Day 1 - Let the learning begin, I signed up for the other stroke clinic where we cover the butterfly, the breast and the back, the three b's. I love Triathlon, so doing things in 3's is the right amount of variety to keep me moving and learning. I was very happy with the clinic, it was for the coaches only. I was able to get into the pool with 12 - 14 other coaches. The butterfly had a gentle introduction and I have to say that the ease of which we moved into it made me realize that struggling was not going to happen today. The quiet progress was as successful as I predicted. I am not a multi stroked swimmer and have only attempted butterfly during masters swims a few times usually with fins and a lot of energy. I was enjoying the relaxed feel and the ease of executing to be sure.
Breast stroke was a function of streamline and timing to get the finesse, the back stroke to be continued tomorrow of course offered the sinus full of water I was expecting and some gravity shifting I would expect for a bi-lateral stroke. Doing the butterfly and breast offered the challenge of changing the focus to something completely different, where the backstroke brought you back to the shift of weight. I enjoyed being in the pool learning again rather than just teaching.
Maria showed up and was showing me her group on the ipad doing their first open water swim after 5 lessons. She is busy as we all are, and as excited about the progress of her athletes as she was in March, very nice to see her again. I got to put some faces to some names on the ticoach list and noticed we had a number of people ranging in experience from months to years, a great mix for a summit.
When we got into the summit it was all business, a little bit of an uphill grind trying to take it all in, but thankfully Shinji is very organized and has made this something we can look up and reflect on later. I was pleased to see that my career path to master coach was laid out, I no longer had to wonder how to get there, Shinji created a map. There is an enormous amount of new information to cover regarding the business side, I hope it is spaced out over the entire weekend.
Sitting in the summit with the coaches around the table made for an interesting introduction time. It makes you curious about everyones experiences, everyones philosophies and how they integrate Total Immersion into their jobs and futures.
This is an optomistic time for Total Immersion in a year where things are so difficult for so many, where success is not guaranteed to those who are willing to work hard at their jobs, learning that going with the flow may actually be the answer to many peoples problems with swimming, one only hopes they find that easy efficient transition into employment and financial security, it begins with balancing the budget, streamlining spending and moving forward. Let's hope this is something we can all learn.
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