Hello,
I am a veteran runner, but new to swimming. I've always known how to tread water, but didn't have a formal swim lesson until about five weeks ago. I guess I've had about 10 lessons.
Thinking it would improve my stroke, I participated in a Total Immersion workshop over the weekend. Anyone who knows about TI can probably guess what my dilemma is now.....I was told to never go back to swimming the old way again.
Last night I returned to the pool for an already scheduled swim lesson with my regular instructor. I was a bit discombobulated, to say the least.
Today I spoke with a few co-workers who swim and got varied opinions on whether I should go the TI route or stick with what I've been doing for the past five weeks.
Please share your insights and experience with me!
Thanks!
Cheryl
Hi Cheryl,
Welcome to the forum!
Many instructors integrate TI principles without calling it that by name. Can you talk to your current swim instructor and see what his/her philosophy and training are? I wouldn't give up on the current coach without talking to that person, and you might also get a referral to a different coach. (I would pose it positively: "I'd like to work with this approach a bit more.")
Did you feel better in the water during the TI weekend?
The TI Web site has a list of trained instructors:
http://www.totalimmersion.net/
A quick check of the forum discussions on that site turned up an interesting convo titled "Beginner's Blues."
Here is a long thread (there are others) on this forum about TI:
forums.usms.org/showthread.php
Regards, VB
Hi Cheryl,
Welcome to the forum!
Many instructors integrate TI principles without calling it that by name. Can you talk to your current swim instructor and see what his/her philosophy and training are? I wouldn't give up on the current coach without talking to that person, and you might also get a referral to a different coach. (I would pose it positively: "I'd like to work with this approach a bit more.")
Did you feel better in the water during the TI weekend?
The TI Web site has a list of trained instructors:
http://www.totalimmersion.net/
A quick check of the forum discussions on that site turned up an interesting convo titled "Beginner's Blues."
Here is a long thread (there are others) on this forum about TI:
forums.usms.org/showthread.php
Regards, VB
