Today I showed up for Day 1 of the class. Dave was our instructor and he is actually from Minneapolis. The class was held at a swimming complex and it was really nice. There was one big pool (50m) and one smaller 25y pool. There was a big youth water polo tournament going on in the big pool. I saw a few college kids too. Apparently they do a lot of winter trips from cold states out here for some work.
There were 8 of us in the class which is pretty small. 7 of us were adult onset swimmers, and one was an 11 year old girl who just wanted to get better for her swim team. I was the only adult who swam "competitively", and only a couple of others had done a tri or wanted to.
We started out with a video of our swims before any lessons happened. The instructor used a couple of go-pro cameras, one above water and one below. Just hand held, nothing fancy. Then we did some balance work in the water, and began going through the progressions. After a solid 2 hours in the pool and another hour in the classroom we broke for lunch.
After lunch it was time for a look at our videos. It was actually pretty interesting to watch the videos of ourselves and of other people. The little girl and I had the best looking strokes starting out, but we had a LONG way to go too.
We then did about an hour of dry land work, just working on form. Another solid 2 hours in the water in the afternoon working through a progression of steps leading to a full stroke, then by the end of the day, a full stroke with breathing. Then we did another video session and called it a day.
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