Book Private Swimming Lessons with Coach Antonio
Hello! Coach Antonio here! Thank you for checking out my profile. Why train with me? Simple answer - I love swimming and I love coaching! I'm a person who doesn't give up until I achieve my goal and one of my goals as a coach is to inspire this mentality in my swimmers. Get your goggles and I'll meet you in the pool!
Jacksonville, FL
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About Me:
I was a competitive swimmer in Naples, Italy for 12 years. My favorite/best events were 50m and 100m freestyle and breast stroke, 200m medley. I also loved and excelled at open water races, particularly 5,000m and 10,000m. Additionally, I qualified several times for the Italian Championships.
How I can help you improve your game:
In my opinion, you have to start by perfecting technique. Once technique has been mastered, focus on strength and endurance.
What a typical training session looks like with me:
This depends on many factors - the swimmer, the goal, their endurance/strength level, age and practice time available. However, typically I create a schedule of 3 sessions per week, each one with a different focus. Session 1 - long distance training/aerobic | Session 2 - Anaerobic training/short distance, high intensity | Session 2 - Short distance/maximum speed and strength
Career summary and accomplishments:
I have been coaching for 11 years. I started as a swim instructor (all levels and ages) in Italy. After 4 years as an instructor, I started as an assistant coach for private Italian swim club. In 2021 I started coaching an American swim team in Naples, Italy in the military base (Naples Tiger Sharks). My first year coaching this team, they won Southern European Divisionals. The following year I was asked to be the head coach.
Best coach I ever had:
The best coach I've ever had was the last coach I had as a swimmer - Pietro Bonanno - one of the coaches for the Italian National team for open water swimming. He gave me an eagerness to always learn and improve, to never give up and fostered my competitive mentality - fundamental characteristics of a competitive swimmer.
What athletes and parents should know about me:
I am CPR certified, level 3 certified ASCA coach and in good standing with USA Swimming. I work and coach all levels of swimmers from 3 yo to adult with 11 years of coaching experience. I have experience coaching multiple cultures/languages as I am from Italy. I am bilingual - English/Italian
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