Description
Freestyle Weekend Workshop
Jacksonville, Florida
March 17-18, 2012
Description: Whether you are a triathlete, swim for fitness, or just want to learn to enjoy swimming more, this workshop is the best way to learn limitless swimming skills. You will learn how your body behaves in water and how you can use that knowledge to swim further, faster, and with less effort than you ever have before. Focus will include learning and practicing the key principles of relaxation, buoyancy, balance, streamlining and propulsion. Total Immersion is a transformative way of swimming and will give you the tools to continually improve your technique, training, and enjoyment of the water. *** To attend this TI workshop, you should be able to swim at least 50 yards (two lengths in a 25 yd. pool). Any swimmer who can meet this requirement is welcomed at the workshop, no matter how slow or difficult the 50 yard swim may be. This workshop is designed for adults, age 18+. Private instruction may be available for younger swimmers per the Classes tab at swimmingimmersion.com.
This workshop features:
• 7 hours of in-water instruction from certified TI instructor(s), 7 hours in-classroom,
• Classroom discussions explaining how to practice TI for maximum benefit
• Underwater and surface video analysis following each pool session
** All students will be sent a video file of footage from the workshop.
Location: University of North Florida Aquatic Center, 4567 St. John’s Bluff Road South, Jacksonville, FL 32224-2645
Tuition: $495 ; **Early Registration Discount (4-weeks prior): $450
Payment type: Credit Card (PayPal)or personal check
Registration: To Register and pay, go to: http://www.swimmingimmersion.com/Contact TI Coach Mark Truett at: (904) 378-6849, or This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .
Schedule:
Saturday
8:30 – 10:00 Classroom, Intros
10:00 -12:00 Pool Session/ Videotape
12:00- 2:00 Classroom / Lunch (please bring a lunch) & Video analysis
2:00- 3:30 Pool/Videotape
Sunday
9:00-11:00 Pool/videotape
11:00 – 1:00 Classroom / Brunch (provided)/ Video review & analysis
1:00 – 3:00 Pool / Drill Practice & Integration / Videotape
3:00 – 4:00 Classroom / Video Analysis
WHAT TO BRING:
For the classroom: Pad and pen for note taking. **Pack a lunch for Saturday.
For the pool: Please bring swim suit, goggles, water bottle and towel(s). We recommend that male students wear a Speedo type brief, ‘jammers’, or close-fitting triathlon swim shorts, rather than loose-fitting swim trunks, which can make balance in the water a challenge. **‘Kicking challenged’ swimmers may find fins helpful in achieving easy movement during the first water session.
DIRECTIONS: Mapquest or Google Maps: 4567 St. John’s Bluff Road South / Jacksonville, FL / 32224-2645.
Accomodations: Hampton Inn & Suites, 4415 Southside Boulevard, Jacksonville, FL 32216. Contact Jamie Mann at 904-997-9100 ( This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it )** ask for the UNF rate. Also: Wingate by Wyndham Jacksonville East, 4791 Windsor Commons Court, Jax, FL 32224 (904-421-7000).
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, participants have the option of transferring to another workshop ($100.00 transfer fee) or a 50% refund ($250).
UNF Workshop Info
Parking: On Sat/Sun, there is usually no fee to park on campus. You can park in Lot 5, right in front of the tennis courts/stadium which is only about 200 yds or so from the Aquatic Center if you just walk a little further on UNF Drive. There is also lot 34 which is located behind the Arena which is the large building right next to/ in front of the Aquatic Center. This lot is the first driveway on your left after you pass under the viaduct walkway past Lot 5. Please go on-line to UNF Campus to see the campus parking lot layout.
**The Aquatic Center is a blue building and during the summer, the name on the building is obscured by trees!!
Signing-in: Each participant should sign in at the front desk and check under “adult rental” column.
Classroom: We have one classroom, room 109. All guests enter through the front doors where our front desk is. The front desk staff can direct down the hallway towards the classroom.
Personal belongings: You (the class) can keep belongings in the classroom and ask the front desk to lock it when you are not in there. There are lockers in the locker room. Items cannot be left in lockers overnight; individuals should bring their own lock.
