Do Masters Swimmers enjoy clinics?

I would love to attend a local one. So far I haven't seen any around here. Dennis Baker and Bert Peterson have both given ones that had huge turn outs.

I've been to two clinics - one by Kerry O'Brien, Rowdy Gaines and missed the Janet Evans one. They were well attended. Lots and lots of pool time is the key, along with a great workout. Kerry also did underwater video analysis, which was awesome. I tend to like clinics that are about 1/3 drills and tips and 2/3 *** kicking professional workout.

You might be surprised, Nathan. PNA (Pacific Northwest Aquatics) is the local masters organization representing Western Washington. PNA currently has over 1,300 members. There are training groups of various sizes sprinkled all over the Seattle metro area. If you are planning a masters clinic in the area I'd recommend trying to run an ad in the Wet Set, which is PNA's monthly newsletter that gets mailed out to every member. Here's a link to the September issue: www.swimpna.org/.../2008_09wet.pdf I think a clinic featuring Megan Jendrick would generate lots of interest. I second the motion on underwater videotaping. People love getting good feedback on their strokes and it's something most of us rarely get. Wow, awesome! That's a strong community and very exciting info. It's good that there's such positive feedback for underwater taping, too; we offer this at our age group camps so we would certainly do it at a masters event. Thanks again!

If you give one in WA or OR I definitely want to be there!!!!!

By the way,I just got the formal OK to do a Breaststroke clinic at NW Zones Nov.2 during the 1500(last event on last day) if any of you are going to that meet.(I feel silly mentioning this on the same thread as a possible clinic by Nathan and Megan.Megan could probably beat me with her left arm only.)

We don't have too many masters teams around here though, so we're not really sure of the landscape of the teams and such. You might be surprised, Nathan. PNA (Pacific Northwest Aquatics) is the local masters organization representing Western Washington. PNA currently has over 1,300 members. There are training groups of various sizes sprinkled all over the Seattle metro area. If you are planning a masters clinic in the area I'd recommend trying to run an ad in the Wet Set, which is PNA's monthly newsletter that gets mailed out to every member. Here's a link to the September issue: www.swimpna.org/.../2008_09wet.pdf I think a clinic featuring Megan Jendrick would generate lots of interest. I second the motion on underwater videotaping. People love getting good feedback on their strokes and it's something most of us rarely get.

A bunch of our swimmers from the NW side of Chicago would attend if it was near Chicago--we're always looking for stroke help.

Might want to include a poll on that one. I would prefer one that had the potential for all 4 strokes with my preference being Free and Fly.

Is there a general consensus as to whether a all-stroke clinic is preferred or, say, a breaststroke-only focus? Personally, I'd rather go to a focused clinic that was purely technique based. (I don't need a workout at a clinic.) I'd prefer a local clinic (DC area, hint hint) with an emphasis on breaststroke or starts & turns. And how much can you learn at one clinic? 4 strokes might be a bit much to digest. More general clinics also attract a lot of triathletes. Love them, but don't want to do a swim clinic with them. I can't believe I'm going to miss Allen's clinic again ... :shakeshead: Maybe Indy? No hope without it, for me.

Is there a general consensus as to whether a all-stroke clinic is preferred or, say, a breaststroke-only focus? Breaststroke.