IN WATER OUR NATURAL SURVIVAL INSTINCTS CAUSE US TO LIFT OUR HEADS AND MOVE OUR LIMBS IN WAYS THAT WASTE ENERGY AND CAN LEAVE US FEELING EXHAUSTED, THE AVERAGE HUMAN SWIMMER CONVERTS JUST 3% OF ENERGY AND POWER INTO FORWARD MOTION. CONVENTIONAL TEACHING METHODS THAT FOCUS ON KICKING AND PULLING, FURTHER REINFORCE OUR INHERENT AWKWARDNESS IN THE WATER.
I teach students how to co-operate with the water, understand how to co-ordinate and connect with your whole body and create movement patterns to move through the water rather than work against it.
Swimming is an essential life skill,
but unlike aquatic mammals swimming efficiently isn’t encoded into our DNA.
Breaking swimming down into simple steps, students engage both body and mind to swim with more ease, efficiency and speed.
This allows each student to learn great swimming technique right from the start and gives them the knowledge and understanding to become their own best coach.
Camilla shares her swim story. Part 1: I knew everything; Part 2: I accept I know nothing. And in between is surgery. I’ve been watching Susan Cheshire teach for years. [...]
I first met James in April 2024, when he attended one of my freestyle workshops. James had signed up for an 70.3 IronMan event in Estonia (The "70.3" refers to [...]
To acquire new skill and improve existing habits we first have to LEARN and improve AWARENESS; with a greater understanding we can then PRACTICE; this should include time developing feedback [...]
