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Expertise
Anything dealing with swimming: beginners, teaching swimming, fear of water, learning to swim, starts, strokes, turns, training, triathlon and open water, kids, age-group, masters, dry-land, strength and flexibility training, and water polo. Probably can't help you with competitive diving.
Experience in the area
Taught swimming to thousands of people. Coached little kids, high school and college. Ran lots of learn to swim programs. Developed conditioning programs for athletes; swimmers as well as soccer, volleyball, basketball.
Education/Credentials
BA Kineseology and coaching. MA Kineseology PE single subject teaching credential
Average Ratings
Recent Reviews from Users
K = Knowledgeability C = Clarity of Response P = Politeness| User | Date | K | C | P | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rim | 05/18/12 | 10 | 10 | 10 | |
| Victor K | 05/09/12 | 7 | 10 | 10 | |
| Rim | 11/12/11 | 10 | 10 | 9 | |
| Rim | 11/04/11 | 9 | 8 | 8 | |
| Rim | 10/17/11 | 8 | 8 | 8 |
Recent Answers from Ron Usher
2012-05-17 How to swim efficiently:
Hi Rim, there's a lot of questions but much of them are related to the same issues. I will try to answer them... 1. The secret to treading water is in the kick. You want to use an egg-beater kick, not
2011-11-11 Getting exhausted quickly and hand aches:
Hi...I'll see if I can help. 1. Swimming is difficult. It's more like running than walking. So at some point you will get tired and start panting. Look at total distance swum over your workout and increase
2011-10-30 Problems with Front Crawl Side-Breathing:
Sculling is a good skill to develop. If you can get your head up for 10 seconds that's very good. Lift it up, get a breath, then put it back down. Staying above the water is difficult. Floating in the
2011-10-28 Problems with Front Crawl Side-Breathing:
It can take a while to get the breathing technique. Try these tips and let me know how they work. 1. First, get some swim fins. They will make it easier for you to swim and breathe. You can work on
2011-10-23 swimming training program:
Hi Connor, you should be able to make some good progress in four weeks. The problem is ALL one of technique. It has nothing to do with your conditioning. If anything, your size is an advantage in swimming
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