Train Daly

Swim Coaching and Strength & Conditioning for Swimmers

Train Daly provides personalized swim coaching, dryland training, and online programming for youth swimmers, masters swimmers, triathletes, and open water athletes. Whether you are developing foundational skills or preparing for higher-level competition, your training is built to improve technique, develop swim-specific strength, and support long-term performance in the water.

Experience Behind the Coaching

• 20+ Years in Strength and Conditioning

• Strength and Conditioning Coach for John Jay College Women’s Swimming

• Author NSCA’s Developing the Core - Core Training for Swimmers 

• Former Collegiate All-American Swimmer

• Competitive Masters and Open Water Swimmer

Dan Daly, CSCS – Swim Coach and Strength Coach for Swimmers

Dan Daly, CSCS, has spent more than 20 years working in strength and conditioning and more than 35 years in swimming. A former collegiate All-American sprinter, he continues to compete in masters and open water events, bringing both professional knowledge and personal experience to his coaching.

Alongside his work with individual swimmers, Dan serves as the Strength Coach for John Jay College Women’s Swimming. He also authored “Core Training for Swimmers” in the NSCA textbook Developing the Core, Second Edition. Dan has presented on strength and dryland training at Beyond the Breakers for three consecutive years and has appeared twice on Inside with Brett Hawke.

That experience shapes the Train Daly approach: improve the fundamentals first, then build the strength, power, and conditioning needed to support them in the water.

Dan specializes in:

• Dryland and Strength Training for Swimmers: Develop mobility, strength, power, and resilience through training designed around the demands of swimming.

• Swim Coaching: Improve stroke mechanics, body position, pacing, and efficiency through personalized instruction.

• Underwater Video Analysis: See what is happening beneath the surface and receive clear, practical feedback on your technique.

• Individualized Programming: Follow structured swim and dryland training based on your goals, experience, schedule, and available equipment.

1. Dan works with youth, collegiate, masters, open water, and triathlon swimmers, as well as adults who want to swim more efficiently and confidently. Coaching is available in person and remotely through individualized swim programs and online strength training for swimmers.

Coaching & Plans

At Train Daly, we offer a variety of coaching programs tailored to meet the needs of swimmers at every level

Why Train Daly?

Better swimming comes from connecting technique, strength, and purposeful training. Train Daly combines swim coaching, movement assessment, underwater analysis, and dryland training within one individualized approach.

Assess What Is Holding You Back. On-land movement screens, underwater video, and wearable data help identify limitations in mobility, strength, body position, stroke mechanics, and efficiency. This creates a clear starting point for your training.

Build Strength That Transfers to the Water. Dryland training is selected for a reason. Each program develops the mobility, strength, endurance, and power needed to support better technique, stronger starts and turns, and more consistent swimming.

Train for Your Goals. Your program is shaped around your experience, schedule, available equipment, training environment, and target event. As you progress, the plan progresses with you.

At Train Daly, excellence lives in the fundamentals. Build them well, and every part of your swimming has a stronger foundation.

What Swimmers Are Saying

Every swimmer comes to Train Daly with a different background and goal. Read how swimmers and athletes have worked with Coach Dan to improve their technique, build strength, prepare for competition, and become more confident in the water.