What major swimming "camps" are there, beside TI?

I think that Walnut Creek Masters in California had some camp last year if I am not mistaken. I would love to find one to do in the East Coast.

I think that Walnut Creek Masters in California had some camp last year if I am not mistaken. I would love to find one to do in the East Coast. Walnut Creek Masters hosts the Intensive Training Camp March, 5-7 2010. I can't find any info on line or on the Pacific site, so folks might want to go to the WCM site www.swim4wc.org and send an email through the contact button on the site to register or get more info. This will be the 22nd year of the ITC. The camp fills early so if your planning on it, enter early the camp takes a limited number of swimmers. It's some camp alright!

Thanks--those are real camps :) What I had in mind was more in the abstract sense, i.e. major techniques that are influential. Do the two camps mentioned above have some particular techniques? I like TI and watching TI swimming, but sometimes I also found some non-TI swimming that also look pretty good and inspiring. Part of the answer depends upon what events you're training for; for example, the straight arm recovery freestyle you see in sprints these days is definitely an alternate school of technique thought that works well there, but would be painful (unless you're Janet Evans making a comeback) for most of us Masters' swimmers to try to do in mid-distance to distance. TI is likely a great place to look, depending upon where you are technique-wise and what you're looking to accomplish.

The Race Club down in Florida.

Thanks--those are real camps :) What I had in mind was more in the abstract sense, i.e. major techniques that are influential. Do the two camps mentioned above have some particular techniques? I like TI and watching TI swimming, but sometimes I also found some non-TI swimming that also look pretty good and inspiring. E.g. has anyone seen YouTube- Mark Foster front crawl, and what do you think?

Um, there's Mike Bottom's "three style freestyle", which I believe Nathan Adrian, among other Bottom products, uses. Mike Bottom actually put out a DVD on it, and there are some youtube clips from that DVD explaining the concept a bit.

Do you mean YouTube- Mike Cavic and Salim Iles from the Three Styles of Freestyle? Is TI hip-driven? Which of the three styles do you think applies to the above video of Mark Foster?

I am by no means an expert, but I would say that TI is an extreme version of hip driven freestyle. Mark Foster's stroke may be body driven.

Shaman, thanks. I was also expecting the answer re Mark Foster is body driven.:) I have hardly heard his name mentioned in swimming discussions--maybe because he's British?