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Irene, your swimming tutor,
an ex-water phobic herself. |
Is swimming impossible?
Afraid of the Water?
Embarrassed in a Public Pool?
 If you answered yes to any of these questions,
look no further. Book your Swimming Lessons with Swim-Easy |
Lessons start at £210
adult course or £35/lesson
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A new approach to learning how to LIKE the
water with therapy, .....
more about water
phobia/fear of the water
When I talk about swimming lessons to non swimmers, the
first thing they say is that they will never be able to swim because their legs
are low in the water when they try .....read
on
Read about us in Woman Magazine
It is not a bad thing to be afraid of something you cannot
achieve in water because you cannot hold on to it to stabilise yourself. So,
swimming lessons are needed. What would you say if I said you can 'hold' onto
the water? ...... read on
There is nothing worse that looking at people enjoying
themselves in the water, looking cool, it looks so easy! Your friends shout out,
come on in! Your other half says, "look all you have to do is ............. ".
and you feel so stupid! I know, I've been there! Not any more after learning to
swim ...... read on
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Testimonial: Jamie & Nick Residential 9 hour course 22/11/07 - 24/11/07
I booked a 9 hour residential swimming course with
Irene at Swim Easy for my husband, Nick for his birthday. He has never
been able to swim and had all the regular fears a) not being able to
breathe b) sinking/drowning c) not being able to find your feet etc. I
am amazed to say that after the first day (6 hours total pool time) that
he was able to float, find his feet, glide on the surface of the water
and swim a few strokes against the current machine in the
pool. This was unbelievable considering we had already been down
the adult lessons at a local leisure centre route with no success.
Irene and Sophie are lovely people that make you
feel very welcome (we stayed in the 2 bed house next to the pool) and
are very patient and understanding. The lessons were all undertaken in
the cosy warm private pool on a one to one basis. I was able to sit
right next to the pool in a comfy chair while my husband had his lessons
and it is all very relaxing and we had some good laughs too. Sophie
taught my husband and was absolutely fantastic, she listened, was
encouraging and explained everything. There are no floats or swimming
sticks used in these lessons they teach you how to understand the water
and that you have the best buoyancy already in you body (your lungs)!
It really is an amazing technique of learning to swim not like anything
you would see at your local leisure centre. The most amazing thing is
that it works. My husband is 34, 6 foot tall and of large build and he
thought he would never swim and to see him grinning after the 9 hour
course gliding and swimming a few strokes was brilliant. He's not a
perfect swimmer and still will have to practice regularly to get it all
together but hey! he wouldn't even go in a pool before last weekend!
All of the fears were taken away by being taught with these techniques
and the understanding of water that we were both given. I can already
swim but learnt so much just watching and certainly came away with some
inside knowledge! We both can't wait to go on holiday to the Red Sea as
my husband will now be able to snorkel with fish, go on boat trips, jet
skis/ringos/banana boats, all the things he used to watch everyone else
doing! We will send some pictures!
I would highly recommend Swim Easy to any one that
would like to learn to swim and all you have to do is contact Irene. It
has really made a difference and nervous people really needn't fear!
Thank you again Irene and Sophie and we will keep
you updated!
Meet Sophie, Swim-Easy's new instructor
Hi, my name is Sophie. I’m married with two daughters. I have been a
swimmer pretty much my whole life. I say ‘swim’ but it was more like
getting through the water without getting my hair wet! Although I loved
being in the water and liked the idea of getting fit, any routine of
going swimming regularly soon fell be the way side. After no-more than a
few lengths my neck would hurt and I couldn’t face doing any more. I’ve
never been afraid of water but can’t actually remember being taught to
swim ‘properly’. This is where Irene comes in. She showed me the same
techniques she used in her 1-1 lessons in her own private pool that she
uses with her non-swimmers. Even as a fairly confident swimmer I was
amazed at how the techniques she taught really did make sense. More
importantly - they really worked. To say I was hooked is an
understatement. ( I showed my husband some of the first exercises and,
to his surprise, instead of sinking like a brick he was able to float).
I sat in on as many lessons as I could and perfected the techniques. I
now confidently swim approximately 50 lengths each time I go to the
local public pool and my neck is absolutely fine! ( My hair, however,
does get wet!) I did my teaching qualification in May 2007 and have
never looked back. I love teaching in the private pool, no distractions,
no dive-bombing kids, no embarrassment of others watching. The lessons
are tailored fit each persons individual needs which is impossible in a
group situation. As we don’t use any artificial flotation aids you learn
to use your natural buoyancy and learn to feel in control right from the
beginning.
A few words and articles about swimming and lessons from Irene
There are many people
who want to swim. It is a strange thing because we do not have to swim to live
and yet there is something about the water that is so inviting.
When I talk to people
about swimming nearly all of them want to be able to
get into a pool on holiday and are so fed up with lying on a deck chair and
looking on, or in the water hanging on to the side whilst they watch children
playing about swimming or others just swimming up and down.
Nearly all of the
people I teach say that they have made sure that their
children are able to swim because they want them to be able to save themselves
if they fell in the water during water based pursuits.
The other side to
this is, if an adult cannot swim through fear, maybe due
to a swimming accident as a child, and their children are in or near the water
there is little hope of them saving their child if it were to fall in the
water.
I have had first hand
experience of this. One of my pupils who is very
scared of the water could not save her son when he fell into a small pond. Their
friend jumped in and saved the little boy.
This shook her up
terribly and made her very keenly aware of the dangers of
being near the water with her little boy and the fact that the fear was too
big for her to do anything about it.
She is having
swimming lessons and is making good progress.
Adults have to learn
by techniques to be able to conquer their swimming
fears, nearly everyone has the fear of not being in control by not having their
feet firmly placed on the ground. Hence, hanging on to the side of the
swimming pool
(something I always did when in the water).
When teaching an
adult swimming lessons it is difficult for them because
they have to be taught in the shallow end so, to enable them to get their body
in the correct position for them to manage the water effectively, they have to
get their face in.
This is the first
thing I teach during lessons and without exception this has not been the
barrier to swimming as some people had thought.
When a person is
correctly balanced they find it a pleasant experience and
nearly all have said, "Why haven't I done this before?" I certainly said that!
Swimming is the best
form of exercise because it regulates the breathing and
the heart works more efficiently, also being supported by the water the
joints are not pounding on a hard surface.
One thing to watch
for when anyone swims, is to make sure that the head is
in line with the spine. Anything other than that puts a huge strain on the
back and shoulders. Like any exercise it is wise to examine the way you swim to
make sure that your shoulders and spine are not under pressure owing to
incorrect alignment.
Both Gay and myself
(Irene) will be more than happy to answer any question
you may have on this subject.
Happy swimming!
