All our coaches are Swim Mastery trained .
Swim Mastery are at the forefront worldwide of swim teaching and coaching innovation. Using a combination of biomechanics, hydro dynamics, learning psychology and in depth whole body analysis, they have developed a methodology which leads to great results for all ages and levels of swimmers.
No Flotation Devices
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For all our adult Learn to Swim and childrens Swim School programmes
no floats, woggles, armbands or any other water supports are used.​ -
Instructors are in the water physically supporting the swimmer where needed until they find their own buoyancy and balance in the water.​
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Learning to float first results in a more fluid, efficient swim stroke which is learnt much faster compared with conventional swim teaching.​
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Safety wise this approach leads to a child or adult being able to survive an accidental fall into open water. All adults and children are taught what to do in these situations very early on in their lessons.
Coach Jacquie
Safe Body Movements
Swim Mastery only use effective, biomechanically safe movement patterns with every swimmer from the very first lesson.
This includes:
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safe head/neck position
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balanced body position
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whole body connection
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integrated breathing
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safe arm movements in every stroke
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This results in injury free swimming for all, including long distance, triathlon and competitive swimmers.
Coach Craig
Drag reduction is one of the core elements of Swim Mastery teaching and coaching.
As water is 800 times more dense than air, working on streamlining and body position results in a faster more energy efficient stroke.
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As coaches we are experienced in video analysis to look at the whole body connection and movements and the areas of improvements for each individual swimmer.
This feedback allows swimmers to gain a great understanding of how they are swimming and how to swim safer and more efficiently.
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With land based exercises, pool demos, tactile feedback, movement imagery and self practice our intermediate/advanced swimmers improve significantly in a short space of time.
Coach Craig
Efficient and Fast Swimming
All our coaches swim well and have coaching too!
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As coaches we work continually to improve our own swim technique.
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Through improving our own swimming, we have a better understanding of what our swimmers are experiencing.​
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We swim backstroke, breaststroke, front crawl and butterfly and have coaching and training in our pool on a regular basis.
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