Swim Central Ph offers the cheapest programs in comparison to the number of sessions to its competitors. They partnered with different pool venues in the major cities of Metro Manila to pre-list time slots that run from morning until evening to accommodate students who are available in either of those times. Swim Central is very suitable for Swimming Lessons for the Adults who would want to learn Swimming for fun, active lifestyle and/or survival.
There are many reasons why we need to learn how to swim. Most people would just want to learn this skill for leisurely activity; some consider swimming as a form of exercise or sports; others could possibly want to learn for it could be a part of their requirements for work.
Personally, I consider swimming as one of the most needed skills each of us should have specially for Filipinos. Living in a country that is surrounded by different forms of water, knowing how to swim can definitely give you the advantage of not just navigating the land but also exploring the sea. Isn’t amazing to just freely dive in to the ocean without the worries of being eaten alive by the waters?
This made me realize that I must put on a check on ‘Learning How to Swim‘ on top of my goal lists. I had been wishing to do this for almost a decade but because of difficulties in schedule and before lack of school accessibility, I wasn’t really able to do it on the early days. Plus the fact that it was a bit too pricy on those times. Add to that, most of the swimming school I’ve encounter only offers training for kids.
But just like what everybody is saying, It is never too late to learn how to swim! Thank God, I discovered Swim Central Ph.
I’ve heard it from a friend who also gave us a survival swimming trial. The experience was both frightening and exciting at the same time. Imagine jumping in a pool 15-feet deep on your first session! Just crazy! But at the end of the day, I found my self wanting for more. Will tell you more about my first time experience in a bit, but for now, let’s get to know more about Swim Central.
Swim Central Ph
Swim Central is a swim school in the Philippines established in 2015. It specializes in swimming lessons for adults offering the services all year round. From learning the basics of swimming to even survival swimming not just during the summer or during long vacations, but whenever clients are available throughout an entire year.
Swim Central has also found a way to make the lessons flexible and customizable, hence even if your schedule is a bit tight on a week, you could possibly be able to squeeze in an hour or two to do swimming. This is because Swim Central has partnered with different pool venues in the major cities of Metro Manila – Ortigas, Pasig City, Quezon City, Bonifacio Global City, Makati City, Manila City, and Marikina City – to pre-list time slots that run from morning until evening to accommodate students who are available in either of those times. Awesome right!
They also offer private sessions – either in an individual or group setting – for those who prefer to have their sessions in the comfort of their own pool venues.
Upon checking, Swim Central does offer the cheapest programs in comparison to the number of sessions to its competitors. For a priced of Php 3,920/program, consists of 8 sessions of 1 hour 30 minutes, your goal of learning how to swim could definitely be achieved. Swim Central believes that it doesn’t have to cost much for any person – especially, the less-pursued adults – to learn a complementary life skill which they can use for both leisure travels and for emergency cases.
Here are the list of services and prices the school is offering.
By the way, Swim Central (up to this date) is also the only swim school in the Philippines accredited by Swim Schools International.
Day 01: Swim Central’s Survival Skills Program
I was too excited to really do this for the very first time. Visiting beaches and swimming in pools has always been a part of my yearly activity and I would really feel very happy if I could already hone this skill before my Boracay trip this coming May 2019. So, I decided to do it. I picked a schedule on a Sunday, 10:30 am, at the Upper Deck Sports Center in Ortigas. My blogger friend Rod, also picked the same schedule, so basically, we are going to be classmates. This is going to be fun!
We were required to bring, of course a swimming outfit and goggles, which unfortunately, I forgot to bring, due to I guess – excitement.
Rod and I came in just right in time and look for our instructor, Coach Aileen. Before that day, Swim Central have also sent a text message informing me about my schedule. Coach Aileen also sent a message early on that day looking forward to meet me. Good job for the extra customer service!
Some students were still in the pool when we arrived, which I think already done with the training and just simply practicing their new found skill. After changing outfits, we head straight to the pool and dive into our first lesson – Bubble making.
Bubbles as they call it is a breathing exercise that you would need to learn in swimming. Most kids loves this activity where one would need to breath in air through their nose and exhale it slowly through your mouth when submerge into the water. This exercise (as I were told) relaxes your lungs and will also help you out whenever you mistakenly inhaled water through your nose. We did it for a few times and repeated doing bubbles in between lessons (or when needed).
The Sinker and the Floater
Next lesson was the different types of floating. Floating is a very essential form of swimming survival for it is used specifically when one gets tired paddling in the waters. I know I have been doing this for a very long time specially when I go on to the beaches but it seems like my idea of it gets lost when I already swim here in the pool. I keep on sinking! Coach Aileen told us that there are just these kinds of people who are either a floater or a sinker, I am a sinker. Sinkers are mostly people who got big muscles, these are associated mostly to athletes, hence We (the sinkers) would need to exert more effort when it comes to swimming. (Read: Glimpse of Hundred Islands | Puerto Galera, Above & Under)
There are three types of Floating, these are;
1. Tuck Float
2. Jellyfish Float
3. Back Float
Tuck Float is often used when you are swimming in the ocean and would need to prevent stepping in the corals. When this situation happens you would need to tuck float, that serves as a transition for you to do a freestyle swim. Tuck float is executed just by simply hugging your knees creating a human ball in the water.
Jellyfish float on the other hand is used when you experience muscle cramps while swimming. When you encounter muscle cramps, it is always advisable to find a flat surface to straighten your feet. But if there is no near boat or shore, doing the Jellyfish float in an emergency situation would be the best option. This is done by floating face down and stretching both hands and feet downwards acting like a jellyfish. Touching and stretching your toes is highly advisable.
Last was the Back Float, which is simply lying face up. This skill is used when you felt tired in swimming and would need to take a rest before doing another round of swim strokes. It is very helpful specially if you are out of the open waters and would need to swim through the shore to survive. But of course, I am just thinking of the worst situation but hopefully it would not happen.
Survival Skill: Water Treading
Our final lesson, was called Treading which is actually something I personally would love to learn ever since. Treading waters is basically learning how to make your body upright with your head above the surface while your arms and legs move to keep you afloat. Learning this skill will truly give you freedom in the waters! But of course, you would need to overcome first your fear of deep water when doing so.
On our lesson, we were asked to finally submerge our selves into the other side of the pool which is freaking 15-feet deep! And because I am a sinker, the idea gives me more chills than Rod, who is a normal floater. This means I would need to do an extra effort to tread just to float.
Afraid of the water, we move towards the deep while anchored at the corner of the pool. Coach Aileen was holding a bouy we could possibly grab when we felt we are going to sink. She also thought us two ways on doing the treading; frog kick or fisherman kick. I instinctively do the fisherman kick which I think I am more comfortable on doing. She also taught us two ways to paddle, I chose the hands-down-up-cut (I just created that one).
Braving my self, I did it first.
It was a struggle, as a sinker, I cannot even bring out my head out in the water. But naturally, I wasn’t really sinking, I was just there, floating with my head below the water. I tried it for a few more times until I was able to breath out of the water. We were actually joking that the goal was to end the training with us just chatting and at least could be able to say a word in between sink.
Luckily, I was able to do more. And it was awesome! After trying it for a few more times, I finally able to float with my head above the water longer. I nailed it!
And just like any other students who attended the class for the first time, we ended up the session by experiencing a jump into the 15-feet deep pool. It was a struggle. But definitely an activity worth repeating. I cannot wait to do this again and finally able to be more relax and consider the deep water a comfortable place to stay.
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