I heard about this sentence,
"How to do it well? The fine point: …."
What does 'the fine point' mean in this context?
Learn English – What does the phrase “the fine point” mean
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Best Answer
Ordinarily a fine point means a subtle distinction (sense 8a in TheFreeDictionary).
The fine point isn't a standard term in any context, but per @Robusto's comment, there is the fine (or small) print meaning (usually unfavourable) details buried inconspicuously in small print at the end of a verbose contract. In common parlance it's often assumed that such apparently minor details may in fact be of crucial importance when deciding whether to sign a contract.
In fact OP has mistranscribed "The fine points" (at 1m 45s) in an instructional video. As @Spare Oom indicates, a fine point is a subtle or abstruse point. Used in the singular that would often imply an obscure, peripheral detail, but in this particular context the speaker is using the plural, and his meaning is...
The subtle details which must be mastered in order to swim really well.
This doesn't seem like a particularly common usage to me, possibly because of the unwanted negative associations with fine print, and a fine point in an argument, which is often said dismissively of some valid but peripheral assertion. In OP's context there are no such connotations or other ambiguities, but I wouldn't advise using the expression more generally unless your context is equally clear.