“My daughter had a great time at the easter swim camp. It has given her more confidence and definitely has increased her love for swimming! It was hard work but great fun at the same time and very different from what she was used to…which she loved!! The advice she was given was also spot on and will now, hopefully, give her something to focus on. The coach was great and so were the kids….will definitely be going again!! many thanks!!”
Every day there was a great 2 hour training session with the last half hour being a technique set which was very good and I felt that I learnt a lot! The Olympics on the Friday was the most fun session as it was mainly races. Following the Tuesday night training getting up on the Wednesday for morning training was hard but well worth it, especially with Nigel- a fab coach! The site was good too apart from the weather!
Hi
On behalf of my daughter Sarah Smith and myself, we’d like to express our thanks to Steve Lay for the session Sarah had with him on Wednesday 3rd March 2010. Sarah competed at the Warwickshires on Saturday and came away with a silver for the 100m Fly in a new long course pb. She was extremely close to her short course pb, so we are hopeful of a good time when she is next competing in a 25m pool. Not only did you help with improving her technique, but I felt she came away with a new feeling of confidence in her capabilities as a swimmer, which showed in her performance on Saturday.
One again our sincere thanks.
Sarah Smith
Leamington Swimming Club
And her mum.
Dear Steve,
Thanks very much for the session yesterday and all the help and advice. It was all very very useful and I have lots to practice. It was an excellent 2 hours and your coaching technique was brilliant.
Best wishes. Hope to see you again sometime, when I hope you will see some improvement!!
Cris Swinhoe
Hi
Ben Friel aged 11 and James aged 8 really enjoyed their coaching with Matt , We live in Nz so wont be back for a while but it was well worth it .
Both boys look a lot stronger in the lessons they are in and James has moved up a group .They only swim once a week but do lots of other sports .Although James is only eight he seemed to have taken it all in,breathing , body position and keeping stomach in.
Ben has improved in both Breaststroke and freestyle.
Thanks again Matt
Ben and James Friel nz
Hi,
We would like to say thank to Steve for the excellent session at swim therapy last Friday.
Being relative beginners we knew there would be plenty of areas to be improved. Steve was really encouraging throughout both our sessions and left us feeling enthusiastic and that improvements are just around the corner. The drills and advice on the DVD were excellent; we are already chipping away at our best times.
I’m sure we will be back again in the near future.
Cheers,
Andy and Joanna
Hello Nigel
Just felt that I had to let you know that David really enjoyed / benefited from his session with Matt on Tues. David does not really enjoy swimming and simply sees it as a means to an end, but after swimming on Wed and putting into practice Matt’s advice he said that he was actually ‘quite excited about swimming’!! He really enjoyed implementing the advice and from pool side the difference in his recovery over the water was markedly improved as soon as he got in the pool!!
Can you please let Matt know how pleased David is with what he has learned and that he is already noticing a difference – he also feels that he is going much faster – but his shoulders did ache.
Regards
Julie
Hi there just to let you know that after Matt’s excellent coaching with my son William swam a 3 second pb over 50m for Butterfly 37.94 at the Worksop Dolphins open meet at Ponds Forge. Thanks Raymond Gayne ps we’ll be back.
Thankyou for the time spent with the girls on Friday. They were both really
impressed as was I. Thanks for the CD’s can’t believe how quickly you turned
them round.
The girls trained last night, felt great with their Backstroke and came out laughing over front crawl – they’d tried to fix everything in one go and got in a muddle!
Your input has really made them sit and think about how they swim and their own role in their development – something they have not been too hot on! So thankyou once again and hopefully we will get down again in the New Year.
Yours Susan Lowe
Philip Allen here, the self obsessed triathlete who was trying to achieve 12 min for 750m. Well I completed a tri event just today and wanted to give you some feedback.
You may recall that two weeks prior to seeing you I recorded my swim pb as 13.30ish. After our 90 min session I really wanted to assess how much impact swim therapies technique in the water had over aerobic workout using my old technique. In 4 yes only 4×45 measly min drill sessions I completed between our 90 min session and the race (approx 4 weeks) I finished today , I posted a swim time of 12.46. so due to our time together I’ve shaved off 45 sec which is quite incredible. A big thank-you to you for helping gain some dignity and street cred back.
Hi Nigel
Just to say thanks very much to Matt for my session this morning, it’s really given me a lift and renewed my enthusiasm for my swimming.
I’ve just got back from a swim and feel very encoraged by my first attempts at the improvements we worked on this morning and am looking forward to my next session on Friday.
Thanks again
Regards
Suzanne
Sorry for not getting back to you sooner but I have just completed my first gala since I have been using my new techniques that you taught me. You were right about the 4 weeks before I get used to it. The results were fantastic! I did a 3 second pb on my 100 back and 11 second pb on my 100 fly!!!.
Thank you so much, although there still is a long way to go you have given me so much confidence. I will definitely be back.
Jessie S
To Swim Therapy, l’d like to thank Matt for the great training session we had. We came for the full two hours and managed to go through two strokes in some depth. It was really beneficial for our daughter to be able to see exactly the faults in her stroke. We then received excellent professional advice on how to put them right. Not knowing what to expect when we came, our daughter left feeling really positive about amendments she could use in her training which will benefit her technique. As good as our coaches are they can not give that one to one coaching over a two hour period. What makes the difference is being able to see what they are doing wrong, this gave her the chance to analysis her own stroke in a stress free environment and get a DVD after to reinforce the message.
Tracey Hammond
Hatfield
Finn really enjoyed his swim therapy session. He is 8 years old and Matt pitched the coaching at just the right level and once Finn had overcome his initial shyness he got a lot out of the session. It was really useful for him to compare his stroke to the correct stroke shown on the monitor and a great way for him to understand where he could improve. He enjoys watching himself on the dvd and it reminds him what he should be doing. Finn is coming back in the Easter holidays to see where he can improve further!!
Many Thanks
Louise Nicholas
Hi Nigel
The coaching given was excellent. The fact that you review the swim before any advice is given was very useful and you continually reviewed on camera the improvements as you go along.
The coaching really helped my daughter in terms of the questioning of what she was doing wrong and then the explanation of why the change was necessary
And by making these change what improvements would be expected.
After the session she went away and practised her fly and free within her training sessions and is coming along very well.
I would certainly recommend swim therapy for all those keen swimmers out there.
Alex attended 2 sessions over the last 3 three weeks and in both cases they were well constructed, informative and an excellent process in showing him where the improvements had to be made.
Because despite how many times we parents try to give feedback to our kids, they don’t listen to us. Using the video and showing back to Alex was brilliant and getting him to review his performance was extremely effective. The way feedback was given by Nigel and Matt was constructive and motivational and the improvements attained were immediate.
The video disks are an excellent reminder to ensure Alex keeps up the remedial work he needs to do in order to maintain the correct strokes. Alex will be speaking with his coach to ensure he continues his programme which I am sure he will be more than happy to do.
Alex’s backstoke has improved beyond recognition and he is working hard on his fly and breakstroke. My only regret is that I hadn’t done this earlier.
Cheers Ester
Nigel,
We both thoroughly enjoyed the session and felt that the level of coaching was excellent. Jack really made Elle feel at ease and also made the session informative and fun.
It was great for Elle to beable to see the issues with her technique on screen which also made it a lot easier to improve these areas. The improvements to Elle’s fly technic and frontcrawl breathing during the session was excellent and has now given her and her coaches lots to work with during her training sessions.
The DVD is super and again provides us with a good tool to remind Elle of her technique.
We have already seen some great improvements on Elle’s frontcrawl times during recent galas and her fly arms are looking better every time see swims.
We immediately booked another session in May.
Look forward to seeing you in may.
Jane
Hi Nigel,
I had a 2 hour session and I learnt loads, I couldn’t believe how wrong I have been doing things, seeing myself on the video gave me a much better appreciation of what I was doing and how I needed to adjust my technique. My instructor Mat was great, he explained things well and was professional at all times. I am now working hard on what I learnt and look forward to coming back to you for more advice in the near future.
Thank you.
Colin Pratchett
Dear Nigel,
XXXXXXXX was delighted with how the session went. It has made a real difference to both strokes that she took a look at with Matt – her counties results so far this year are testament to that. I think as well as the actual areas of technique improvement, the session also improved her mental confidence. We have recommended Swim Therapy to other Tilehurst swimmers – so expect to see more TSC swimmers there in the future!
Happy to have the name of the club but not XXXXXXXXXX or my name on the website.
Best wishes
Just wanted to let you guys know that after my session with you over Christmas I am now consistently over 12mins faster for 1.5km!!
Incredible, looking forward to getting there again and getting under 30mins!
I keep recommending you.
Thanks
David Rowen