Description
Freestyle Swimming Workshop
Toms River, NJ
February 4-5, 2012
Description:
• This is a two-day course that takes you systematically through all of the Total Immersion swim drills with numerous strategies to implement full stroke mechanics. This will result in developing a freestyle technique that is faster, smoother, easier, and more efficient for triathlons and distance swimming.
• Video taping will be done at the beginning, middle and end of the workshop to show improvement and to speed up the learning process.
• On the second day, students will coach each other under the instructor’s guidance to show full understanding of the drills.
• There will be dry land instruction on flexibility & stretching for correcting movement patterns, breathing and open discussion on anything triathlon related.
• Questions are highly encouraged as we want you to leave the workshop with a full understanding of Freestyle Swimming and all your expectations being met.
We'll teach you the four key skills of a Fishlike Freestyle:
1. Cooperate with Gravity - Most swimmers fight gravity trying to stay on top of the water. We teach you to find your natural equilibrium by sinking into weightlessness. Learning to relax into the water breaks the "survival- stroking" cycle, and frees your arms and legs for their best use. Besides, gravity is a powerful natural force; doesn't it make more sense to use it than fight it?
2. Take the Path of Least Resistance - Once you understand that you must swim through the water -- and mindful that water is almost 800 times denser than air -- it’s logical to focus more on how well you streamline than how you pull and kick. We'll teach you to shape yourself to cut through the water like a torpedo by alternating a right-side-streamline with a left-side-streamline. Each stroke will move you farther and faster with less effort.
3. Swim with your body - Traditional thinking about swimming treats the body as having an “arms department” that pulls you forward and a “legs department” that pushes you forward. In Fishlike Freestyle, you swim with your whole body, instead of your arms and legs. We'll teach you to propel with a simple 2-beat kick, relaxed and rhythmic weight shifts, rather than arm-and-leg churning.
4. Breathe easy - We'll also teach you about breathing easily as you swim. No more breathlessness, no worries about choking. The air is free, take all you need.
Class Size: Workshop will be limited to five (5) people maximum
Location: Toms River Fitness & Aquatics Center, 213 Route 37, Toms River, NJ 08753 www.trfitness.net
Tuition: $495.00
Payment Type: Paypal
Instructor: Bill Garelick, USAT Triathlon Coach, TI Swim Coach, NASM-PES, CES, CPT
Registration: Contact Bill Garelick at 201-707-7550 or email at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
Schedule
Saturday, February 4
12:00pm to 1:00pm - Introduction and class room discussion
1:00pm to 2:30pm - First pool session including video taping
2:30pm to 4:00pm - Lunch / Video tape analysis
4:00pm to 5:30pm - Second pool session
5:30pm to 6:30pm - Video tape analysis / Classroom discussion
Sunday, February 5
12:30pm to 1:00pm - Class room discussion
1:00pm to 2:30pm - Third pool session including students teaching, explaining and demonstrating drills
2:30pm to 4:00pm - Lunch / Video tape analysis
4:00pm to 5:30pm - Forth pool session including video taping
5:30pm to 6:30pm - Video tape analysis
What to Bring:
Swim Suits (if you can, we recommend bringing more than one so you have a dry one for the second afternoon sessions), goggles, flip flops or sandals. Swim caps, towels, robes, soap, shampoo, showers, fruit and water is provided.
Information: Toms River Fitness & Aquatics Center is located in the Kmart Plaza Shopping Center on Route 37 and is 1/4 east of Hooper Ave.
TRANSFER / CANCELLATION POLICY: If a request to transfer is received 8 days or more prior to the workshop, a $100.00 transfer fee per person will be applied to a future workshop, and tuition fee will be applied to that workshop. NO REFUND will be issued for cancellations LESS THAN 8 days prior to the scheduled workshop unless a doctor’s note can be provided. For cancellations at least 8 days prior to the scheduled workshop, any monies paid above the $250 deposit will be refunded in full. The $250 deposit per person remains non-refundable, but may be transferred to any future workshop within one year of initial registration.
