Swimming Lessons and Buddies

[yellowsuzi]

hey!

i really need to learn dis. who wants to join me??
i live in fairview qc.

[frisco anconia]

where do you swim ba?

frisco

[Sammer]

question din po:

i work in makati san pwede magswim dito?....

gusto ko sana laps bago pasok work e pero i cant find and i dont know any pool near the area.

[Brandon96]

I want to join you guys in a swimming club! I want to learn breaststroke and butterfly stroke. Napabayaan kasi when I was taking up swimming classes back in grade school. Enjoy pa naman ang pagla-laps sa pool.

Let's form a PEx Swimming Club, OK?

First agenda: location and times of swimming and who will/can teach strokes.

[rogelio]

me rin im beggining to learn swimming.. amaranto will be a good place to learn swimming.. tara guys lets EB at amoranto pool

[Sammer]

question po.. where's amoranto? open pool ba yun or for members only?

so natuloy ba pex swimming club? =)

[Brandon96]

Can't we have our swim venue at a more convenient location like Ortigas center or southeastern QC (Libis, Crame, EDSA area)?

[bishop]

count me in as long as there will be fine girls. hehe

[woofers]

Anyone tried the Total Immersion swim camps? http://www.totalimmersion.net/asia-wksps.html has the schedule for the week-long training camps in Forbes. There are batches every month except December.

I want to join, but last I heard the entry fees were something like P5k!

I think I'll stick to my Total Immersion book for now, hehehe.

[Brandon96]

bishop, obispo ka pa naman, wehehehe!

woofers, what's Total Immersion about, in a nutshell?

[woofers]

Originally posted by Brandon96

woofers, what's Total Immersion about, in a nutshell?

I grabbed this from their webpage, http://www.totalimmersion.net/tao-ti-p1.html

Though swimming is an essential life skill, traditional teaching and coaching methods have made it difficult to master because they teach an awkward, exhausting style of swimming. Total Immersion’s foolproof approach to teaching can help any student master a fluent, beautiful and economical style and brings results far faster than conventional methods:

* Only TI teaches Fishlike Swimming. Traditional instruction focuses on pulling, kicking and endless laps. TI teaches you to swim with the effortless grace of fish by becoming one with the water. You’ll feel the difference from your very first lap of intelligent, purposeful TI practice and get more satisfaction from every lap that follows.

* Only TI teaches the qualities of beautiful swimming as well as the mechanics. Swimmers come to us with the goal of swimming faster. They quickly learn that it’s far more helpful and satisfying to swim with grace, flow, and economy…and that speed will surely follow when they master ease.

* Only TI teaches transformation along with fluid strokes. TI, alone among all swimming-improvement programs, teaches swimming as a practice — in the same mindful spirit as yoga or tai chi. Our students tell us that by swimming the TI way they sharpen the mind-body connection and achieve heightened self-awareness and self-mastery, leading to greater physical and mental well-being.

* Only TI teaches you to master swimming as an art. TI teachers emphasize the same patient precision and refinement taught by martial arts masters. We start with simple skills and movements and progress by small, easily-mastered steps. Our students thrive on the attention to detail and the logical sequence of progressive skills.

I only have the first Total Immersion book, and the techniques, principles and drills contained in it are VERY effective.

There are newer TI books from the same author that are supposed to be even better, with a more structured and progressive approach to technique training.

[Brandon96]

Kung ganoon, dapat i-integrate nila ang Total Immersion sa lahat ng PE programs ng mga schools.

[banshe1981]

Originally posted by Sammer
question din po:

i work in makati san pwede magswim dito?....

gusto ko sana laps bago pasok work e pero i cant find and i dont know any pool near the area.

YMCA, makati...

[woofers]

Originally posted by banshe1981
YMCA, makati...

My co-worker swims there. I think the pool opens at 6:00AM.

[Brandon96]

Magkano rates, woof? OK ba facilities? Disente naman?

[woofers]

Originally posted by Brandon96
Magkano rates, woof? OK ba facilities? Disente naman?

Ok naman yung facilities. They remodeled recently.

The pool is 25m, and shallow. Good for beginners.

Give them a call at 8996101, 8996103, 8998105.

[Brandon96]

Thanks, woofers. If I remember right, Makati YMCA is near Bel-Air and St. Andrew's Church, right?

[banshe1981]

Originally posted by Brandon96
Magkano rates, woof? OK ba facilities? Disente naman?

the place looks decent naman..however, don't mind the restroom... ...

if you want to be a memeber for the gym plus pool..2000+ something, but won't exceed 2500...the monthly dues of about 475...
but if your for the swim ***, yearly membership yata is 300. then 80 pesos kada punta mo...

hope this will help...

[banshe1981]

Originally posted by woofers
My co-worker swims there. I think the pool opens at 6:00AM.

yes, 6 am..kaya *** by 7 am, puno kadalasan ang pool bcoz of the students from schools na dun yata ang kanilang swimming subject...
anyways, mas maganda mag swim sa hapon til nyt kasi wala ng araw (para sa mga conscious sa kanilang skin)..at dahil di na rin masyado matao...
it closes at 9pm...

[Brandon96]

Wala bang matinong swimming pool sa Makati area na LIBRE which doesn't require you to know a condominium resident or to be one?