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Swimming lessons Dublin?

  • 20-02-2011 6:34pm
    #1
    beanz3
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4 ✭


    Hi,

    I'm looking for 1 to 1 swimming lessons in Dublin. Preferably on south side as I'm living in Rathfarnham. I can swim but pretty poorly and I have a sprint triathalon in seven weeks :eek: so was hoping to get a few lessons before then! :)


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  • #2
    swimmer_hoop
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 65 ✭✭swimmer_hoop


    I would recommend you go to your local pool and ask there. I know there is some excellent teachers/coaches in the Swan Leisure Centre.

    Or if you dont mind travel maybe try the National Aquatic Centre. They have two dedicated 121 instructers, one of which is a semi-pro triathlete

    Most pools that have lessons will have a "private" swimming teacher available.

    In the meantime i suggest lots of kick, this is usually a triathlete's biggest flaw.


  • #3
    JJia
    Closed Accounts Posts: 10 ✭JJia


    beanz3 wrote: »
    Hi,

    I'm looking for 1 to 1 swimming lessons in Dublin. Preferably on south side as I'm living in Rathfarnham. I can swim but pretty poorly and I have a sprint triathalon in seven weeks :eek: so was hoping to get a few lessons before then! :)

    heya! :) have you found an instructor ??? myself living in dundrum, and I provide 1 to 1 swimming lessons :)


  • #4
    ah yeah
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 21 ✭ah yeah


    JJia wrote: »
    heya! :) have you found an instructor ??? myself living in dundrum, and I provide 1 to 1 swimming lessons :)

    How much do you charge for a lesson?


  • #5
    rusty81
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7 ✭rusty81


    JJia wrote: »
    heya! :) have you found an instructor ??? myself living in dundrum, and I provide 1 to 1 swimming lessons :)

    Hi do you still provide swimming lessons??


  • #6
    lorcan122
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 151 ✭✭lorcan122


    swimmer_hoop wrote: »
    I would recommend you go to your local pool and ask there. I know there is some excellent teachers/coaches in the Swan Leisure Centre.

    Or if you dont mind travel maybe try the National Aquatic Centre. They have two dedicated 121 instructers, one of which is a semi-pro triathlete

    Most pools that have lessons will have a "private" swimming teacher available.

    In the meantime i suggest lots of kick, this is usually a triathlete's biggest flaw.

    Kicking really has nothing to do with your stroke 15% of the propulsion comes from kicking not that important, really just helps with body rotation and breathing. Concentrate on your stroke technique. I do private lessons, but I work in Dalkey, which is a bit too far out.


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  • #7
    Halloween Jack
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,658 ✭✭✭Halloween Jack


    lorcan122 wrote: »
    Kicking really has nothing to do with your stroke 15% of the propulsion comes from kicking not that important, really just helps with body rotation and breathing. Concentrate on your stroke technique. I do private lessons, but I work in Dalkey, which is a bit too far out.


    Yo man, how much do you charge per session? Also, what kind of times do you have available?

    I can swim, have no fear of water etc, just would like to improve.

    Interested in lesson in dalkey btw.


  • #8
    PGL
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 762 ✭✭✭PGL


    Hi

    I'm based in the Lucan area and am in search of 1 to 1 swimming lessons. I'm more than a "beginner" and would classify myself as an "intermediate" swimmer, where I can do the front crawl and back stroke within my depth. I have attended group swimming lessons at different times over the past few years, which has gone a long way to improving my technique and confidence. However I have come to the conclusion that the only way I will take things to the next level of being able to breath, and swim / thread out of my depth, I will need 1 to 1 lessons, where the instructor gets into the water with me when in the deep end.

    Can anyone recommend 1 to 1 swimming instructors in the general West Dublin region?

    Cheers!


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