About Me
The queer sensation of pounding heart, burning muscles, and beating lungs when you hold your breath under the water stroking your limbs against the stream like a floating bird- is truly matchless and subliming. What elevates this joy of swimming is that it brings you mental peace, physical balance, strength, and confidence along. You are just one swim away from this everlasting experience if you join Matthew Henry, a comprehensive swimming instructor.
Whether you are a beginner or an experienced swimmer, my wide array of exquisite courses offer world-class swimming training and practice. As an extensively experienced swimmer and coach, I am certified and a highly qualified swimming coach. Swimming is my irrevocable passion which makes me excel at training athletes and teaching novice swimmers.
Matthew Henry Swimming and Fitness offers a variety of swimming services including swimming lessons for both adults and children, 1-2-1 high-performance coaching, group camps, quality Under Water Video Stroke analysis, a vast array of swimming techniques for competitive starts and turns and Free Style Technique Clinics. Keeping your personal fitness and health in mind, I also offer a complete personal training programme to transform your fitness, nutrition and body maintenance into a healthy lifestyle.
Understanding the varying tendencies of each individual swimmer, I thrive to adopt a personalised swimming approach for every client. Water safety, competitive swimming skills, lifelong swimming skills and prolonged endurance in water are just some of the prime factors which I focus on. My trained national level athletes have achieved a constant self-improvement and ultimate success in swimming. Either you want to improve your techniques or just want to swim for relaxation, I am your best refuge.
Why Choose Me?
Swimming is an essential skill and important for every human to learn. You don’t have to be young, athletic, energetic or highly flexible to become a swimmer. I train my clients with utmost ease and comfort that would make their learning experience enjoyable. My topnotch service can cater all swimming needs, either you want to learn from scratch or improve your techniques and efficiency. My service is highly specialised and I’m equipped with all safety measures, equipment and necessary facilities that will ensure smooth and successful training.
1. Highly Qualified and Experienced Coach
What outshines me from the rest, is my passion and love for the sport paired up with my broad experience in the field of coaching, extensive qualifications and acknowledgment. I have bagged numerous sporting and coaching achievements in my career. I’ve been fortunate enough to have been tutored by world-renowned coaches and I have trained alongside and assisted world record holders. My quality of coaching is exceptionally promising. You will feel the improvement in your skills with immediate effect in your initial training sessions.
2. Wide Range of Techniques
If you are looking for advanced training of swimming, coupled with unique techniques and stroke, Matthew Henry Swimming and Fitness is an ideal option for you. I primarily focus on technique more than individual’s fitness or strength. No physical condition or particular age is required for improving and learning my swimming techniques. Energy becomes more effective if used for propulsion, based on this fact my swimming techniques are balance-centric, focusing on conserving energy and streamlining in the water, whilst maintaining minimal drag. My major concern is maintaining clients’ constant efforts and meeting their utmost satisfaction.
Achievements
Coaching Achievements Highlights
13 Years Coaching Experience
12 x British Age Group Records
3 x Silver Medals at the European Youth Olympics
4 x National Age Group Titles
14 x National Age Group Podiums
Swimming Achievements Highlights
Represented Great Britian at the European Open Water Len Cup
4 x British Open Water Champion
3 x British Biathlon Champion
3 x British Long Distance Champion – 1 Hour Timed Swim
29 x National Podiums