Description
Total Immersion
Freestyle Weekend Workshop
February 25-26, 2011
Location: North East ISD, Virgil T. Blossom Aquatic Center, Bill Walker Natatorium, 12002 Jones Maltsberger Rd, San Antonio, Texas 78216
Tuition: $495.00/person, $445.00/person if 2-3 register & pay together.
Payment type: Credit Card
Registration: go to Active Network for registration.
Contact: For more inf ormation please contact TI Coach Todd Erickson at (210) 279-5170 or This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
Description: This two-day course is our classic 2-day workshop and takes you through all the Total Immersion drills and numerous strategies for full stroke mechanics resulting in a freestyle that is faster, easier, and more efficient for the long haul. Numerous video sessions will be sent to you for your viewing after the clinic, including instructor narration to remind you of your strengths and opportunities for improvement.
We'll teach you the four key skills of a “Silky Smooth” 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.
SCHEDULE: Our schedule will be as follows (subject to minor revision):
Saturday
11:00 - Check-in in classroom (Coaches office, Bill Walker Natatorium)
11:00 - 12:00 Orientation and foundational instruction
12:00 - 2:00 1st underwater videotaping and group instruction in the pool.
2:00 - 3:00 Classroom workshop and review of video #1
3:00 - 5:00 Group instruction in the pool and review of video #2
Sunday
9:00 - 11:00 Group instruction in the pool, 3rd underwater taping
11:00 - 12:00 Classroom workshop and review of 3rd video
12:00 – 1:00 Lunch
1:00 – 3:00 Group instruction in the pool and 4th underwater videotaping
3:00 - 4:00 Classroom wrap-up and review of video #4
WHAT TO BRING:
For the classroom: Medical Release form & Easy Freestyle Users Guide sent to you on registration
For the pool: An extra suit & towel if you want dry ones for the afternoon swim, an extra pair of goggles. Rash guard if you get cold easily – pool temp is approx. 79-80 and inside. We recommend that male students wear a Speedo-type brief or close-fitting triathlon swim shorts, rather than loose-fitting swim trunks, which can make balance even more of a challenge.
DIRECTIONS: Visit the North East ISD Blossom Athletic Center’s website at https://communityed.neisd.net/bac/ and the swimmer’s guide at http://www.swimmersguide.com/query/Detail.cfm?PoolID=4020 to find out more information.
Check out GoogleEarth to see what’s around the pool. There are a few places within a 5 minute walk/drive.
LODGING: City Search website – http://sanantonio.citysearch.com/#virgiltblossomathleticctr.
Online travel sites - www.orbitz.com, www.expedia.com, www.travelocity.com
TRANSFER / CANCELLATION POLICY: If a request to transfer is received 8 days or more prior to the workshop, a $100.00 transfer fee per registration 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, participants have the option of transferring to another workshop ($100.00 transfer fee) or a 50% refund ($250/person). Please contact Todd Erickson directly at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it or 210-379-5170.
