Description
TI2: Freestyle Made Easy Faster
Minneapolis, MN: Saturday, August 7th, 2010
Time: 9am-5pm on August 7th
Location: Downtown YWCA, 1130 Nicollet Mall, Minneapolis, MN 55403
Coach: TI Master Coach Dave Cameron will lead this event.
Tuition: $250
This intensive supplemental workshop is intended for those who have established an efficiency foundation using a Total Immersion workshop. We’ll review and refine your technique with video analysis, provide personalized focal points for continuing improvement and teach you how to use stroke tempo training for “easy speed” to improve your pace for distances up to and beyond a mile.
We'll show you the strengths and weaknesses of your form – and how changes in pace affect your form. We’ll also cycle through a menu of focal points and use the Tempo Trainer to show you your specific priorities for speed development within practice sessions. You will leave with a clear plan for improvement and a guide for structuring your own workouts in the future.
Note: We will test your ability to maintain efficiency at a range of distances and tempos, some of them challenging. You will be better prepared if you’ve been in consistent practice for at least 2 to 3 hours per week before the workshop. Because of the volume of filming, additional materials and skill level of coaching required for this clinic, the ratio of swimmer-to-coach is different than that of the weekend workshops.
SCHEDULE:
Sat. August 7th
9:00-10:00 check-in & orientation
10:00-12:00 – Pool work
12:00-1:30 - Working lunch with video analysis (30 minute break to get lunch and come back at 12:30)
1:45-3:45 - Pool work
4:00-5:00 - Classroom Debrief
WHAT TO BRING:
For the classroom: Pad and pen for note taking.
For the pool: An extra suit if you want dry ones for the 2nd swim, an extra pair of goggles - just in case. We recommend that male students wear a Speedo-type brief or close-fitting triathlon swim shorts, rather than loose-fitting swim trunks. Bring your own towel (an extra once is nice in case you want a dray one after the 2nd pool session). Water bottle.
DIRECTIONS: From the airport: take 55 West to merge onto 62 West. Merge onto 35W North. Take the left exit to downtown (65N) and take the 11th St/ E Grant St Exit. Take a slight left on the 11th Street ramp, and turn left on 11th Street S. Turn left into the YWCA right before arriving at Nicollet Mall. There is street parking available or lot parking at the YWCA.
LODGING:
Doubletree Guest Suites, 1101 Lasalle Ave, Minneapolis, MN (0.09 miles away) 612-332-6800
Hilton Minneapolis, 1001 Marquette Ave, Minneapolis, MN (0.13 miles away) 612-376-1000
Hyatt Hotels & Resorts, 1300 Nicollet Ave, Minneapolis, MN (0.13 miles away) 612-370-1234
Holiday Inn Mnpls-Dntn, 225 S 11th St, Minneapolis, MN (0.18 miles away) 612-341-3300
CANCELLATION POLICY: Advanced workshops: 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 $50 deposit will be refunded in full. The $50 deposit per person remains non-refundable, but may be transferred to any future workshop within one year of initial registration if proper notice is given.
