Am I a Beginner or improver?

Rosen

Hi there,

Sorry if this is a stupid question - I'm booking lessons at the moment and not sure which to be looking for. I can swim one length before I'm shagged. No doubt breathing and technique are the main problems.
Should I start off in a beginner or an improver class? I guess the question is how much swimming should you be able to do before you are classified 'an improver'?
Thanks a mill,
Rosen

eoglyn

ask at the place where you are getting lessons but in my experience beginners are learning to float really with the hope of doing a length by the end of the course. You will probably find an improvers class difficult at first but will improve a lot faster than anyone better than you and have more or less caught up after a couple of weeks - especially if you get practice in between lessons. Good luck with it

Rosen

Thanks for that

MyWebPersona

If you can make it from one end of the pool to the other you are probably an improver.

Beginners tend to have no swimming experience

But best advice is talk to coach and say not sure what class I should be in and they will probably ask you to do a length and then decide what suits you.
Better to be in the improver and push yourself a little than be bored in the beginners.

seomise

hi, i would go with improver
there are a few different levels of beginners
the complete beginner
the determined beginner
and the social beginner

as a coach even though u i haven't seen you swim i would put you in an improver's class