Who we are - Swim Smooth Suffolk
When joining Swim Smooth Suffolk for squad training or video analysis you will immediately benefit from the skills, creativity and broad swimming knowledge of Swim Smooth - the world's leading provider of freestyle swim coaching.
Seamus began his journey to becoming a Swim Smooth certified coach in 2010 when he realised, as a swimmer, what a clear and effective system it was. In 2012 he completed Swim Smooth's 3-day Coaches Education course and 4 years later, after an amazing 3-week training visit to Swim Smooth Perth, he gained his certification in August 2016.
Seamus Bennett is a true lover of all types of swimming from Masters' galas to the English Channel, from wetsuited triathlon swims to completing a full Ice Mile (skins of course!) Seamus' infectious enthusiasm and inclusive approach makes him the kind of coach who really inspires and makes a difference. Founder of Felixstowe Swimscapes Open Water swimming (now over 1600 members) Seamus has loved the open water since early childhood when he learnt to swim in the North Sea at Felixstowe, and he's been at it ever since! Seamus offers these highly effective services from his Felixstowe coastal base:
Swim Smooth’s acclaimed 1-2-1 video analysis and stroke correction
Swim Smooth pool Squad: Saturdays 0725-0835; Mondays 0620-0720; Tuesdays 2000-2100.
Freestyle clinics for small groups
Open water coaching
Learn-to-swim freestyle
The Swim Smooth 'Swim Types'
Swim Types - innovative, memorable and based on thousands of hours observing swimmers worldwide - using Swim Smooth's Swim Types provides a framework with which we better understand you as a person and a swimmer, your stroke and your swimming needs.
As you can see, swimmers, especially open water swimmers, come in all ages, shapes and sizes and have many different swimming backgrounds and goals. From the elegant Smooth, to the energetic Swinger, studious Overglider, flexible Kicktastic, athletic (and competitive!) Arnie and bashful Bambino, Swim Types allows us to understand each swimmer personally and holistically and to offer the most effective path for you to become the best swimmer you can be.
From left to right on Felixstowe beach: Swinger, Arnie, Smooth, Kicktastic, Smooth-Arnie, tbc :), Bambino, Swinger/Smooth hybrid, Swinger, breaststroker, Bambino, Smooth-Kicktastic. It takes all sorts, so Swim Smooth doesn't do 'one size fits all'...we prefer to teach the swimmer, not the stroke. If this rings true for you, or you'd like to know more - please get in touch!
