A high ratio of coaches to swimmers and an experienced resident staff ensure intensive attention and supervision for each camper. Most of our campers are age 12 to 17, but we have had success with swimmers as young as 8 or 9.
Fish move so fast and effortlessly because of a natural ability to avoid drag.
Human swimmers struggle clumsily against the water's resistance, and all their arm flailing only makes them more tired and less efficient. Total Immersion is the only swim camp to focus on teaching fishlike body positioning and active streamlining. We teach swimming as an art, with the same refined, studied precision and exactness employed in martial arts training and in other movement arts such as dance and gymnastics. Every Total Immersion student, whether novice or advanced, begins by learning a series of positions that are extremely simple and basic, yet establish a profound connection with the water. We focus on establishing balance first, then, just as in other martial arts, we teach a thoughtfully selected, precise sequence of moves that, when mastered one by one, lead to graceful, fluent, and FAST swimming.