private technique/turn lessons

[Anonymous]

^aren’t that expensive

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I know a number of the Potomac Marlins coaches offer private lessons.

I actually think that a club coach working privately with their swimmers is an ethics issue. The coach now has a financial incentive to help that swimmer during club practice and private to show the private instruction is working. Private coaching is expensive too.

Some clubs do not allow it at all because of the impropriety of it all. And, as others have stated, to get lane space is tough because public pools do not allow private lessons. The lane has to be rented by a club.

Swim Farm does private lessons and swimbox. They own their lanes/tanks so they can do it without issue.

You’re going far too deep down a rabbit hole here. By the same logic, timers should never be able to time a session in which their child is swimming due to the potential for impropriety.

Public pools all have their own rules regarding private lessons, however, many allow for private lessons with approved instructors. Some of those instructors are club coaches. I have seen an approved instructor for club A give private lessons at a public pool to a swimmer from a club B.

I think you just have to relax and allow the professionals to do their job using their best judgment.

The timer comment is way off base. First of all, at most winter meets the touch pad is primary, the buttons are secondary, and then the stop watch is tertiary and only used if all else fails.

Even if you had a dishonest parent, by pushing the button early, that isn’t going to change the result because you have a touch pad and another button pusher (if the touch pad has failed).

I don’t disagree, that there could be some questions about coaches offering private lessons instead of helping the kids at practice. Hopefully coaches are good, honesty people and would not participate in this kind of behavior.

Have you ever been to a summer meet? If so, tell me where the touchpads are hiding?

FFS this is about club swim, summer swim is rec league, let it go.

[Anonymous]

Has anyone used Machine's private lessons? Looks like they have video analysis or private lessons. Really looking for help on fly and IM turns.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Has anyone used Machine's private lessons? Looks like they have video analysis or private lessons. Really looking for help on fly and IM turns.

We found it very hard to schedule, if they had space at all. We had better luck at the St. James.

As for recording, use the fitter, faster clinic for that. Well worth it. They will film you and the equipment is top notch. They they send your video to be analyzed by an expert. Usually an Olympic level coach. The feedback was incredible. Ideally, share it with your club coach to incorporate drills to correct your swimmer.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:https://www.theswimbox.com/

Swimbox is not what it used to be. They have lost a lot of great coaches lately.

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Anonymous wrote:https://www.theswimbox.com/

Swimbox is not what it used to be. They have lost a lot of great coaches lately.

That is good to know. They had some really great technical coaches. My swimmer benefited.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I know a number of the Potomac Marlins coaches offer private lessons.

I actually think that a club coach working privately with their swimmers is an ethics issue. The coach now has a financial incentive to help that swimmer during club practice and private to show the private instruction is working. Private coaching is expensive too.

Some clubs do not allow it at all because of the impropriety of it all. And, as others have stated, to get lane space is tough because public pools do not allow private lessons. The lane has to be rented by a club.

Swim Farm does private lessons and swimbox. They own their lanes/tanks so they can do it without issue.

You’re going far too deep down a rabbit hole here. By the same logic, timers should never be able to time a session in which their child is swimming due to the potential for impropriety.

Public pools all have their own rules regarding private lessons, however, many allow for private lessons with approved instructors. Some of those instructors are club coaches. I have seen an approved instructor for club A give private lessons at a public pool to a swimmer from a club B.

I think you just have to relax and allow the professionals to do their job using their best judgment.

Fairfax County, Arlington County, and Alexandria City do not allow private lessons from coaches. The lane must be rented from a qualified Organization (team) at a group rate (higher than just a day pass). I cannot speak for MD pools or pools elsewhere.

St. James does allow for private coaching and has a vetted system where they get a cut of the rate. Coaches also have to be in their system to do it.

-Current Aquatic Director that has worked in all three in the past years.

Fairfaxcounty.gov/parks/reccenter/private-lessons

Click “Register for one on one swim lessons”

I have seen with my own two eyes a coach from a USA Swimming club, who is an approved instructor, teaching 1:1 private lessons at a Fairfax county facility.

The 1:1 swim lessons you register for are with employees of the rec centers, not with your self selected swim coach. If you saw a lesson happening with a privately hired coach, it’s only because they haven’t shut it down yet. They will. It 100% is not allowed in the rec ctrs.