03/01/12
In addition to the one to ones and group coaching with Swim Solutions For All, plus providing specialised coaching for Vale Tridents Junior Triathlon Club, Karl has now taken over the swimming coaching duties for the Defence Academy Triathlon Club. With such a wealth of talented athletes 2012 looks to be full of promise and achievement for all concerned.
02/01/12
With so many swimmers and triathletes following their New Year resolutions, availability is at a premium for lessons and coaching but there is still some space available. Call or email Karl now to book your slots and please remember bookings are only confirmed once payment has cleared.
14/12/11
There has been an increase in availability for the next two weeks of lessons and coaching at Faringdon Leisure Centre due to the alterations of their pool timetable. Please check the availability page for more details. With most swimming clubs, triathlon clubs and swimming schools taking a break over the festive period now is the perfect chance for you or your child to get some extra tuition to push through to the next level.
12/12/11
This Wednesday's group session will be the last for the year so please all make every effort to attend. Cost is still £7.00 for adults and £5.00 for concessions. We shall be doing a timed 400m to round off the year followed by some fun games and relays whilst still improving your swimming to end the year on a fun note.
23/05/11
With half term fast approaching it is worth a mention that there is more availability for both coaching and teaching during the holiday periods. The availability page has been updated but please bear in mind daytime slots will be available in addition, please contact Karl directly for more information.
22/05/11
A massive congratulations to two of our personal programme swimmers, Graham and Carrie for their recent performances at Masters Galas. Not only did they both manage huge personal bests across a number of events but also both managed to secure medals at the recent regional masters championships. Both swimmers have now met their goals set at the commencement of their respective programmes to qualify for the European Championships in September. Unfortunately, due to logistical reasons neither swimmer can accept their places so are now looking forward to qualifying for next year's World Championships in Italy.
12/05/11
The latest round of timed swims has taken place for the group coaching session on a Wednesday evening. It was a case of quality not quantity as unfortunately there was only a turnout of thirteen swimmers, although ten swimmers managed personal best times ranging from 5.21 through to 7.50 for the sixteen lengths. It is worth a mention that two of the three non personal best swimmers swum times that would have been personal bests a month ago and the only reason they did not swim personal bests was that they were recovering from a heavy weekend of masters gala championships. Well done to all the swimmers who took part, if anyone would like to know a bit more about the group session please click the link to the left.
23/03/11
The new costs have been published on our costs page. Please click on the tab to the left to visit for yourselves.
22/03/11
A massive well done to all of the swimmers both adults and juniors who have taken part in the recent county championships for their respective ages. It is with great satisfaction and pride that we can announce EVERY swimmer who attended coaching with Swim Solutions For All gained at least one medal at the championships. Huge congratulations to Graham, Carrie, Daniel, Louise, Alissa and Millie.
10/03/11
Please note that there will be a price increase to all lessons and coaching from 1st April 2011. As last year, all payments made for future bookings will be charged at the 2010 prices. Confirmation of price increases to follow on the Costs page shortly.
22/2/11
Swim Solutions For All have increased the lesson availability due to demand. Please check the availability page for more details.
21/2/11
A quick update on the progress of some of the personal programme and individual coaching one to one swimmers over recent weeks:
Graham - 200 BRS 15 secs PB, 400IM 22 secs PB
Carrie - 400IM 29 secs PB, 1500m 3min 36 PB, 200BRS 29 secs PB
Mitch - 100 Free 16 secs PB
Mike - 400 Free 12 secs PB, 200 Free 17 secs PB
Daniel - 400 Free 10 secs PB, regional qualifying time and 4th place at Counties
Louise J - 400 Free 19 secs PB, 10th place at Counties, 400IM 22 secs PB and 8th place at Counties
Louise W - 400 Free 42 secs PB
Mez - 400 Free 43 secs PB
A massive well done to all the swimmers for their achievements. In addition, ovedr the forthcoming weeks many swimmers will be attending County Championships for both Junior and Masters levels, good luck to all in their respective events.
15/12/10
A highly successful final session of group coaching for 2010 produced many fine performances across a variety of events and distances. With all swimmers being given the opportunity to swim any swimming event they wished, all 15 swimmers produced personal best performances. Amongst these included record breaking swims for both the 400m Freestyle and 200 Individual Medley both of which inside the qualification mark for this years World Masters Championships. Given that many of the swimmers attending the session only swim 2-3 times a week and some only once at the Wednesday session, the times and performances were outstanding and bode well for further development in 2011.
23/09/10
It has been a very busy and very successful summer for Swim Solutions For All. On the teaching level, many swimmers from young to old have utilised one to one lessons to gain confidence and stroke development ranging from achieving NPTS Stage 1 awards upwards.
On the coaching side, we have welcomed more swimmers to both the weekly group session and also onto the Personal Programme. After a decent block of work last week's timed 400m Free swims showed nearly an 80% personal best achievement so a huge well done to all. We now have around 25 swimmers attending the weekly sessions with aims ranging from completing a 400m with continuous frontcrawl right through to a couple of swimmers who are looking to qualify for the European Masters Swimming Championships and medalling at the World Triathlon Championships next year.
Of the swimmers on their personal programmes particular mention should go to Graham Fletcher and Mike Brennan. Both have worked relentlessly hard over the summer under Karl's guidance swimming up to 6 hard sessions a week. The effort paid off for Graham recently when he managed to break 6 personal best times in the space of a week including reaching one of the goals set when he began the programme to break the 6 minute barrier for 400m which he managed (having began the programme in February with a 6.33 pb). Mike's main focus when he began the programme in May was to reduce his time for the UK Ironman Triathlon Championships in August. From a predicted time of 1.30hrs for the swim Mike managed to exit the water on 2nd August in a fantastic 1.13hrs before completing the whole Bolton course in 12 hours and 22 minutes to finish in the top 400 overall. Well done to both Graham and Mike who have already started their hard work towards achieving their next goals.
06/07/10
Bookings now being taken for Summer Holidays
Witht the school holidays fast approaching, lessons and coaching are now bookable between 17th July and 5th September. For this duration, lessons/coaching are available at ANY times when the pool is open for casual swimming. To this end, please use the pool timetable for availability rather than the term time availability on this site. The pool timetable can be found at www.http://www.soll-leisure.co.uk/images/stories/FLC_Swimming_Pool_Timetable.pdf
or visit the Soll Leisure website directly at www.soll-leisure.co.uk. Please remember as always all lessons/coaching sessions must be paid for at the time of booking and 24 hours notice must be given in the case of cancellation.
05/07/10
1500m PBs Smashed for Programme Swimmers
Times fell dramatically tonight during a timed swim over 1500m for three of the swimmers on the personal programme. Having never completed a 1500m previously Albert recorded a decent time of 29.26. Graham reduced his PB by 1.20 mins to 25.23 since his last T1500 in February even despite the main focus of training being on the shorter events and particularly the Individual Medley. After spending only 8 weeks on the programme in an effort to reduce his swim time for the UK Ironman Championships in August, Mike cut his time from 34.54 to 29.47, an improvement of 5.07 minutes!! An amazing effort and we can only wait in anticipation to see how much of an improvement this will translate to in August.
14/06/10
Outstanding Achievements on Personal Programme and in Group Coaching
Over the past few weeks there have been some notable results in both the group coaching sessions and by the swimmers on personal programmes. Firstly, congratulations to Graham Fletcher for setting personal best times in both the 50m Fly and 100m Breaststroke at County Masters Championships on the 5th June. During the group sessions which swimmers on the personal programme also attend Graham managed to further reduce his 100m Free time to a PB of 1.16.4 whilst Albert Pimm slashed his time to pip Graham with a time of 1.16.2, a reduction of over 5 seconds over 5 weeks!! During the group session there was a 100% PB success rate once again going to show the benefits of attending properly organised coaching, more details to be found on the group coaching page. 400m time trials were also conducted in the group session last week with 11 personal best times out of 15 attendees, the most notable of which being a 1.01 reduction by Mike Brennan after only 4 weeks of being on a personal programme.
10/05/10
Yet more Personal Bests!!!!!!
Two of the swimmers on the personal programme completed two time trial swims over 100 Free and 100 BRS - Albert managing to reduce his 100 Free PB by 3 and a half seconds from only a month previously to 1.21.50 and break the 2 minute mark on his Breaststroke for the first time with a creditable 1.50.5. Graham further educed his previous mark of 1.19.0 for 100 Free to 1.17.3 and knocked an amazing 6 seconds off his 100 BRS with a 1.41.6. A huge well done to both and goes to show if you are serious about improving your swimming the personal programme is definitely the way forward.
08/05/10
Graham smashes backstroke PB not once but TWICE!!!!
After a large volume of hard work on his personal programme Graham Fletcher smashed his 50m Backstroke personal best tonight. In the 8 weeks since his last timed 50m BK Graham and Swim Solutions Head Coach Karl have put in up to 5 sessions in the pool a week in conjunction with core, flexibility and dryland conditioning work. After a brief warm up during his one to one tonight Graham smashed his pb by over 5 and a half seconds from his previous best of 58.0 seconds down to 52.38. Following on from this impressive performance, Karl and Graham spent the next hour and a half further honing Graham's stroke with a view to further improvements in the future. As a barometer of whether any changes had taken place already, Karl instructed Graham to perform the timed 50m once again - this time after an hour and a half of hard training. Whilst neither party expected the time to be reduced, the stopwatch clocked Graham at 51.12 seconds, a further 1.2 second personal best. With the backstroke being Graham's weak leg of his intention to compete at National level later in the year over 200IM things are looking promising and we all congratulate Graham on his improvement and wish him well as he continues to train under Karl's guidance to achieve his goals. We will keep you up to date with Graham's progress. If you would like to know more about the Personal Programme Graham is using please click on the tab to the left for further details or contact Karl via the 'Contact Us' tab.
02/05/10
Another two PBs for Graham!!!!
During the space of a week Graham Fletcher has managed another two personal best times to add to his ever increasing list since joining the personal programme three months ago. First up Graham managed to reduce his 200IM pb by 4 seconds and then a few days later reducing his 100m Butterfly pb by a dramatic 8 seconds!! Well done Graham and we wish you the best of luck in your upcoming Galas
26/04/10
Over the past week a number of time swims have taken place and fantastic achievements have been made. Included in this is a 100% PB achievement by all 12 swimmers on Wednesday's Swim Solutions Group Coaching Session and also a massive 200m IM PB of 17 seconds by Albert Pimm since returning to the Personal Programme. Well done to all! Please take a look at the respective pages to see more in depth details.
20/04/10
Until further notice, there will be NO lane available for a group session on Monday evenings. However, the time slot will still be used for swimmers who have previously attended either the Monday or Wednesday group sessions. More details available upon request.
28/03/10
There is NO Monday evening group Swim Solutions coaching session for the next two weeks - next session will be 12th April.
26/03/10
Price increase levels are now displayed on the Costs page. The new pricing takes effect from 1st April 2010.
16/03/10
PRICE LEVEL INCREASE
Please be aware that all prices for both individual and group sessions will be increased as of 1st April. Any lessons or coaching sessions (except the Swim Solutions Discount Pass) booked before 1st April will be charged at current rates regardless of when they shall take place. New prices to be displayed on the Costs page shortly........
09/03/10
GRAHAM SMASHES BACKSTROKE PB!!!!!!!
I have to take this opportunity to make special mention of Graham Fletcher's achievements since starting at the beginning of February on the Personal Coaching Programme. Graham has put in a lot of hard work over the past five weeks following the personalised sessions, attending the group coaching on Wednesday evening and individual sessions with Karl, all with a view to qualifying for next year's European Masters Championships. Continuous improvement has been shown throughout but the special mention must go to last night, where during a personal coaching session with Karl, Graham recorded a personal best time for 100m backstroke by an amazing 25 seconds!!! A superb feat especially given that this is only over 5 weeks. Again, this just goes to show what can be achieved on the Personal Programme and should act as an incentive to anyone else contemplating individual coaching. Keep up the good work Graham!!!!!!
25/02/10
NEW SWIM SOLUTIONS SESSION AND SUNDAY LESSONS/COACHING
For a 4 week initial trial period there will be an additional Swim Solutions coaching session each week, taking place 1900-2000 beginning 1st March at Faringdon Leisure Centre. Initially, space is limited to 6 swimmers as there will only be one lane available to begin with. Cost per session is £5.50 and all spaces must be booked in advance by emailling Karl.
From 7th March, Karl has now added extra slots due to popular demand on a Sunday for both lessons and coaching. Please contact us for additional information.
21/02/10
SPECIAL OFFER - 3 for 2 on the Personal Coaching Programme - see the tab to the left for more details...................
19/02/10
Swim Solutions For All are proud to announce expansion to a new site at Abingdon School. If you would like to find out more about lessons or coaching in and around Abingdon please contact us directly.
17/02/10
Congratulations to our December prize winner Albert Pimm on completing his free month's personal coaching prize. His improvements were exceptional so a huge well done!!!! Please click on the 'Personal Programme' tab to see more details of how much improvement was made and to see what Albert had to say about the experience.
06/01/10
Tonight's Swim Solutions session will run uncoached due to adverse weather conditions. Provided the pool is open all previous attendees will be able to swim by themselves - please check with the pool for opening status.
03/01/10
Please be reminded that Faringdon pool reopens tomorrow (Monday 4th January) and all lessons and coaching will resume as normal. If you have been delaying rebooking lessons from before Christmas or would like to start a course of lessons please book as soon as possible as availability is limited. Please remember ALL bookings can only be taken with payment at the time of booking.
21/12/09
PRIZE DRAW RESULT!!!!!
Congratulations to ALBERT PIMM for winning the competition for a month of Personal Online Coaching. Albert already attends the Wednesday evening group coaching session and by purchasing his Discount Pass for January entered himself into the draw. Many thanks to all other entrants for their online bookings and entries but unfortunately there can be only one winner. As for Albert, he has shown dramatic improvements to his stroke efficiency and speed by attending Swim Solutions and will benefit even more from the prize. For anyone who is interested in the coaching package please click the tab to the left. I look forward to keeping you updated on Albert's progress through the month.
07/12/09
CHRISTMAS PRIZE DRAW!!!!!!
Anyone who makes a booking until Sunday 21st December for any of the adult coaching options will automatically be placed into a prize draw to win the first month of the Online Coaching Programme (normally £45). This includes One to Ones and the Swim Solutions Discount Ticket. Please note that this draw is only available to Adults and the Programme must be redeemed during January only.
07/12/09
SWIM SOLUTIONS DISCOUNT TICKET
Due to numbers increasing at our Wednesday evening coaching sessions we are now able to offer a discounted block ticket for these sessions. Please see the Group Coaching page for more details.
05/12/09
NEW PRICINGS AND COACHING OPTIONS
Please check out our Costs page for details of new pricings and new coaching options including online programme and more in depth stroke analysis plus specifically designed sessions.
24/11/2009
ONLINE PAYMENTS
We are now able to take payments online, please see our 'Online Payments' page for more details. Please remember that no bookings can be made without payment.
22/11/2009
CHRISTMAS BUNDLE VOUCHER!!!!!!!!!
Are you looking for that Christmas present for your partner or family member and want to get something with that personal touch? Swim Solutions For All are offering a Christmas Bundle Voucher that could well be the answer. For just £40, the voucher comprises one hour's one to one coaching at Faringdon Pool, one entry to any Swim Solutions coaching session during January plus a personalised four week training programme!!!!! This would make the perfect present for a triathlete or fitness swimmer looking to move up to the next level...... Please note the one to one session must take place between 4th and 31st January 2010.
20/11/2009
ADVANCE PAYMENT
Due to a number of late cancellations and no-shows in the past couple of weeks please be reminded that any lessons not already booked MUST be paid for at the time of booking. Also, 24 hours notice is required or a full charge will be made for a missed lesson. We understand that emergencies do crop up from time to time and sickness can happen at short notice especially with children but please call 07846549026 as soon as you know you are not going to be able to make a session . Many thanks.
19/11/2009
POOL CLOSURE
Please be aware that Faringdon Leisure Centre are closing their swimming pool for refurbishment from 14th December and will re-open on the 4th January. This obviously means that no swimming lessons or coaching can take place there during that time. Swim Solutions are currently in talks with a number of pools in the local area to enable lessons to take place in that time. If you would like to have any tuition in this time please email or speak to Karl directly to discuss it further.
10/08/2009
GROUP COACHING SESSION
Swim Solutions For All are pleased to announce the launch of our new group coaching session at Faringdon Leisure Centre. Taking place every Wednesday from 2100 - 2200 hours. The session is primarily a fitness session for competent swimmers with minor stroke adjustments and drills incorporated. It is primarily aimed at fitness swimmers, triathletes and former/aspiring competitive swimmers looking for more motivation than just ploughing up and down their local lane swims. Cost - ONLY £5.00 until 1st April 2010
Check out the tab to the left to find out more and see the improvements being made by the current attendees.........
