I’m the ripe age of 69 and been swimming and surfing most of my life. The past 20-odd years to help with recovery from running, and to compete in ocean swim events and triathlons.
I was so keen to learn the Ocean Walker method that I flew 1.5 hours from Sydney to the Sunshine Coast, QLD, to receive this coaching without hesitation from Jamie at SwimMore.
This involved two intense one-on-one training sessions. The first day comprised five hours, introducing the drills associated with the technique, and the second day three hours, putting these together to obtain a change to my bad habits of over 50 years, whilst introducing the thought processes involved in building this new style.
By Saturday afternoon my swimming had developed, firstly a kick I had never had or used, and a style I can return home with to keep fine tuning to a level I never thought possible – swimming smoothly through the water with much less energy expended.
I would highly recommend this course to anyone at any age, regardless of how well you “think” you swim, or have been swimming for a few years or decades like myself. Video analysis will open your eyes and make you realise you DO need this!
In closing, the patience and very specific teaching given by Jamie was at a very high level, with high repetitions of each level being constructed and fully understood before moving forward to the next.
Ross Conwell
Ross Conwell

