Catch Swim

Catch Swim Your digital swim coach 🏊. Personalised training plans & video courses for open water, triathlon & front crawl.

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02/09/2026

Messages I got about my swim app this week - & we're only halfway through the week 😭

"I've felt so overwhelmed for months, I've made zero progress. Then I got started on Catch & I'm already feeling so much better after my first pool session today."

A swim instructor complimented another Catchling on her technique out of nowhere. She said it made her day. It made mine too.

& then simply: "loving the sessions & guidance 🥰"

This is why we built Catch. So you can all have little personal swim coaches in your pocket.

Because great swim coaching shouldn't be reserved for people who can afford a personal coach, or happen to live near a good one.

Working on your swimming, but not yet on Catch? That's mad behaviour! Link in bio to get started for free 💙

When you officially close your first investment round 🎉& we couldn't have a better bunch of people backing Catch.Until n...
31/08/2026

When you officially close your first investment round 🎉

& we couldn't have a better bunch of people backing Catch.

Until now, Catch has been this team of two you can see right here. It's been a lot of 7-day working weeks, & we funded everything ourselves. No complaints though: it's been huge fun, & the reality of being a start up with big ambitions: to be the app people can't swim without.

Next up: we'll be growing the Catch team, accelerating our growth & supercharging our product (which, handily, is already the best swim coaching & training app out there according to our App Store ratings ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐).

To our Catch angels who've backed us: a huge, heartfelt thank you for your faith in us & what we're building.

& if you want to be kept in loop for a future angel round, DM us.

Time to pay ourselves a salary at last Will Peek 😉

All the love,

Rebecca & Will 💙

31/08/2026

Oh hey, your swimming mojo's calling. It wants to come back in September.

We've teamed up with Comic Relief for The BIG Swim - swim 15km across the month of September, raising money for absolutely vital mental health & wellbeing projects.

Here's why this one's worth doing:

🧠 Swimming is one of the best things you can do for your own mental health - & this is your chance to do it for someone else's too
🌊 15km across a whole month is achievable for anyone - that's 2-4 swims a week at whatever distance works for you

& Catch will sort everything else:

🏊 Fun, varied sessions personalised to you - pool or open water
🎥 Video technique lessons to get you swimming silky smooth front crawl
⌚ Sessions straight to your sports watch - just follow the prompts
💬 1:1 coach chat with me whenever you need it

Comment BIG SWIM below & I'll send you:
🔗 The sign-up link for The Big Swim
🎁 An exclusive code for 30 days free on Catch Gold, then a discount after that

September. Mental health. Swimming. Let's go 💙

29/08/2026

The bad news: this hand entry mistake is ruining your front crawl.

The good news? The fix takes about 30 seconds to understand.

If your hand is entering the water thumb-first & at a diagonal, it's crossing the centreline of your body on entry. Which means instead of anchoring the water & pulling it back powerfully, your hand is slipping straight through it. All that effort, barely any propulsion - a TRAGEDY.

The fix: enter with a flat palm, facing the pool floor. That's it. That's the whole fix.

If you want to really feel the difference, put on a pair of hand paddles. They make it almost impossible to cheat your entry & you'll feel exactly what flat & efficient should feel like.

One small tweak. Noticeably better swimming.

On Catch you get video technique lessons like this every single week - each one tied to your training plan & personalised to where you are in your swimming journey. The right lesson, at the right time, for you. Link in bio to get started for free 💙

27/08/2026

If you want to swim further - & feel strong while you're doing it - you need more than just racking up lengths & hoping for the best.

Here's the mix of sessions that actually makes the difference:

🎯 Technique - short, easy reps focusing on one thing at a time, with drills & kit. Because swimming further only works if you're moving efficiently.

⚡ Threshold - hard work. The sessions that make you fitter & faster. One of these every week or fortnight goes a long way.

🏊 Aerobic - steady, longer reps. The bread & butter of your fitness & the foundation everything else is built on.

💪 Endurance - long, continuous swims. Building the fitness & confidence to go further than you have before.

Get this mix right & you'll feel the difference in the water.

Comment SWIM below & I'll send you the link to get started on Catch for free - the #1-rated swim coaching & training app in the world (4.8⭐ App Store rating, 5⭐ on Google Play)

25/08/2026

If you feel like you could swim so much better if you just knew what to fix first - THIS is where to start.

It's not about strength or fitness - it's about learning the foundations of silky smooth technique. & the great news? Anyone can learn these. Work through them in this order:

1️⃣ Head position - look down, not forward. The moment your eyes come up, your legs drop. You become a see-saw. Look down.
2️⃣ Body position - small kick, legs high. Your body needs to be as flat & high in the water as possible. A big splashy kick wastes energy & creates more drag.
3️⃣ Breathing - trickle breathe slowly underwater. Never hold your breath. Holding your breath is the fastest route to panic & exhaustion.
4️⃣ The catch - your hand & forearm are a paddle, not just your hand. Keep that elbow high. This is where your power actually comes from.

Fix these & your swimming will feel completely different, for no extra effort.

Ready to transform your swimming? We got you.

Comment CATCH below & I'll send you the link to get started on Catch for free - personalised training plan, video technique course & loads more 🏊

22/08/2026

Part 2 is here. & it starts how all classic stories start: with 2 people who have absolutely no business swimming 24km together, standing on a riverbank in Northern Finland about to find out if they can avoid losing their minds.

A quick recap on how we got here.

I (Rebecca, Catch's co-founder) read an article. Best swim in the world. 24km down a wild Finnish river. Tickets sell out in 5 minutes. You have to enter as a pair. I bought them before I'd figured out who was coming with me.

The partner I needed was Will - my co-founder, the person who built the entire Catch app from scratch & has been low-key getting very good at swimming by using Catch every day. 2 & a half swimming marathons in Finland felt like the natural next step for him. He needed some convincing, but I won him over.

We plugged 24km into Catch - both of our biggest ever swims - & got to work. & before we knew it we were standing on the banks of the river in Oulanka National Park, just below the Arctic Circle, in the most pristine forest either of us had ever seen.

The start line was remarkably calm. A few hundred people milling around in coppery-clear water, soaking up the sunshine. Instructions came over in Finnish. Something about rocks on the left, rapids on the right. Pick up the current & let it carry you.

& then we were off.

Full video on YouTube now - link in bio 🎥

Drone footage credit: Reino Hartikainen 🙏
peek never again. Until next time 😉

18/08/2026

Your swim training plan should fit around your life. Not the other way around.

We've been asked for this one a lot. & it's finally here.

Catch Gold members - you already know how customisable your plan is, & that it's fully customised to you & your preferences. But the problem was, not every day looks the same. Some days you've got an hour. Some days you've got 30 minutes & a lot going on.

So. Drumroll... You can now change the length of one individual session without touching the rest of your plan.

Short on time? Shorten that session. Got a bit more time at the weekend? Make it longer. Catch adjusts that one swim for the time you have & leaves everything else exactly as it is.

More flexibility. Training that actually fits around real life.

Update your app & give it a spin 🎉

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