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Can Anyone Recommend A Good Swim Coach?

  • 16-02-2010 06:36PM
    #1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 11


    Tri-specific, in the Dublin City Center area.

    As well as payment, they'll be getting a plug on entertainment.ie

    Thanks guys :)

    Mike


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,584 ✭✭✭✭tunney


    Level and goals?


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 11 SherroM


    tunney wrote: »
    Level and goals?

    I'm doing an Ironman 70.3 in Germany in August - six months away.

    Level is poor, which is why I need someone pronto. Would be training out of One Escape in Smithfield.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 28 trihard


    Hey Sherro, i am taking 1:1 lessons and find them great. I am certainly not a natural swimmer and swimming lessons are a must. Drop me a pm and i will give you the guys name and number.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,584 ✭✭✭✭tunney


    Alot of "coaches" out there, very few good coaches.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,957 ✭✭✭interested


    tunney wrote: »
    Alot of "coaches" out there, very few good coaches.

    Id tend to agree with this - and would also say that much of the advice and coaching gets people doing lengths of a pool and forget to mention the potential environmental problems they'll encounter with their stroke, surroundings etc in open water.
    Depends on the level your starting from, how fast you intend to go (or if you're just hoping to get through it) and to some degree the nature of the swim at the HIM (if its lake swim it'll be easier imho that a sea swim in open water). Your confidence in the water may play a big part in how you progress as well.

    A few 1:1 sessions (2 or 3 max) should push you in the right direction ... but then who do you go to ... some options of varying expense to consider
    a) join a tri club with swim sessions that include swim coaches - that'll take beginners to the next stage and introduce lane swimming with sets etc.
    b) head along and ask at your local pool if they know of instructors (most good teachers / coaches will be known by pool staff so ... might be more informative that the online advice you'll get)

    Hope some of this helps and good luck with the prep for Germany


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,584 ✭✭✭✭tunney


    interested wrote: »
    a) join a tri club with swim sessions that include swim coaches - that'll take beginners to the next stage and introduce lane swimming with sets etc.

    See my previous post :)


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 28 trihard


    When it comes to swimming the other thing i would say there is no quick fix ... agree with the point made about. However, my personal approach is ....

    1. Take part is a squad session whether that is a tri / swim / any other type of club at least once a week from the point of getting use to swimming with others.
    2. Have a swim coach in tandem ... and let me define this ... somebody that can swim, that understands how to improve swim abilities and that has a record of doing so. I have had swim coaches that are part of clubs / gyms etc and (with great respect) they are programmed to do the same thing irrespective
    3. Work on 1:1 with swim coach (and this is the coach physically in the pool with me) once every few / four weeks and get a programme laid out on how to improve my swim. Swimming improvement is so different for everyone ... right now, i have being asked to concentrate on breathing.
    4. Stick to the programme and give the swim coach feedback, etc while still doing squad sessions etc.
    5. Overall, for me, this is 3 - 4 swim sessions a week. 2 from coached programme and 2 squad

    Hope this is of help.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,957 ✭✭✭interested


    tunney wrote: »
    See my previous post :)

    Alas, too true in lots of cases (bit it definitely depends the op's current level and expectations for a HIM swim this season).


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 11 SherroM


    Thank you all kindly for your advice :). The job forces out the prospect of a Tri-Club to be honest. I'm constantly travelling for work, and really need someone who could work around me - I'm stretched thin already without worrying about making it to session.

    Gonna use the chap in One Escape (who have been great) for the moment. I have no aspirations at all for the swim - I just wanna live through it. Hopefully after a few lessons i'll find a proficient enough style and I'll plough away in the pool myself a few mornings a week.

    Biking and running are going well, with the auld Kinsealy-Howth cycle a solid workout!


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 116 ✭✭too_sleepy


    Hi
    Just saw your post after I posted this:
    http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055832381

    Total Immersion intensive two day freestyle worksop in Dublin, so long as we get eight people.

    Drop me a line if your interested.


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