Freestyle Class
Prerequisites for Freestyle Class:
- Must have taken at least our BEGINNING class.
- Must understand what being in your body means
- Must be in your body for all "toys" in shallow end (sitting on bottom, falling forward, somersaults, handstands, whale jumps)
- Must be able to unfloat from front and back floats in shallow
- All of these things must be accomplished without speed.
When you know you're safe and you can move from here to there with confidence and ease, you're no longer focused on survival and you're ready to learn strokes.
The Freestyle class builds on the confidence you learned in the first classes and teaches the sequence of steps needed to put together a whole freestyle: balance, line, kick, propulsion, and breathing at your own pace. Learn turns, drills, swimming toys, and ways to make workouts and lap swimming fun. Yes, once you're in your body, it only takes a week to learn the freestyle.
“I can't believe I learned it. I just let myself slow down and it came. After all these years. I'm so happy!"
—Mary Tansey
"Very surprised by progress. All good. " —Michael Jee
"I'm getting lots of benefit from being watched and getting immediate feedback as well as from the videotape."
—Ellen Dietschy
"Life-changing
Confidence-boosting
Bonding
Excellent"
—Terri Pickering, San Francisco
Learn how to use swimming for exercise (workout construction), lap swimming etiquette, and how to use a pace clock. Video of you and your progress for maximum feedback.
MSI Lap pools located in:
Moraga, California
Sarasota, Florida 
Ten 3-hour classes over 7 days.
2008 Sarasota classes are approximately:
December 2: 8-11 a.m. and 2-4:30
December 3: 9-noon
December 4: 9-noon
December 5: 9-noon
December 6: 9-noon and 3-6 p.m.
December 7: 9-noon
December 8: 8-11 a.m. and 2-4:30
Lodging: We recommend that you stay in a hotel nearby so you can devote your week to swimming and absorbing information, and reduce stress of commuting and household responsibilities.
Fins
If you don't have fins, we recommend TYR split fins. Test them in the pool and make sure they're comfortable and not too stiff. Allow time to replace them with other fins, just in case they're not right for you. It's VERY important to have fins that work on Day 1. If TYR Split fins don't work for you, buy full-foot rubber fins. We can recommend some that will most likely do.
Fred McGriff, former Tampa Devil Rays Baseball All-Star
Wetsuit shirt
A wetsuit vest or shirt may be appropriate for warmth. Virtually everyone has worn them in the past. Rent for $20 for 1-7 days, or buy your own for use afterward.
RENT OR PURCHASE AQUATIC APPAREL
Please bring these items to class:
two bathing suits, dark goggles if class is outdoors (otherwise, regular goggles), rubber full-foot snorkeling fins if you have them, sun block and hat. Also, something warm to wear from pool.
Soda Aquatic Center, Moraga, California
Learn the Freestyle and the culture of Lap Swimming.
Early Registration Discount $75 if you register 4 months early.
Use earlyfs as your coupon code during Checkout.
RENT OR PURCHASE AQUATIC APPAREL
Freestyle Refresher
Sarasota, FL
December 6 and 7, 2008
As part of Sarasota Freestyle class.
If you've already been in a lap swimming class, you may take our Refresher Class to boost your freestyle and flip turns to the next level.
At 75, Pat settles into a freestyle
she's dreamt about for 60 years.