Love Swimming

Last summer I was a 57-year old mediocre swimmer who had been referred to Marshall Love by a close friend. To start my first lesson Marshall had me count my freestyle strokes in a 25-yard swim. It took me 28 strokes. By the end of that first lesson I got my stroke count down to 19 strokes, and it has improved even more since then. He next told me to do a dolphin kick off the wall on my flip turns. I told him that I had tried that before but couldn’t come close to getting it. He replied,” oh yes you can, you are going to do it right now.” He gave me some flippers which made it easier to accomplish that maneuver. I then was about to do it without flippers. My group of swimming friends have marveled at my improvement, which is 100 percent due to Marshall’s expertise. A year later and I just signed up for more lessons. Marshall is so encouraging and has such great people skills that I have no apprehension about trying new techniques. I recommend him highly. Marshall was a champion swimmer at Texas A&M, which does not necessarily mean that he can also coach well, but in his case he is able to do both. My only regret is that I didn’t contact him 18 years ago when I started to swim laps.