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Swimming Coach required to advance front crawl technique

Hi all

I am looking to improve my front crawl technique and wonder if anyone knows or can recommend a Swimming coach? I emailed the pools in the area but none of them got back to me.

Many thanks

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Permalink Reply by John McMullan on April 24, 2018 at 9:55

Matt Cuthbert would if you voted for him, I'm sure.

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Permalink Reply by Mimi on April 24, 2018 at 18:36

why is he a swimmer? he's busy fighting pollution it seems. A very worthwhile cause...

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Permalink Reply by JoeW on April 24, 2018 at 21:01

Have a look at the courses at www.swimfortri.co.uk

I went to a one-day front crawl workshop with them last year which was very good, small class size, lots of ideas to go away and practice.

I can't see any scheduled one-day workshops on front crawl on their website at the moment so you might need to email them.

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Permalink Reply by Mimi on April 25, 2018 at 8:41

Thanks JoeW. I'll have a look. I'm looking for weekly 121 lessons at the moment. I don't think a day is enough : ). Do you swim in the local pools? Which pool do you prefer? Regards

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Permalink Reply by Maddy on April 25, 2018 at 9:33

Jackie Beim specialises in the Alexander Technique approach to swimming.

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Permalink Reply by Mimi on April 25, 2018 at 11:17

thanks Maddy. I need to do some research into the Alexander Technique...

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Permalink Reply by Maddy on April 25, 2018 at 11:27

Have a look at the Shaw Method website for more information.

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Permalink Reply by Metso on April 25, 2018 at 20:50

london fields lido, does swimming lessons or has a swim doctor that provides guidance towards improvement.

I've been to a few classes and they're pretty good and very reasonably priced. £4 for the swim doctor and £5 for the actual swim.

check it out

https://www.better.org.uk/leisure-centre/london/hackney/london-fiel...

also the lido is one of the friendlier pools around with double width lanes...

I love it there...

enjoy and good luck with your front crawl improvement

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Permalink Reply by Mimi on April 26, 2018 at 9:41

thanks Metso. I used to live near there when it was still closed. I will check it out when it gets a bit warmer. Is the water very cold?

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Permalink Reply by Metso on April 26, 2018 at 9:45

nope, waters' lovely, i've been swimming thru the winter there... I think its about 27º Its heated all year round....

its lovely with all the mist there... you feel like your swimming alone and then you see someone emerge thru the mist...

I dont know why Gorillas in the mist comes too mind, because its nothing like that what so ever... but the film title tickled me when I thought about swimming in the mist... it made me smile... hope it makes u smile too....