Swim Schools.
I taught and coached at the 63rd street YMCA, NYC for approx. 7 years