All About Competitive Swimming

[calvinandhobbes]

swimironkids:

dolphin:

[quote=\"Wolfgirl\"]My girl just uses the fins sold at her club. Cheap. About $15 a pair. Or less.


My girl can do 400IMs nowadays. And her strokes have improved significantly.
She smiles when she is in the pool, which is very important. It shows that she enjoys it and not hates it.

Hi Wolfgirl and Swimironkids,

Tks for info. Is there any specific brand/model? Will checkout from mustafa too!

Adding to this thread. What the advices for newbie parent whose kids are going into competitive swimming?

How to help them overcome the laps swimming, at the same time the tough training wouldn't kill the swimming interest. :sick:

One of my student bog a pair at Mustaffa today..light blue and gray for $29+
His dad wattsapp the pic to me if it was the right one![/quote]Yup, that \"dad\" is me. Hi Jeff.

[swimironkids]

Calvin ? Wow small world, didn't expect to see you here..hehe

Lucky no no say bad things about you..lol
Wa only 1 post .. :imcool:
Enjoy your stay here and Blessed Good Friday everyone!

[swimironkids]

cmm:

Anybody know if Swimfast has competitive swimming classes in the East?


My boy is in P1. He has been jumping into the pool whenever we brought him swimming, even before he learnt how to swim. He loves swimming and being in the pool. I started him on swimming classes (swim safer program) last year, he learnt freestyle, breaststroke, and perhaps also backstroke. However, the coach \"sacked\" him from the class as he got quite disruptive during the class (kept jumping into the pool when coach was guiding other students). I also heard that it's only in competitive swimming that they are taught proper strokes.

Is P1 too early to start on competitive swimming? My boy is very active and has loads of energy, he is also very mischievous, so I am considering starting him on some activity where he will learn to be disciplined.

Hi,
Why dun you call swimfast personally to enquire
The number is 6472 4288 or email them at
[email protected]
Cheers

[cmm]

swimironkids:

cmm:

Anybody know if Swimfast has competitive swimming classes in the East?


My boy is in P1. He has been jumping into the pool whenever we brought him swimming, even before he learnt how to swim. He loves swimming and being in the pool. I started him on swimming classes (swim safer program) last year, he learnt freestyle, breaststroke, and perhaps also backstroke. However, the coach \"sacked\" him from the class as he got quite disruptive during the class (kept jumping into the pool when coach was guiding other students). I also heard that it's only in competitive swimming that they are taught proper strokes.

Is P1 too early to start on competitive swimming? My boy is very active and has loads of energy, he is also very mischievous, so I am considering starting him on some activity where he will learn to be disciplined.

Hi,
Why dun you call swimfast personally to enquire
The number is 6472 4288 or email them at
[email protected]
Cheers

Will do that. Thanks Jeff!

[ChiefKiasu]

cmm:

...Is P1 too early to start on competitive swimming? My boy is very active and has loads of energy, he is also very mischievous, so I am considering starting him on some activity where he will learn to be disciplined.

I can assure you that P1 is not too early to start competitive swimming. Most kids that are serious starts training from 3-4 years old, and by 5, they would be able to swim 30 lengths of the pool easily within an hour using any stroke. I know that as a fact

[cmm]

ChiefKiasu:

I can assure you that P1 is not too early to start competitive swimming. Most kids that are serious starts training from 3-4 years old, and by 5, they would be able to swim 30 lengths of the pool easily within an hour using any stroke. I know that as a fact

:yikes:

[swimironkids]

cmm:

swimironkids:

[quote=\"cmm\"]Anybody know if Swimfast has competitive swimming classes in the East?


My boy is in P1. He has been jumping into the pool whenever we brought him swimming, even before he learnt how to swim. He loves swimming and being in the pool. I started him on swimming classes (swim safer program) last year, he learnt freestyle, breaststroke, and perhaps also backstroke. However, the coach \"sacked\" him from the class as he got quite disruptive during the class (kept jumping into the pool when coach was guiding other students). I also heard that it's only in competitive swimming that they are taught proper strokes.

Is P1 too early to start on competitive swimming? My boy is very active and has loads of energy, he is also very mischievous, so I am considering starting him on some activity where he will learn to be disciplined.

Hi,
Why dun you call swimfast personally to enquire
The number is 6472 4288 or email them at
[email protected]
Cheers

Will do that. Thanks Jeff![/quote]Welcome!

[swimironkids]

ChiefKiasu:

cmm:

...Is P1 too early to start on competitive swimming? My boy is very active and has loads of energy, he is also very mischievous, so I am considering starting him on some activity where he will learn to be disciplined.

I can assure you that P1 is not too early to start competitive swimming. Most kids that are serious starts training from 3-4 years old, and by 5, they would be able to swim 30 lengths of the pool easily within an hour using any stroke. I know that as a fact

Do take note your kid is require to be able to swim all the four strokes if he wants to joint the competitive.
So if he take another year to learn the back and fly, by p2 he should be able to joint!
From your post your boy is hyper active with discipline issue which you have to deal with first, if not very difficult for the coach.
Honestly I would not want to take kids with disciplinary issue as I don't want to risk losing the rest over this kid.
Alternatively you can hv him in private class

[swimironkids]

11 days of exciting SNAG are over…records are broken, new ones are written, congrats to all of them, you hard works had paid off.

Tomorrow starts the 2 days of National Stroke Camp at different locations.
David Lim will be heading the backstroke and the butterfly stroke camp.
I will be looking forward to assist him with few other selected coaches.
Rest well swimmers and see you tomorrow!

[cmm]

swimironkids:

Do take note your kid is require to be able to swim all the four strokes if he wants to joint the competitive.
So if he take another year to learn the back and fly, by p2 he should be able to joint!
From your post your boy is hyper active with discipline issue which you have to deal with first, if not very difficult for the coach.
Honestly I would not want to take kids with disciplinary issue as I don't want to risk losing the rest over this kid.
Alternatively you can hv him in private class

Yes, he's been very very active from young. We've been struggling with his disciplinary issue for as long as I can remember (my other kids do not have this issue, though his usually guai guai younger brother is showing signs of following his mischievous ways). I've tried all methods (counsel, negotiate, warn, scold, scream, cane), only the harsher methods work for him :stompfeet:

In all the classes I put him in; swim class, MPM, Sunday school, all his teachers complain that he's very mischievous and likes to play a fool :gloomy:

So I'm considering signing him up for a sport (given his active personality) where he will learn to be disciplined. I'm also considering taekwondo for him.

Thanks again for your advice, Jeff!