Swim Instructor

[jsb_bike]

Hi All,

I'm looking for a good swim instructor in the Fleet area. I struggle with my technique and stamina on front crawl and I'm really looking to improve on this building towards a half I/M early next year.

Cheers,

J.

[pataallen]

Hi All,

I'm looking for a good swim instructor in the Fleet area. I struggle with my technique and stamina on front crawl and I'm really looking to improve on this building towards a half I/M early next year.

Cheers,

J.

i'm going for a session at stroke2stroke tomorrow night; they do coaching in an endless pool, only £20 per session, sounds good value compared to the other endless pool people normally around £50...i'll let you know how i get on.

ps, they're in Pirbright, about 7 miles from fleet.

[jsb_bike]

How did you get on ? Worth it ?


Cheers,

J.

[joolzd]

If you can travel to Winchester my friend is a swim coach and is a GB qualifer too..so if you want her details just PM me.

[pataallen]

How did you get on ? Worth it ?


Cheers,

J.

erm no! i was refraining from posting on here of my experience as i was expecting a call off them to rearrange - as yet no call

i got there on time and it came as a shock to the chap running it that i had a booking - he said that the message hadn't been passed on to him and was closing up for the night. To be fair to him he offered to re-open, i had a quick look at the endless pool (very nice looking too), but no cameras or video facility...i enquired where they were, they had to be set up specially on request...at this point i made my excuses and left!

I'm still waiting for them to call me back to re-arrange!

[jsb_bike]

Thanks for the information, as they were so close, I was toying with the idea of getting down there. I might re-evaluate now

[Quitter]

£20...Jesus!

No BTF triathlon clubs close by?
Our coached swims are a paltry £2 a session in the local leisure centre.
Private lanes roped off.

Its ok having a coach tell you what to do for that hour but you still have to put it into practice AND get an expert eye correcting your mistakes.

Still cant believe it....£20!

Hmmm lets see...convert a corner of my garage to an endless pool...£14000 (including a few fluffy towels to make it look posh)...£20 a sesh.....bang 8 of those out a day....Sundays off for racing....

[jsb_bike]

Morning,

Farnham Tri-Club are close by, however I've always been daunted by the fact of joining any clubs as I prefer to do my training solo, or in a very small group, mainly due to the stupid o'clock I get up to get out.

I may have to change that, based on the costs of swim training...

Cheers.

[Flavadave]

Hmmm lets see...convert a corner of my garage to an endless pool...£14000 (including a few fluffy towels to make it look posh)...£20 a sesh.....bang 8 of those out a day....Sundays off for racing....

If it was that easy we'd all be wearing tracksuits, shouting 'F##k' at people a lot a calling ourselves triathlon coaches! Unfortunately, it takes a bit of knowledge too apparently which I'm guessing they're charging for as well. B##tards!

I digress... IMHO, get yourself a video analysis, pay £50, whatever, its worth it (I'd heartily recommend swimfortri). Once you've seen yourself swim and had your mistakes pointed out, you get a much better sense of what your limbs are doing. I'll bet you a tube of nuun tablets that what you think your stroke looks like bears no resemblence to reality.

[Quitter]

The video idea is a sound idea buuuuuuuuuuuuuuut I,m guessing he's going to get more value from 10 lessons at a leisure center.

I understand joining clubs is nt everyones "thing" - but it works! Try the club thing (dos nt have to be a Tri club, have basic swimming lessons) and THEN have a private video session perhaps?

BTW the last time someone repeatably shouted F*@!k at me she was nt a coach and it was nt a training session as such.

Besides I've always responded better to encouragment as opposed to the Sargeant Major type tactics