So over the past couple of months I’ve started to swim again.

Not very well I might add, but you have to start somewhere.

At the SA Aquatic and Leisure Centre where I hold a membership, I’ve done a couple of their stroke correction classes. Over the weekend  the centre posted an offer on their Facebook page about free one on one stroke correction for members.

It turns out the general manager Adam Luscome is giving back to the community and members and providing up to an hour of instruction free of charge.

Now this initiative isn’t just Adam getting the staff to provide services to members he’s doing the instruction himself. Adam is a highly successful and qualified general manager, he’s also very experienced when it comes to swim coaching, up to very high elite level.

Now I’m having all sorts of issues trying to do freestyle and backstroke, but Adam was one of the most amazing people I’ve had the opportunity to work with.

I expect at most I’ll get an hour of his time, the tips and pointers he has provided has been great. Each time he spoke to me I was concentrating, listening and taking in everything he said. This was a very rare and unique opportunity, I sure as hell was going to take full advantage of it.

He even videoed part of my swim and plans to email through some video analysis back to me.

Swimming is big on technique and I have loads to do an learn. But even though I’m still getting my breath back as I type this it’s partly due to the physical  exertion it’s also from the massive adrenaline high I’ve given myself.

What a great opportunity and one I am so glad I embraced!