I have been swimming with my local masters for a year now. Our pool is six lanes. Lane 1 is the slowest lane and lane 6 is the fastest lane. It has been this way for years. It is usually two or three of us that are stuck in lane six against the wall. It has effected our stroke tremendously being against the wall. I never want to do any stroke other than freestyle. I have scraped and hit the wall numerous times trying not to hit other swimmers in my lane.
I know how lane designations are suppose to be setup. Usually the faster swimmers are in the middle and the slower swimmers are on the outside. This encourages a faster pool. Are there any articles that I can present to the other swimmers or does anyone have any advice? A recomendation that is probably going to be adopted is a weekly rotation of lanes. Confusing.
Thanks.
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I just received this email this morning asking for help
Hi George,
I believe I took swimming lessons from you 33 years ago at the George Park swim club in the Hamilton/Stoney Creek, Ontario area when I was 4 years old. Are you this same George Park?
I'm 37 years old now - and have a six year old son that I would very much like to take the same calibre of swim lessons that I took with you. I went on to become a very strong swimmer and would like to develop in my young son the same skill sets.
So far, I've had my son in the YMCA program here in Oakville when he was 3/4 - but he didn't learn too much - it was more of a play class. Then, I joined him up at the "Dolphins" swim club in Oakville off and on over the last year. He is progressing a bit better than he did at the YMCA, but I find the lessons are so short (i.e. they are only 30 minutes (for 4 kids in the class) and the young teenage instructors he has had so far, don't have the same passion to teach the kids that you did).
It is a bit disheartening to see today's methods of teaching given I remember how I first learned how to swim with you i.e. we just were told to jump in the pool and "dog paddle" to you. In that very first swim lesson with you, I learned more about swimming than my son has in the past 3 years.
Anyhow, I'm not certain where you are located now given you have a 1-604 area code. Can you please recommend a good place in the Oakville/Burlington area (or even Hamilton) -- someone who you think is worthy of recommendation for my six year old (who is at the beginner level).
Would very much appreciate your advice.
I just received this email this morning asking for help
Hi George,
I believe I took swimming lessons from you 33 years ago at the George Park swim club in the Hamilton/Stoney Creek, Ontario area when I was 4 years old. Are you this same George Park?
I'm 37 years old now - and have a six year old son that I would very much like to take the same calibre of swim lessons that I took with you. I went on to become a very strong swimmer and would like to develop in my young son the same skill sets.
So far, I've had my son in the YMCA program here in Oakville when he was 3/4 - but he didn't learn too much - it was more of a play class. Then, I joined him up at the "Dolphins" swim club in Oakville off and on over the last year. He is progressing a bit better than he did at the YMCA, but I find the lessons are so short (i.e. they are only 30 minutes (for 4 kids in the class) and the young teenage instructors he has had so far, don't have the same passion to teach the kids that you did).
It is a bit disheartening to see today's methods of teaching given I remember how I first learned how to swim with you i.e. we just were told to jump in the pool and "dog paddle" to you. In that very first swim lesson with you, I learned more about swimming than my son has in the past 3 years.
Anyhow, I'm not certain where you are located now given you have a 1-604 area code. Can you please recommend a good place in the Oakville/Burlington area (or even Hamilton) -- someone who you think is worthy of recommendation for my six year old (who is at the beginner level).
Would very much appreciate your advice.
