Who Takes Essentials 2?
Graduates of our Essentials 1 course return to finish learning the essentials of being safe in deep water. They are ready for Essentials 2 if they can do the following in shallow water when they arrive for Essentials 2:
- float and unfloat on front and back peacefully
- reversals peacefully
- roll over from front to back and back to front peacefully
- focus on staying in the 1st Circle
If you aren’t ready for Essentials 2, please take Essentials 1 or Essentials 1 SloMo instead. You will be successful and it will prepare you to reach the rest of your swimming goals.
$1429 FL
$1600 Hawaii
Price includes the tether. If you have one, price will be adjusted.
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What Is the Course?
Become calm in water over your head in the middle of the pool.
Rest and remain at ease floating, bobbing, and rolling over anywhere in deep water without getting tired for 10 – 15 minutes.
Go at your own pace and learn as much as we can stuff into 24 hours.
Same format as the Essentials 1 course: 8 three-hour sessions. 1 hour on land, 2 hours in the pool.
In the deep end when you’re ready, you’ll pave the way to new confidence by being connected securely to the wall with a tether so you don’t need to wait for a spotter. It’s fun!
With the safety of the tether you learn that deep water does hold you up and you can be yourself, in control.
Feel the born swimmer in you and own it.
“Would you schedule Deep Water Play so I can take E2 and DWP in succession?”
We don’t do this because you would be pressured to become free in deep water in E2 to be eligible for DWP. Pressure impedes learning.
Where to Stay
Fred McGriff, “Crime Dog” Tampa Bay Rays Baseball Hall of Famer
Nearby hotels are recommended at the registration page of each course.
Can I take Essentials 2 without taking Essentials 1?
Many people think that because they are comfortable in shallow water, they’re ready to learn to be comfortable in the deep. But the reason they are comfortable in shallow water is because they rely on the bottom or the side of the pool for your safety.
True?
By coming to our classes, you’re saying you want to rely on yourself for your safety, not on the bottom or the side. You shouldn’t expect yourself to learn in a place where you don’t feel safe: the deep end. If the bottom and side are not available to you, how are you going to feel safe?
You’ll learn to feel safe in a new way and at a new level in Essentials 1. Then you’ll be ready for Essentials 2.
If you know more than others in class, you will not be held back. There are things you may know that you can know better.
Register for an Essentials 2 Course
Atlanta, GA
Sarasota, FL
Testimonials from Essentials 2 Students
“In previous classes, when we jumped in, it was like walking the plank. Here, it’s like we’re in the ice cream line!”
JY, Canada
How would you like to feel in deep water?
“This is a dream come true.”
–J, Canada
