Sign up to save your podcasts
Or
Share Moving From Beginner To Intermediate with Ben Geard
Share to email
Share to Facebook
Share to X
Share to email
Share to Facebook
Share to X
Or
Moving From Beginner To Intermediate with Ben Geard
I’m excited to introduce my guest, Ben Geard, from Element Swimming. Ben and I go way back as great friends, and he was one of the coaches during the Maldives Camp last year. At Element Swimming, Ben offers lessons for beginners and helps swimmers progress from beginners to an intermediate level. That’s what we will talk about today—strategies and techniques for individuals who are complete beginners or relatively new to swimming, aiming to reach that intermediate level.
01:41 Swimming And Coaching Experience
03:35 Programs For Beginners Are Hard To Find
05:39 Level I: Building Water Confidence
08:49 Different Styles Of Coaching
11:20 Beginner’s Swim Camp On September
14:15 Level II: Feel For The Water
16:02 “aha” Moments During The Process
19:56 Biggest Mistakes With Skull
23:51 Training Sessions Per Week
25:20 Consistency Is Key
27:44 Level III: Putting Together And Achieving The Goal
31:73 Causes of Exhaustion In Swimmers
34:29 Vertical Kick
36:31 Visit The Element Swimming Website
Element Swimming Maldives Camp:
https://www.elementswimming.com.au/maldives-camp
Check out Element Swimming’s website:
https://www.elementswimming.com.au/
Change your technique and swim smoother, easier freestyle in the Effortless Swimming membership:
https://effortlessswimming.com/training-and-membership-plans/?el=blog
This podcast episode is brought to you by FORM Goggles. Use code ‘EFFORTLESS‘ on checkout to receive 15% off your FORM GOGGLES today.
http://formswim.com/effortless
Watch the episode on YouTube:
The post Moving From Beginner To Intermediate with Ben Geard appeared first on Effortless Swimming.
View all episodes
By Brenton FordI’m excited to introduce my guest, Ben Geard, from Element Swimming. Ben and I go way back as great friends, and he was one of the coaches during the Maldives Camp last year. At Element Swimming, Ben offers lessons for beginners and helps swimmers progress from beginners to an intermediate level. That’s what we will talk about today—strategies and techniques for individuals who are complete beginners or relatively new to swimming, aiming to reach that intermediate level.
01:41 Swimming And Coaching Experience
03:35 Programs For Beginners Are Hard To Find
05:39 Level I: Building Water Confidence
08:49 Different Styles Of Coaching
11:20 Beginner’s Swim Camp On September
14:15 Level II: Feel For The Water
16:02 “aha” Moments During The Process
19:56 Biggest Mistakes With Skull
23:51 Training Sessions Per Week
25:20 Consistency Is Key
27:44 Level III: Putting Together And Achieving The Goal
31:73 Causes of Exhaustion In Swimmers
34:29 Vertical Kick
36:31 Visit The Element Swimming Website
Element Swimming Maldives Camp:
https://www.elementswimming.com.au/maldives-camp
Check out Element Swimming’s website:
https://www.elementswimming.com.au/
Change your technique and swim smoother, easier freestyle in the Effortless Swimming membership:
https://effortlessswimming.com/training-and-membership-plans/?el=blog
This podcast episode is brought to you by FORM Goggles. Use code ‘EFFORTLESS‘ on checkout to receive 15% off your FORM GOGGLES today.
http://formswim.com/effortless
Watch the episode on YouTube:
The post Moving From Beginner To Intermediate with Ben Geard appeared first on Effortless Swimming.