Kyle has always loved to be in the swimming pool, however he did not like getting splashed or putting his head fully underwater, couldn’t swim and only had confidence when he was hanging around my neck! In the short time (2hrs 15 minutes in total) that he was in the water with Gill, she gave him the confidence to fully submerge his head and blow out through his nose and taught him to swim on his back unaided. To say i am amazed is an understatement (we had been trying all Summer), which is why i have already booked his place on the next course in April.
Claire Gifford
Mother of Kyle age 5
Swim with confidence childrens half term Feb 2012 course
The course was excellent. In just 3 lessons my son went from not wanting to get his face wet to happily ducking right under the water. Gill is a brilliant coach, very patient and explains everything to the children.“
Chris Penny mum of Alex age 8
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I used to consider myself a reasonable swimmer but could never swim a sub-30 mile notmatter how hard I tried. A friend at the pool told me I could be more efficient if I tried Total Immersion swimming and duly gave me the book for my birthday. Unlike him, I found it difficult to learn from the book and then I discovered Tri’n’swimwell on my doorstep. Three lessons later and a LOT ( and I mean a LOT) of drilling( and generally feeling very silly in the pool and half drowning at times), it suddenly clicked. My stroke is more relaxed and can now do a sub-30 mile without wearing myself out. TI swimming makes so much sense and with the one-to-one hands on sessions in the Tri’n’swim endless pool this is an invaluable way of learning. As a fellow Redcap OW swimmer there is nothing more satisfying than gliding along in a lovely flat sea with the sun shining
Helen Wildin
Chalkwell redcap
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I was given a swim lesson voucher as a gift and was anxious about what I would discover about my swimming technique. The first session was a complete revelation. No wonder I was swimming so slow, I wasn’t going anywhere! I had a massive problem with arms crossing over!
Gill and Dawn are so patient, supportive and positive. They broke every aspect of the stroke down for me and we have worked together to get me swimming faster. Before my lessons I swam a mile in 36 minutes, after 3 months down to 32, now in November down to 30 minutes. The discs and drills help me keep focused between sessions.
I now have people commenting on my perfect swimming technique (including very fast master swimmers)! Gill and Dawn have helped me step up my swimming, and who knows where it might end - Calais?
Victoria Hill
Chalkwell Redcap
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Swimming for me had always been the unpleasant first stage of a triathlon in which I was terribly slow, unable to hold a freestyle stroke for more than 200m and generally lacked confidence. I had spent hours in the pool attempting to self improve.
I signed up for a series of 6 one hour sessions in Total Immersion in early 2011. The sessions built up the elements of a freestyle body positioning, stroke and breathing. This was done with a lot of laughter and humour. I went away from each session with a DVD and written instructions of what I had been taught. In between lessons I would dedicate two sessions per week in the pool to doing the prescribed drills.
The difference after the six lessons… 400m times have fallen from 14mins to 7mins (and improving), endurance is no longer an issue with me happily able to hold a functional comfortable freestyle stroke, I enjoy my swimming sessions and somewhat more importantly I now have the confidence in my swimming to place myself towards the front of the pack at a open water mass start.
I can’t thank or recommend Gill and Dawn enough at TriNSwimWell for teaching me Total Immersion
Chris Ward – JUNE 2011
Morning gill, just been swimming, ended up in a lane with a triathlete. Really nice chap, just a know-it-all. He’s telling me all his swim times. He told me to go first, done 400m steady to concentrate on my breathing, left him for dead. He insisted I’d been in a club b4. Thank u so much gill, I gave him ur number. x
Danny Sains May 2011
Hi Gill, was going to text you but thought, u see so many kids lol…. Connor PB’d his 50 & 200 breast for the first time in 18 months the weekend straight after he came to you. Also this weekend he took 5 secs off his IM time which leaves him 2 secs off his national time. He looks like a breaststoker again although he still needs to be reminded that whip round his arms as quickly aggressively as possible. He’s really happy and as soon as I can afford it, I’ll be back xx
Mrs Kearns May 2011
Gill & Dawn from Tri N Swim WELL are very friendly and excellent at explaining where one is going wrong without making you feel bad. It is really nice to see such a clean friendly facility in Essex
JoJo Cranfield
DSE Nationwide Eastern Regional 2008 Sports Personality
Southend-on-Sea, 2008 junior “Sports Personality” of the Year
Member of the British Swim Team
My daughter (age 10) and I (age 51), are both club swimmers. We have been working with Gill & Dawn at Tri n Swimwell to improve our stroke technique. Very important at both our ages! The results for my daughter have been in getting a constant number of pb times on all her strokes even those she considered her weakest. This has kept her confidence and spirits high for the sport. For me, not as many pbs but I can swim for longer with more stamina than before and less aches and pains. I think this method of swimming causes less wear and tear on typical swimming stress areas such as shoulders.
The sessions we’ve had have been valuable and alot of fun. We would highly recommend a session to swimmers wanting to learn how to swim better.
Deb & Isabelle, Guernsey , CI
A fantastic facility that is professionally run by coaches who provide constructive and supportive instructions in a friendly and warm manner. The improvements I made in just a hour and a half were startling, can’t wait to go back!
Iain Keenan RN, MSc, BSc(Hons) PGCE
Senior Teaching Fellow
School of Health and Human Sciences
University of Essex (Southend Campus)
The endless pool is an excellent facility and accompaniment to our daughter’s swimming training, it has enabled her to focus on the finer points of her strokes without interrupting her club coaching sessions. The service that we have received when purchasing a specialist swim skin “Blue Seventy” has been second to none. A very satisfied customer!
SANDRA CHIPPERFIELD
Mum to Kerriann Chipperfield
Winner of 3 gold Medals at the Essex Championships
Swimming for Thurrock Swim club
