Easy for our team to host!
March 6th, 2020
Both Christopher and Ben did a fantastic job. They were engaged and engaging with both age groups. They took the time to provide personal attention and advice where needed. They both certainly have excellent presentation skills and their directions were easily understood. Thank you for making this easy for our team to host!
- Temple Terrace, FL
- 17 years old
- Feb. 19, 2020
Above and beyond what was expected!
March 6th, 2020
Christopher Reid and Coach Ben Lee were AMAZING! I was hesitant to drive three hours to a city I had never heard of for a clinic I had never heard of but now having had my kids attend we will attend as many of these clinics as we can. They were above and beyond what was expected. My kids have attended swim camps at FSU and USC and both said this was better and that they got more out of it than those camps. As a parent, I stayed poolside to observe and was extremely impressed with both what they were taught in the pool and also the talks. Both Mr. Reid and Mr. Lee were extremely motivating and informational. I cannot say enough good things about this clinic. We are grateful to we found it and will be looking for more Fitter & Faster camps in the future. We will also discuss it with our coach. I purchased the book ‘The Talent Code’ for each of the three girls I brought and my husband and I are both reading it–thank you for the recommendation Coach Lee–it’s very interesting.
- Temple Terrace, FL
- 14 years old
- Feb 20, 2020
Temple Terrace, FL First Camp!
March 6th, 2020
Chris and Ben thank you so much for such a great opportunity to learn. You both gave both of our sons. Thank you for kindness and enthusiasm. Both clinicians were excellent. Our boys were so excited to be there.Chris we wish you the best in Tokyo!
- Temple Terrace, FL
- Feb 21, 2020
Macy Zia – Fullerton, CA
March 3rd, 2020
My 10 year old daughter attended freestyle clinic by Gary Hall Jr and Kim Vandenberg on 12/28/2019 & 12/29/2019 in Irvine California. Freestyle is somehow her weakest stroke even though that is the stroke they practice the most. She enjoyed all the tips and stories from Gary and Kim. She especially enjoyed that they both at one point just a normal young swimmers like her. After the clinic, her coaches noticed her technics had improved quite a bit during the practice. Since then, she continues to drop times on all freestyle events (50, 100, 200) at competitions! From the clinic to the most recent competitions on the weekend of February 22nd, she dropped over 2 seconds on 50 free, 5 seconds on 100 free and 12 seconds on 200 free! Both 100 and 200 free made it to the National A times! Now the freestyle became her best stroke! She is hoping Fitter and Faster will come back to Irvine for the other strokes! Thank you Gary and Kim and Fitter & Faster for such an amazing clinic!
Massive impact on a swimmers!
February 29th, 2020
Registration was fast and easy… There was a change to the first day’s times, and that notification was made well in advance of the clinic. Also, the agenda for each day was clearly defined and allowed us to prepare for the experience quite well.
Day two’s events seemed to have a more lasting impact. The focus on streamline and starts on day one was great, but my swimmer wasn’t quite tuned into the training process yet. By day two, he was eager to learn and was highly focused on the training.
The Starts, Turns, and Finishes course that we took was great. I think returning to that course to reinforce the skills learned there would be most helpful in our particular case. As our swimmer progresses, adding stroke specific work would be great as well.
Fitter and Faster puts on an amazing clinic that will have a massive impact on a swimmers growth and development in the sport. The clinicians are great athletes with an innate ability to pass along their knowledge in simple, understandable, and highly applicable training. The experience is fun and rewarding for swimmers and parents alike.
- Redmond, WA
- Feb 24, 2020
Loved it…We’ll be back
February 29th, 2020
Our Clinicians, Tyler Clary, Emma Reaney, and Liam McCloskey, were fabulous. I really enjoyed the interactions they all had with the students and parents. They were obviously eager to impart their knowledge on these young swimmers and had a wealth of experience and skill to educate from. Their communication was clear, understandable, and applicable. They were focused on the entire groups success, and so did not teach to the lowest common denominator, but effectively taught kids who were struggling, while keeping the pace of the course moving along for those that were excelling. Though at first I would have preferred more pool time, in the end I really liked how much time they spent on Q&A as it helped to address a huge range of topics that were helpful to the entire group.
If these three clinicians are a representation of the entire Fitter Faster team, this organization will have a massive impact on the entire swim community. Loved it … we’ll be back!
- Redmond, WA
- Feb 24, 2020
First Fitter and Faster camp!
February 29th, 2020
I would like to thank them all for this weekend. Tyler, Emma and Liam all worked very well together as a team. They were firm, yet kind and thoughtful in their comments and feedback to each swimmer. I appreciated how they took the time to watch each swimmer and tried to give some useful tips to bring out the best in each athlete. Their communication was fabulous and you could tell they had a good game plan going into each day. Get ready to learn, practice and evolve as a swimmer. In a few short hours, you will learn a handful of tips that with practice can take you from a good swimmer to a phenomenal one.
- Redmond, WA
- Feb 24, 2020
Full of great advice!
February 29th, 2020
I had three swimmers attend the clinic and they all took away a different piece of advice to help them.Maddy and John were excellent – great communicators, friendly, full of great advice, and worked really well together (especially knowing that they had never met before the weekend). Thank you for bringing the clinics to our area!
- Dedham, MA
- Feb 25, 2020
Inspire you from start to finish
February 29th, 2020
You are welcomed by three amazing coaches who inspire you from start to finish. My three daughters, ages 10, 13, and 15 participated in this event. All three of them took away something of value. My 10 year old has been working on her open turns and breakouts for butterfly. My 13 year old has been practicing and excelling with her freestyle turn and breakout. My 15 year loved the new start and breakout stroke advice.
- Redmond, WA
- Feb 26, 2020
Mary Pereira – New Bedford
January 1st, 2020
My daughter attended Giles Smith and Tayla Lovemore’s clinic in Wellesley, MA for two sessions (starts and flip turns). What a phenomenal experience! The clinic was well paced, informative for swimmers and parents and skills were broken down for more understanding. The question and answer period was an opportunity for the swimmers/parents to ask questions. My daughter got some excellent advice on returning to swim after an injury (patella). She has taken their advice. The also stayed to sign autographs and pose for pictures. My daughter has already asked to attend more of these clinics. Thank you Tayla Lovemore and Giles Smith. You ran a great clinic! Hope you continue to do these events.
