"Zendurance is the cycling equivalent of Total Immersion Swimming, a kinetically intelligent way to ride your bike."

Endorsed by Terry Laughlin, Founder & Head Coach of Total Immersion Swimming.

The One and Two-Day Zendurance Cycling Technique Clinics offer participants an intensive investigation of posture and alignment, biomechanics and riding position strategies.

Day One (of both clinics) takes place in a studio, using mirrors. Working with their own bikes mounted on stationary stands, this provides athletes with an unsurpassed opportunity for an intensive technique-centered investigation without the dangers and distractions of the open road. The intimate studio environment with mirrors offers instant feedback.

All genres of cycling technique (road, triathlon, etc.) are based on a dynamic and harmonious relationship between the cyclist and the cycle. Each relationship (and hence each individual's technique) is unique. Acquiring sound cycling technique is much more subtle than swim or run technique. This studio investigation leads each athlete towards a comprehensive, personalized cycling technique that empowers her/him with increased:

• Speed
• Efficiency and economy
• Endurance
• Balance and stability
• Comfort and ease
• Aerodynamics

The indoor clinic introduces an array of exercises and drills to facilitate this unique technique development process for each athlete. Typically, the studio day is divided into 2 sessions, each 2-2 1/2 hours long, with a break in between. (If time allows and demand exists, we can explore basic bike maintenance as well.)

This is not a high-intensity, high-output workout. Technique is best developed in a relaxed and calm environment. It is appropriate for athletes of all levels, especially beginning and intermediate riders. Due to the emphasis on harmony and dynamics between the cyclist and the cycle, athletes must provide their own bikes.

Day Two (of the two-day clinic) begins back in the studio with a 1-1 1/2 hour "refresher". Next the clinic moves outside to apply the new technique tools to "real world" riding for 1 1/2-2 hours. Focuses include handling skills (aero and road positions), climbing, terrain and wind-based riding positions, bottle hand-offs, gear selection and cadence, head positioning for aerodynamics and vision, etc. Ideally, this outdoor session takes place in close proximity to the studio, using a parking lot, a quiet stretch of flat road and a quiet hill. The second day concludes back in the studio with a focus on proprioceptive skills.

All participants receive the 25-page Zendurance Cycling Technique Clinic Take-Home Guide, so they can continue to develop and refine their effortless power on the bike.

Clinic prerequisites: An open mind, curiosity and a passion for athletic excellence. As mentioned above, you must bring your bike. (Stationary stands may be available at some clinics.) A dynamic and harmonious relationship begins with a bike that fits you. Shane recommends that you consult a competent bike fit specialist if you are earnest in your pursuit of cycling excellence.

At this time, all clinics are lead by Shane Eversfield, founder and head coach of Zendurance Cycling. Shane is a Serotta Bike Fit Specialist, was certified as a USAT Level I Coach in 2004 and as a Total Immersion Swim Coach in 2008. He has also written several articles and columns for USA Triathlon Life, Triathlete Magazine, Inside Triathlon and Hammer Nutrition's Endurance News. Check his bio for a complete profile. You may wish to read "Positioning On the Bike" and "Cycling Strength and Speed".

Please contact us at office no: 6583 3031 or email: admin@fishlike.net for the clinic.

Date: 19 & 20 July 2008 (Sat & Sun)

Time: 10.30am to 4.30pm

Venue: Fitness Plus @ The Signature, 51 Changi Business Park #08-01

Early Bird Price: S$ 720.00 (sign-up by 30th June 2008)

Normal Price: S$ 800.00

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On a personal note about Tang, you could never find a more dedicated coach than him. He is extremely patient in his teachings, never forcing you to do more than what you can achieve at the moment. He conducts his class in very friendly, hands on manner and he is very sharp in spotting those slight variations in your techniques that requires improvements. What I like most is that he works with you to achieve your goals through a methodological and realistic approach. We just completed a training race recently and he had those seasoned triathletes race in measly 400m events (!!) just to drive home the point to swim the full course in TI style instead of letting old habits take over when in race mode. A humbling truth that if you can't TI in 400m, you won't TI in 3.8km.

I truly believe why Tang is good at what he is doing is because he is passionate about coaching and swimming, but most of all it is because he has a genuine interest in the success of his trainees.

I always believed that to do something well, I need to learn. Finding the right program or technique that works and makes sense is the first step. The next thing is to find someone who can deliver that program effectively and successfully. For me, this is TI + Tang. A big Thank You to Tang and his team for being great people, great coaches and most of all helping me discover the joy of swimming freestyle!

SL

It's been a most fruitful (albeit cold!!!) 8 sessions with you learning the TI way of swimming freestyle. I had always thought that pulling and kicking harder is the key to swimming longer and faster, and the TI method had given me new insights into how one can do the freestyle more efficiently without constantly kicking and pulling harder! Although still far from being able to execute the stroke correctly, the sessions had laid the foundation for me to understand and I believe, to improve by practicing this method of swimming.

And your easy and patient guidance is most appreciated. Having the number of instructors to constantly correct the posture and inculcate the right techniques of each drill and slowly building the freestyle stroke is effective. I look forward to the next module to continue practicing the TI way of swimming with you and your team!

Best Regards,
May Wan
Fri, December 28, 2007 11:48 pm

I first learned to "Swim" at 17 years old. Swimming for me has always been one of "kick harder and pull harder" method. Today at 50 years old, your TI methods have opened my eyes to "Efficient and Graceful Swimming the correct way without having to kick harder and pull harder. TI methods open the horizons to continuous swimming without getting so exhausted and surprisingly improves speed. I could hardly swim freestyle through the 50 m length pool without getting breathless at the end. Now after having gone through TI Module One I can swim the 50 m effortlessly even though I have not mastered the methods perfectly. I cannot wait till I put in the practice to reap the rewards of your coaching.

Many coaches these days lack the patience and passion for the sport. You on the other hand are an asset not only to the TI method of swimming but most of all to the students who are fortunate to learn from you.

Thank You again and I wish you all the success towards achieving your goal of an indoor training (warm) pool by 2009.

The one who's always freezing in the pool - Winston Chin
Fri, December 28, 2007 11:48 pm

I found Tang to be an experienced and patient instructor who understands the needs of adult improvement minded swimmers.

Tang has a good eye for spotting problems. On day one for example he immediately spotted my breathing problems and took me through a set of drills designed to reduce the problem.

Tang stayed in the water with me through our every session. He first demonstrated each new drill, explained it and then I went through it. Tang usually signaled correct body position by tapping or sometimes moving my head or arms. He also explained what I needed to change. I especially appreciated learning a drill through both visual and kinesthetic channels. Tang patiently "hung in there" with me until I was ready to go on to another new drill.

Daily video taping and replay helped me to see improvement as well as what needed to improve.

The cool water temperature in the pool was really the only downside to our lessons.

My stroke has improved as a result of the lessons. Do I have a great stroke? No, not by a long shot but I have a clear sense of the way towards improvement.

Overall, I was very pleased with the lessons and impressed by Tang's hard work and dedication.

Michelle Price
Dubai, United Arab Emirates
16 January 2008

Join us on Sunday 9th March at 1.30pm and we'll show you how:

• to become a more efficient swimmer
• to reduce your swimming times
• to achieve faster times using less energy
• by using less energy on your swim, you'll have more energy on the bike and your bike times will improve as well

As all successful athletes know (and all unsuccessful athletes have found out the hard way!) it is critical you upgrade your skill level to maintain your performance and then get better and better...

Fishlike Aquatic School has great pleasure in inviting you to hear how our patented "TOTAL IMMERSION" SWIMMING has revolutionized the swimming world.

See examples of how to improve your technique; hear from some of our satisfied clients and learn how you can swim better, faster, more-efficiently

GUARANTEED!!!

That's why we're called "Fishlike Aquatic School" because Total Immersion teaches you to "swim like a fish"!

To find out how you can benefit from this world leading swimming technology please register before 3rd March.

Cost: FREE!!! (If you register on-line)
Venue: Potong Pasir Community Club
Date: Sunday March 9th
Time: 1.30pm-3.00pm
Enquiries: Please call 6583 3031

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*WAIVED one time registration fees of S$15.00 for each workshop.

Wednesday Session

Time: 7pm to 9pm
Venue: Queenstown Swimming Complex

Saturday Session

Time: 930am to 1130am
Venue: Fitness Plus, The Signature

July / August 2008

Freebies

• Participants of FFWS Part A + FFWS Part B Package will receive both "Freestyle Made Easy" DVD & a copy of the new Total Immersion book titled "Extraordinary Swimming for Everybody" by Terry Laughlin worth S$60.00 in total!

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Time: 9am to 5pm

Venue: Taiwan Hsinchu

Fees: NT$ 18000

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TI Introductory Workshop

Date: 03 November 2007 (Sat)

Time: 7pm to 9pm

Venue: Taiwan Hsinchu

Fees: NT$ 2000

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Date/Day:

• 18 July 2007 (Wed)

Time: 7pm to 9pm

Venue: Bukit Robson Condo, Persiaran Syed Putra 5, Kuala Lumpur.

Fees: RM 200

How to sign up?

Please email to tang@fishlike.net

Happy Laps is the first TI workshop that addresses the real basics for non-swimmers.

• How do I swim without fear of sinking?
• How do I breathe in water?
• How do I move with such efficiency that I will be able to swim graceful, nearly effortless laps for health, fitness or pleasure with absolute comfort and confidence?

Happy Laps, turning anyone into a swimmer

Happy Laps is a simplified approach to learn the skills of moving through water easily, comfortably, and so pleasurably that your practice time becomes the healthiest, most rewarding, part of your day.

Refined and enhanced by our FAS coaches. Happy Laps will nurture in you, step by step, a completely fresh way to move through the water. Some thing you would never experience if you once fear the waters.

Although available in self-help DVDs, our FAS coaches strongly believe in water safety and trained supervision. With an experience coach beside you, your steep learning cure would be made much gentler. Each session, designed to be thoughtfully-choreographed learning games and self-awareness exercises, eventually becomes an enjoyment of self-discovery.

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Module 1: At Home In The Water

Objectives: To develop a comfortable, trusting relationship with water; understand its properties, overcome common fears, and build confidence.

Divided into 8 exercises, you will learn to trust the water do what it does naturally - supporting your weight. Eventually, you would be able to calmly experience how your body behaves in a fluid. It is all in the mind!

Here, you'll also learn how to breathe comfortably in the water and how it feels to glide short distances effortlessly.

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Module 2: Weightless In The Water

Objective: To position your body and distribute your weight to get the water to support you completely and effortlessly.

Designed into manageable 10 exercises, you will learn how to float in the first 4 exercises. If you're an adult and haven't yet learned to swim comfortably, it's not likely you can persuade your rational mind after all these years that you can get the water to support you. Here you simply do floating exercises over and over, with help and advice from your coach, until you know "in your bones" that the water will support you every time.

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Module 3: Becoming Balanced And Slippery

Objective: Discovering a swimming style that will be easy to learn so you can quickly begin gaining all the benefits and pleasures of graceful, relaxed laps.

Having experienced the freedom of weightless, effortless movement, this 8 exercises will allow you to learn the perfect foundation for learning advanced strokes. Coaches would nurture the habits of flow, efficiency and ease, rather than struggle in you.

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Classes

To be published soon

Workshop Incentive Items

1. TI silicon swim cap for workshop participants
2. TI pre-workshop DVD
3. TI Dri-fit T-shirt upon graduation (only at the end of Module 3)
4. Graduation certificate (only at the end of Module 3)

These items are estimated to amount to about S$70 to assist you in your evolution into being Fishlike.

Workshop Fees

S$ 300 for each module

* One time registration fee of S$15.00 for each workshop is applicable

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1. Proficient your bike handling techniques
2. Be comfortable with open water swim
3. Get faster in the transition area

Eligibility

Children between 7 - 14 years old with ability to:

• Swim 400 m continuiously
• Generally able to cycle on a two-wheel bicycle

Exclusive shoes lace fastener & water bottle to be given

Venue: East Coast Park E2
Time: 10.00am to 11.30am
Fee: S$ 200.00 (FSA Swimmer) / S$ 220.00 (Public)

Minimum Participants: 10pax
Closing Date: 03 June 2007 (Sunday)

Please note: Participants are to provide their own helmet & bicycle. Fishlike Sports Academy Pte Ltd reserved the rights to cancel this program if the minimum number of participant is not met.

For more details, please email us at admin@fishlike.net

No suspense about this one: fistgloves are unquestionably the best way to learn how to anchor your hands "quickly". They turn any swimmer into a problem solver. When the problems the fistgloves create are solved, the ungloved hand will be much more solidly anchored than before.

One of my favorite coaching techniques is to present swimmer with a well-designed challenge, for example, figuring out how to make forward progress in the water without the use of an open hand. It never fails... Swimmers will experiment with different solutions and intuitively selects the one that works best (and it won't necessarily be the same solution for every swimmer). With furthur practice, they'll eventually "own" the improved techniques that is resulted, and they'll remember the lessons deeply because they discovered the answer all by themselves. In my experience, self-discovered techniques under experienced supervision are invariably more natural to the swimmer than one imposed by a coach or teacher.

The problem presented to the swimmer by the fistglove stroke trainer is ironically: how do you hold on to the water when you have nothing to hold on with? By squeezing the hands into a tight, latex-wrapped fist, a fistglove turns a broad, flat surface into a rubber nub. On the first few lengths, your hands would most likely slip helplessly through the water. But, gradually, you'll figure out how to gain a little control. This is done partly by using the forearm for purchase, partly by increasing the rotation of your body, and partly by simply learning to be more patient. By making the catch with exquisite patience and attention, you will eventually learn to get the water to resist the gloved hand "just a little bit". With practice you can learn to do remarkable things with the slight amount of resistance. So much so that by continuing to stroke patiently, the gloved-swimming sensation will gradually come to feel almost "normal". After a while, you may even wonder if you're wearing a glove!

Measure how much control you're gaining by counting strokes per length. If your experience is similar to mine and that of your TI swimming colleagues you'll find that when you first start wearing the fistgolve, your stroke count per 25 meters may be 3 to 4 strokes higher than without the gloves. But, after regular and attentive practice with the gloves, your gloved count would surprisingly drop to only 1, 2, or even 0 counts higher than your ungloved count. Here, you've learned to balance and rotate and find the best path through the water with our arms.

The real magic, of course, happens when you peel off the gloves. Suddenly, the previously ordinary-feeling hand seems "buge", as if you had a dinner-plate-sized paddle at the end of your arm. And with that broad, flat, bladelike implement to work with, holding on to the water - anchoring your hand - turns out to be a piece of cake.

Why are fistglove better than paddles for teaching the feel for water? Because paddles teach the opposite lesson from fistgloves. Swimmers figure that paddles will teach them how it feels to have "big hands". Once the paddles come off they'll only remember that particular sensation they're aiming for. While the paddles are on, you do of course feel more ease in anchoring and holding the water. But when the paddles come off? You'll feel like someone rowing with a popsicle stick. Your hands seem dumb and ineffectual. We have taken to calling fistgloves the "unpaddles", because after using fistgloves your hands seem smarter, not dumber!

Tang is very patient with me as I have no swimming background at all. I took me quite a long time to finally grasp most of the drills before even dreaming of swimming freestyle normally. What's more important is that Tang doesn't just teach me TI, but he also explains to me the reasons and concepts behind each drill that we must do to achieve a smooth swimming stroke. Everything eventually made sense to me and I became more and more convince that TI will work. Only after about 4months of learning TI was I finally able to swim freestyle! But I still had a long way to go before I'm able to swim freestyle comfortably during a triathlon races.

Tang personally took up the challenge to make sure that I'll be able to swim well on my first Half-Ironman event in September 2006. With his encouragement and motivation, I improved tremendously! Within just 9 months, I'm able to swim freestyle in a Half-Ironman event! Something which I never even dream about 10 months before that.

After my Half-Ironman event, I gain confidence in my swim, and was fully convinced that all the drills and trainings that I had with Tang is the reason why my swim can improve so tremendously in such a short period of time! I'll be going for my first Ironman event in February 2007, and I have no doubt that the skills and fitness I've gained from Tang will be valuable for the swim section of my Ironman race!

Thank you Tang for your patience and also determination to make me a better swimmer! You are a great coach! I am looking forward to improve my swim even more under your training and guidance.

Yours sincerely, Andy

The result of FAS today started out from the humble beginnings when I ventured into the teaching of swimming in Jan 1994 after graduating with my GCE 'O' Levels. In November 1994 when I got my SSA NCAP Technical Level 1 swimming certificate, I was only 16 years old, one of the youngest swimming instructors in Singapore. My main objective as a swim instructor then was to earn a living out of teaching in the field that I have spent so much time in. As an athlete at that time, I have been training in competitive water polo and competitive swimming. Although swimming and water sports were my passion and driving force, coaching had not surfaced as my forte. Like all instructors then, I started work as a lifeguard at Clementi Swimming Complex under the Singapore Sports Council.

I proceeded into my diploma studies while continuing to coach freelance for 3 years. Surprisingly, I found more satisfaction and passion to progress in coaching than in simply training myself to become a better swimmer and athlete. Eventually, I realized that it is not simply the higher income that drives me, but the challenge and contentment coaching provides. This is when it dawns upon me that I should try coaching more professionally. Following that, I started my own swim school known as Elite Tang Swimming Platoon (ETSP) in 1997. This was my first step towards professional coaching today.

The school began by coaching younger athletes and children as my priority. I believe in the traditional saying that a good athlete should always start young. I started by formulating my own methods of teaching in the Learn to Swim programs before bringing the better swimmers I taught into the arena of competitive swimming. With the knowledge and experiences from my previous instructors and coaches, I trained my athletes in the conventional concepts of shear strength and power. The training emphasizes on the using of kickboards, pull bouys and hand paddle. The idea I instill in my athletes then was like what all coaches stand by to: "No pain no gain". The harder you train, the better you should get.

It is only in 1998, after meeting my coaching mentor that I started to revolutionize many of my coaching concepts and methods. My mentor's name is Giam Teck Choon and he started off as my assistant / supervising coach. It is through him that I was gradually convinced that more effective methods other than conventional means of coaching are feasible. There should be more grace than shear strength and power in swimming. He later became my partner and ETSP was renamed Fishlike Aquatic School (FAS). During that time, I was also introduced to Total Immersion (TI) from the first TI book found in book stores. My attention was instantly captured as I was inspired to learn more. Sadly, the workshops were only offered in America at that time and the cost of flying there is way above my means at that time. Thus, I decided to buy the TI video for "Freestyle-the revolutionary way to swim better, faster and easier" and went about practicing on my own.

Through those times, Teck Choon and I researched and tried designing new means of more graceful yet effective swim methods in coaching. Much progress was made with tangible results in athletes under my guidance. Many were able to compete in National age-group level competitive swimming meets while some qualified in for the national team. Unfortunately, my partner had to leave the swim school for personal commitments and his pursue in his own IT business.

My innovations in more graceful yet effective swims continue with valuable results, but not with a break through. I was in a stand still in my ideas of innovative swimming then. In the year 2000, I met my current partner-John Lee Chung Yat. He shared with me his priceless experiences gained from teaching in YMCA-Taipei and his physical education degree from Taiwan. Base on his refreshing concepts, FAS rebounded and continued to reform from her initial stand still. By then, I have been practicing TI for 2 years and had realized that I am swimming more smoothly and gracefully than in my teens. I was among the average swimmers then and could never outshine. Now, even when I may not have been as physically fit as in the past, I surprisingly felt that I could travel much further per stroke than before. I achieved this sensation by becoming more relax while executing my stroke and body roll at a rhythmic time. It simply got better through mindful practice.

Meanwhile, I had been sharing the TI knowledge to my swimmers and experimenting my success during some trainings to observe the outcome. Surprisingly, my athletes picked up the concepts very quickly and were experiencing some of my success after 2 to 3 months of drilling. I eventually signed up for the 1st TI Freestyle Workshop in Nov 2003 in Singapore. In Jan 2004, I flew to Coral Springs Florida to undertake a six day TI Teachers Training and experienced two internships under the TI founder, Terry Laughlin. What truly motivated me during the internship was when one 83 years old participant managed to swim freestyle the fishlike way after the workshop. This assured me that age should not become an obstacle to swimming smoothly and gracefully.

After I returned, I went on to complete two internships with Ria Mackay and Ang Peng Siong. I even decided to return to America for further training for a full month and was attached to the Hawks team (an age group competitive team using TI techniques) while helping out in the running of the TI Four Stroke camp. I also witness the new TI swim Studio in New Paltz, New York.

These events truly inspired me to fine tune and re-formulate the weekend workshops to effectively to accommodate to Singapore needs. This is what today's TI Fishlike Freestyle Workshop (TI FFWS) Part A and B are about. After much observation after the workshops, I strongly felt that if the swimmers were left alone, progress became very limited without guidance from a certified TI coach. Eventually, I came out with a 3 module series known as TI Fishlike Triathlon Swimming Series (FTSS TM). Here, module one to three would guide a swimmer in a systematic approach toward the TI practices to increase mastery in distance and speed.

In year 2006, Fishlike Sports Academy Pte Ltd (FSA) was incorporated and it took over the whole operations of FAS. In 2007, FAS was made a subsidiary company owned by FSA. Now in 2007, FAS was tasked with the job of venturing Total Immersion (TI) Swimming in 5 countries (cities) in Asia: Singapore, Malaysia, Taiwan, Hong Kong and China.

Total Immersion Introductory Workshop is initiated to educate athletes in the refreshing concept of the TI swimming experience. Designed as a one-stop workshop, this provides you with a sensational experience in graceful yet powerful freestyle.

Simply, we offer you the essence of Total Immersion (TI) while answering your enquires on how this revolutionary concept is suitable for you. Furthermore, with advice from our coaches, this workshop would provide you with unique insights into your freestyle swim techniques you never believed existed.

Workshop Content

1. Total Immersion Introductory Workshop focuses on freestyle techniques.
2. Underwater video session for individual athlete to allow our FAS coaches to assist you in identifying and analyzing your strengths and weaknesses.
3. Introduction to specific drills in Total Immersion swimming.
4. Integration of drills learnt into the full swim using the TI Buddy system.
5. Personal assessment and advice on possible improvements in one's short falls in freestyle for the future.

Workshop Details

Workshop size: 1 coach : 10 athletes (maximum)

* One time registration fee of S$15.00 for each workshop is applicable.

SPECIAL PROMOTIONS ARE AVAILABLE.
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Ideal TI FFWS Candidates

As long as you can swim at least 25 m in freestyle, and have the desire to do better than what you already can, you are an ideal candidate for these workshops. These workshops are not designed for non-swimmers or those that have a deep fear of waters to overcome it. However, do not worry if you are not the fittest or the most experienced in this sport. TI FFWS has been known to inspire swimmers of all levels to perform beyond individual expectations. As long as you have the determination, perseverance, and open-mindedness to improve, TI FFWS would empower you the skills for undreamt of fulfillment in swimming.

Results to Work For

After this workshop, you can be sure to see yourself swim unlike many non-TI swimmers. Although results may vary from swimmer to swimmer due to different receptivity for the new concepts, or the ability to ingrain the new skills learnt into habits by amount of practices; TI FFWS would make you see swimming from a different perspective by swimming intelligently and more effortlessly. Do not expect to be a lot fitter than before, but be prepared to swim faster and smoother than before learning the skills. TI FFWS would allow you to discover the joy of Fishlike swimming and the benefits of doing so.

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Criteria for Entry

1. Ability to swim 25 m in freestyle without assistance
2. Have the desire to swim better

Workshop Outline

The objective of this workshop would be:

1. Drill base where the freestyle is dismantled into distinct and manageable parts to perfect
2. Balance well in water and to link your arm strokes to your core body rotation
3. Coordination of timing and the anchoring strokes

Important: In order for maximum learning satisfaction, the coaches strongly encourage the participants to watch and try out Drill #1 - #5 in the TI pre-workshop DVD in advance. This would prime the mind and body to be more receptive to the new concepts and skills taught.

Classes

Coach to students ratio: 1 : 6

Workshop Incentive Items

1. TI silicon swim cap for workshop participants
2. TI pre-workshop DVD

These items are estimated to amount to about S$50 to assist you in your evolution into being Fishlike.

Workshop Fees

S$ 540 for TI FFWS Part A

NT$ 9000 (Taiwan Workshop)

* One time registration fee of S$15.00 for each workshop is applicable.

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Criteria for Entry

1. Completion of TI FFWS Part A

Workshop Outline

The objective of this workshop would be:

1. Relax and compact recovery of whole stroke
2. Point of entry of stroke

The workshop would end off with full swim practices and a "Prime Time" moment for you. Here, your strokes would be recorded by an underwater video camera and the details analysed by the coaches in the workshop.

Important: In order for maximum learning satisfaction, the coaches strongly encourage the participants to read the workshop manual in advance. This would prime the mind and body to be more receptive to the new concepts and skills taught.

Classes

Coach to students ratio: 1 : 6

Workshop Incentive Items

1. Fist Gloves Trainer
2. TI graduation Dri-fit T-shirt
3. TI graduation certificate

These items are estimated to amount to about S$80 to assist you in your evolution into being Fishlike.

Workshop Fees

S$ 640 for TI FFWS Part B

NT$ 9000 (Taiwan Workshop)

* One time registration fee of S$15.00 for each workshop is applicable.

SPECIAL PROMOTIONS ARE AVAILABLE.
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Swim Smooth, Not Hard

Being an experienced school in the field of triathlon swim trainings, we have architected a unique style and approach towards this sport. Adapted from many proven techniques and ideas, we formulated a concise and effective coaching series where Fishlike Aquatic School differs from conventional training coaches to enforce skills and techniques. Here we concentrate on intense, focused training rather than swimming endless laps.

Fundamentally, we teach one to swim intelligently by having the water assisting an athlete rather than resisting him. This eventually turns all swims to be an efficient, elegant and beautiful display of power and speed.

Divided into 3 modules with progressive levels of training, this revolutionize freestyle swim series encompass the essence of Total Immersion (TI) and other swim technique all rolled up in one. Adapted for faster and more efficient learning, Fishlike Triathlon Swimming Series™ (FTSS) would prove to be more beneficial as a means to shorten your swim time while having you fresher out of the water.

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Objectives

1. Acquiring the "aquatic brain".
2. Make breathing a routine so as to remove distraction while working on the next three foundations.
3. Find effortless support or balance, by imprinting a neutral head position and the right position on the Track for your (relaxed) extended hand.
4. Make long, "slippery" bodylines a habit by learning to "pierce the water" with your spearing arm and follow the Track with your bodyline.
5. Make whole-body propelling movement a habit.
6. Minimally, swimmers would be able to complete a 750m comfortably

Modular Content

• 30% Balance Drills (Sweet Spot, Skating and ZipperSkate) to find your balance and imprint sleek bodylines.
• 40% Under-and ZipperSwitch Drills, focus on minimizing drag and turbulence while becoming "patient" in trapping the water.
• 20% Mindful Swimming (whole stroke with focal points) to transfer the awareness gained in drills into whole stroke.
• 10% Stroke Counting to measure your improvements in efficiency and compare the effectiveness of various focal points.

Module Duration

12 pool sessions
Each session is 1.5 hrs

Class Size

1 coach: 10 athletes (maximum)

Module Completion Requirements

• Swim 750m with freestyle below 22 min smoothly
• Swim golf for 50m at 105 or less

Appropriate Swimmers

• Swimmers who have completed the TI FFWS Part A and B
• Swimmers who have completed the TI Freestyle Weekend Workshop
• Swimmers who desires to turn TI drills into correct swim habits

Module Fee

S$ 400 per athlete

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Objectives

1. Learning to swim "balanced and tall".
2. Learning to fit a rhythmic breath into your stroke without interrupting your flow and while keeping a hand extended and anchored.
3. Learning to start each stroke with a patient hand by having the time and presence of mind to cultivate a firm grip on water before stroking.
4. Swimmers would be able to swim a 1.5 km effectively and train for better performances.

Modular Content:

• 10% Balanced Drills (more ZipperSkate, less Sweet Spot mainly for warm-up or recovery)
• 40% Switch Drills, focus mainly on Pierce-and-Track, and on using your lead hand to "hold onto your place" in the water, while spearing your other hand forward.
• 20% Mindful Swimming both in drill/swim sets and in pure swimming sets.
• 20% Stroke Counting and Gears practice to increase your ability to choose your SPL (stroke per length) at will and to add strokes as a means of gaining speed.
• 10% Swim Golf to begin measuring the effect of various stroke counts and focal points.

Module Duration

10 pool sessions + 2 open water sessions
Each session is 1.5 hrs

Class Size

1 coach: 10 athletes (maximum)

Module completion requirements:

• Establish an SPL range of three to four 25m stroke counts with efficient swimming
• Swim sets of shorter repeats at 25 to 200m within 10 to 20 min in the lower half of your SPL range
• Swim 1500m with freestyle below 40 min smoothly

Appropriate Swimmers

• Swimmers who have completed the FTSS™ Module 1
• Swimmers able to swim 750m

Module Fee

S$ 400 per athlete

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Objectives

1. Develop the ability to choose any SPL and swim effectively.
2. Develop the ability to increase your speed without increasing your SPL, while maintaining a sense of relaxation.
3. Swim near your "red line" with control and gradually raise your "red line".
4. Comfortably maintain your SPL for longer distances.
5. Be able to apply everything you do in practice while racing.
6. Swimmers should be training for personal break through in races.

Modular Content

• 20% Drills, focused on stroke timing, patient catch, and trapping water.
• 30% Mindful Swimming in drill-swim sets and whole stroke sets.
• 20% Stroke Counting and Gears
• 20% Swim Golf or Descending Series
• 10% Distance Development
• Average swim distances at 2.7 km

Module Duration

10 pool sessions + 2 open water sessions
Each session is 2.0 hrs

Class Size

1 coach: 10 athletes (maximum)

Location

Queenstown Swimming Complex

Module Completion Requirements

• Swim 3 km with freestyle below 1 hr 20 min smoothly
• Swim golf for 50 m at 90 or less

Appropriate Swimmers

• Swimmers who have completed the FTSS™ Module 2
• Swimmers in the Fishlike Tri Team
• Swimmers who would follow specified swim training sets supervised by a Fishlike coach

Module Fee

S$ 500 per athlete

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Mr Tang has ensured high standard and quality in his work; his teaching methods have shown efficiency and efficacy. He has often gone above and beyond what is required and expected of him, putting in the extra mile to ensure that his students understand his lessons. Specific examples of his dedication to his work include staying late to coach his students beyond the lesson time. Not one to stagnate in the present, he often seeks improvement and is able to adapt with changes easily.

With his numerous veritable attributes, commendable attitude and adaptability, Mr Tang is an important asset to the society.

I would strongly recommend him for his worthy coaching.

Yours faithfully

Ngoh Joo Lee

Thank you so much for your support and assistance. I think you're a great coach with a great personality, well suited for your chosen profession. Tang appreciates that every person is an individual with unique needs and circumstances and understands individual goals. Yet, he makes everyone of any level feel special.

Your knowledge and past personal experience doesn't hurt either. As I've mentioned before, I feel I got more than my moneys worth. In addition to your program and your feedback, I really enjoyed the workouts. Unintimidating is the word that keeps popping into my mind and I think that is really important. You attract a group of really nice people to your club and that says a lot, I think. Thanks again, I had an AWESOME experience in Total Immersion!

Eddy Tan

Come June 2005, it will mark my one year of swimming under you and the TI way and I vividly remember I was a "splasher" that lasted ONLY one lap when we first met.

When I came to you and told you I have 2 months prior to a triathlon race and needed freestyle coaching, you took on the challenge while other coaches told me the impossible and to stay with breaststroke. As an aspiring endurance athlete, I have always maintained that "everything-is-possible" attitude. I was encouraged by your determination to make me a better swimmer. Your strong belief in the TI swimming techniques coupled with your commitment and dedication provided me the assurance despite of my long list of worries. Throughout the TI workshop, your effective coaching method instilled swim confidence and water comfort. Not once do I recall any disappointment nor signals of "impossibilities" from you. Nothing supersedes the right mental attitude and this has to come from both the coach and student.

Swimming is an art, swimming effortlessly, swimming with grace were all alien to me when I started TI. Over a span of 5 months since I started swimming with you, I have completed 2 sprint distance and 1 Olympic distance triathlons. Though I wouldn't say the initial swims were fun, I was able to apply the techniques and complete the swim leg, and have enough energy to bike and run. With the follow-up swim sessions, I started swimming laps without feeling tired. Also, I have been told and can feel the grace in my strokes which I am really proud of. It is an art that I learn to appreciate.

TI WORKS! And so my life as a first year triathlete has been good.

Tang, my goal this year is to complete the Desaru Half Ironman and hopefully prepare me for an Ironman next year. With your guidance, I am sure I will overcome the fear of distance swimming. Thank you.

Jong