Goswim.tv's dvd - worth $50?

If you are reffering to the GoSwim with Erik Vendt and Kaitlin Sandeno, yes I have it. I would not suggest it for those who are just starting to swim but for those who already have the basics down will surely benefit. I love watching Kaitlin swim in that video and Erik's kick is something to be desired for sure. It has lots of slow mo footage as well as drills.

I blanked on their names when I posted. :) Probably should have mentioned... I was an age group swimmer twenty years ago (yikes, it HAS been twenty years!) and got into masters about two years ago. So my basic strokes are pretty good. Thanks! Heather

Tough call for me, since I made the video. It may sound a bit too "selling"... but the techniques that both Kaitlin and Eric use are applicable at all levels of the sport. Sounds like you already have a ton of "basics", so the points on the DVD would continue to give you many things to think about during your training.

Dave's doing better than can be expected. He was in Ft. Lauderdale with us at the ASCA convention, and it was there that continued to prove what a great guy he really is. He has handled his accident better than anybody could imagine. His spirit is undaunted, and although I could never imagine how rough it really is, he seems to make it out like it's no big deal. His rehab is going forward in Southern Cal, and there is still much hope. He's making progress, and it's best to follow everything that's going on, on his website. He's writing some really funny stuff and it's a great way to see how somebody handles real adversity. Kinda makes me not feel so sorry for myself if I've had a bad day: http://www.davedenniston.com/ Anyway, as I said, he's doing great, and is still one of the funniest guys I've ever met.

I will check out team-aquatic. Thanks very much! Do you think the DVD would be good for me as a steadily-improving masters swimmer with tons of age group experience? Heather

Sorry... I didn't mean to turn this into an ad. Erik does quite a bit of breaststroke on the DVD, plus there's a few minutes of him in extreme slow-mo, with no talking, so people can get their own meaning out of it. People seem to like it. Dave's got some incredibly funny stuff on his webpage... ya gotta read much further down to understand the real challenges he's gone through, but he certainly pulls no punches in explaining it all.

Glenn--can you give us an update on Dave? BTW, anyone who hasn't seen the Dave Denniston video should do so; his breaststroke is a thing of beauty.

Glenn, That is one of the few DVDs that I don't have. I have always thought that if Eric trained just for the 200 *** that he could do a 2:08, I believe his best is a 2:12 which ain't shabby. Does Eric do much *** on the DVD? That alone would make the video worth the money. I have the Dave Denniston video, and as good a coach as David Salo is, I still think he should have had Dave under a minute for the 100 ***. The video is one of the best, I recommend it over the Ed Moses breaststroke video. I some times read Daves Journal. I met a lot of Auborn swimmers at Olympic trials, but there is no way anyone else would put Nair in their nostrils:D I about died reading that.

Hi Heather, A friend of mine told me about your post, and once I saw you were from Canada, I wanted to drop a note. We recently picked up a great distributor in Canada: http://www.team-aquatic.com/ Contact them, and you can save some money on shipping. I was just with them in Vancouver this past weekend, so the DVDs we had at the coaches conference sold out, but we'll be restocking them this week. Hope that helps for the future. Also, if you have any questions about the DVD, let me know. Thanks, Glenn

Thanks for the comments about the All Strokes. Glad it's getting used! If you've got Dave's turns DVD, you can get a pretty good idea how he swims on that. As far as how it differs from Amanda, is about how much they differ as swimmers, man/woman, that sort of thing. Depending on the way YOU swim breaststroke, or your body type, should determine which is going to be the best for you. Dave would swim a style that is more along with Eddie I guess. His stroke is easy to watch, teach, and learn. It's not quite as dramatic as Amanda's, but obviously, he performs everything so well, he swam extremely fast. I'd say for most Masters swimmers, this would be the DVD that would appeal to the majority because of the ease in which his moves are accomplishable. Some of the points are similar between Amanda and Dave's video, but the way they get to the points are very different. Dave's video is great, and we're still giving him all the profits from his DVDs... so at the very least... you know it's going to a great cause! Hope that answers it somewhat. Glenn