What was it like the first time you taught WaterWorks? Were you completely new to the swimming pool environment? Perhaps you'd never taught a class before, because you're a swimming teacher. How did the regular 'aqua ladies' take to WaterWorks?
We'd love to hear about your experiences: your nerves, your exhaustion - and hopefully your exhilaration!
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This was my experience of the second class I taught. I had spies everywhere. The manager watched the first 3 tracks, the Body Pump class came to the window as the instructor said with me and them jumping and spinning it was like a firework display. They thought it looked fun. Similar comments from the people in spin too and I was completely unaware of them.
ReplyDeleteA friend of mine came and really enjoyed it and several people came up at the end and said they had too. The 'old ladies' though looked less convinced. I had been able to turn the music up (no swimming lessons on I had been told to turn the music down before because of that in case it upset the children) but still a very 'thin' music system. The microphone was muffled and a couple of them complained about that. I had said that at the beginning it was and that I would be using visual cues too and they agreed they had been able to follow. My friend became a spy in the changing room. The moans she heard were again about the microphone and well that's just aqua under another name - which of course it is. So if that's all they had to moan about I think that's pretty good. I lot of them were 60+ and ++
I used the noodles on Fri and hand 'weights' the next day. I think for me the hand weights worked better but I need to cue better how to position them in the ab track. As people couldn't hear me very well I didn't feel I could have everyone facing in on the running track and just got them to run to me - which worked ok. I thought if I jumped in I would be completely lost. It's a huge pool and the class was busy.
I really enjoyed myself but probably need to pull back more on the physical execution. I experienced that buzz that I haven't felt since I taught combat and was on a high for most of the day. I don't get that from pump and certainly not from Balance, Pilates or fitness yoga. The choreography is fine now, it's just the size of the pool and working that area. I felt if I moved down one end while working from the front I would be such a long way away from those at the other end and I couldn’t hear the music.
Vicky
Hey People,
ReplyDeleteWell waterworks for me is getting exciting now.
To start of with i did have people moan, but that was just because they were used to there old style aqua and with there old instructor. and didnt like change.
I now have a lovely bunch of people in all my classes and they are all loving it. whoo hooo!!