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Richard Gu Richard, New York, NY Swimming Coach

Richard Gu Richard

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Swimming professional coaches help you become a better swimmer. Instead of Struggling on Your Own, You Could be: Seeing Improvement Every Session , more confidence more fun. View all coaching experience

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The percentage of time Richard Gu Richard responded to client inquiries within 48 hours in the last 3 months.
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Training Locations
Training Locations
  1. Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum, 1255 Hempstead Turnpike, Uniondale, NY
  2. Nassau Community College, 1 Education Dr, Garden City, NY

Coach is willing to travel up to 50 miles

Packages

Standard Package 60 minutes
In-Person Training for a single athlete

1session package with Coach Richard. 90 minute session length

Session Length: 1 hour

$99 1 session + applicable fees

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90 minutes
In-Person Training for a single athlete

1session package with Coach Richard. 90 minute session length

Session Length: 90 minutes

$130 1 session + applicable fees

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  • Academy of Chinese Traditional Opera

  • 30 years

  • Qualified Private Coach
    Passed Coach Course

  • Adults, Kids, Teenagers

  • Breaststroke, Open Water, Butterfly, Individual Medley, Distance Freestyle, Sprint Freestyle, Backstroke

  • Kicking, Technique, Pacing, Starts, Pulling, Flip Turns, Relays, Sprinting, Open Turns

Credentials

  • Academy of Chinese Traditional Opera

  • 30 years

  • Qualified Private Coach
    Passed Coach Course

Services

  • Adults, Kids, Teenagers

  • Breaststroke, Open Water, Butterfly, Individual Medley, Distance Freestyle, Sprint Freestyle, Backstroke

  • Kicking, Technique, Pacing, Starts, Pulling, Flip Turns, Relays, Sprinting, Open Turns

More About Coach Richard

Clinic swimming technique ,,endurance ,energy and competition psychological 。
you get a normal result, teach your people to be successful, you will get a successful outcome, to teach you the top people, you get the top result, is not it? So instead you can not, not what you do not, be aware of the importance of whom to learn.
I am a swimming coach (certificated by ASCA) and WSI certificated by ARCA. in USA
I am a professional swimming coach in china and I have ever been a professional competitive swimmer in
China.
My mission is dedicated teaching and training for my supreme guests.
I have rich experiences in the teaching and training from non-swim beginner to swimmer of advanced and competitive.
And I am supported by knowledge of psychology, physiology,
so that I already develop a lot methods (programs) to service individual student different (specific) requires about skill, technic ,endurance, strength in the swimming, and extend to patient, perseverance, and so on in future.
I guarantee we can get a great chance.
Please note: Flushing Library is the center point, after 5 miles, there is a fee of one dollar for every two miles.

---AGE Champion of METROPOLITAN SWIMMING IN 2014 And Some Award-Winner Age Swimmer in new york .
---Primary coach of 3 age group swimmers who went on to compete as adults in the 2008 Beijing Olympics – Enjian,
Jin Yujun and Jin He.
---Been the head coach at national, won 200 more medals in the national swim meets.
---Trained more than 300 competitive age group swimmers, and taught more than 1500 people how to swim.
---In world and international swim meets my wards won 20 more medals.
Please note: Flushing Library is the center point, after 5 miles, there is a fee of one dollar for every two miles.

————————-Please note: Flushing Library is the center point, after 5 miles, there is a fee of one dollar for every two miles.
Richard Swimming Teaching & Training System（Skill、Scientific & Experience ）: help you become a BETTER swimmer
Seeing Improvement Every Session.Instead of Struggling on Your Own, You Could be: Gliding through the water with More Confidence Progress.Having more Fun. Swimmers must feel comfortable in the water. Breathing, Floating, Balance and Forward movement are the key skills & training :
A. (Technical level) Improvement of four swimming styles (body position, stroke technique, kicking style, breathing, coordinated
movements, rhythm, etc.),competitive ability;
B. (Physical level) Comprehensive physical fitness development including strength, endurance, speed,flexibility, agility, coordination,
etc.;
C. (Physiological level) Improving cardiorespiratory function, including maximum oxygen uptake, breathing rate, heart rate, etc.;
D. (Biochemical level) Improving muscle energy supply, including ATP-CP, anaerobic metabolism, and aerobic function;
E. (Psychological level) willpower Perseverance, self-management skills... (etc.).

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Client Reviews

Coach Richard was excellent at noticing exactly what I was doing incorrectly, and giving me encouraging and direct feedback. Would highly recommend!

Coach Richard is brilliant. He coached my 8 year old daughter who is in the swim club for a year but needs technique improvement in Butterfly. Coach Richard designed specific drills focusing on every part of body movement and coordination. After one and half hour, there was dramatic improvment to her strokes. I am very grateful to have met Coach Richard and would recommend to anyone who is looking for swimming improvement.

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Very good training with patient, will book more classes in the future!

Coach Gu is a great coach, very detail oriented and disciplined in his approach. He helped my son’s preparation for the swim season and my son enjoyed working with him.

Coach Richard is very easygoing and knowledgeable. Both two kids have significant stroke skill's improvement after two sessions with Coach Richard. Definitely, refer Coach Richard to everyone who wants improve the swimming skills.

Very patient and knowledgeable.

Coach Richard was fabulous!

We found Coach Richard through the CoachUp website. After reading his BIO, Experience and Reviews, we set up a session just days before Junior Olympics (JO’s). Our goal was to try make additional cut time for Zones. I could tell from our first session with Coach Richard that he was a good coach who was going to be able to help my son. Even though we’ve only had 3 sessions with Coach Richard leading up to JO’s, my son was able to add another event for Zones. In Zones, my son improved -0.87 (AAAA) in 50m, -0.94 (AAA) in 100m and -6.34 (AAA) in 200m all lifetime best in Breast.

Coach Richard possesses qualities we were looking for in a coach; knowledge and experience, patience, physical ability by swimming and demonstrating in water and a sense of humor. He was prompt and answered communications promptly also. He is very positive and gave my son a boost of confidence.

We are happy with Coach Richard and we will continue to schedule sessions with him.

Coach Richard is an awesome coach!!!!!!! He is very hands on and is able to identify the areas that need improvement right away. This was the first of more sessions to come to fine tune my strokes. I would highly recommend him to everyone.

Coach Richard is great! I've worked with him for months now and I am very happy. He made swimming challenging and fun at the same time. I progressed tremendously and I'm looking forward to the day that I can join the Masters! He'll give feedback/ recommendations and critique which help in improving my swimming. My progress is closely monitored through videos. It's truly amazing!

Today was mt 12yo girls first session of training with coach Richard. I was impressed by his care to details and the way ge conducted training. We definitely will get back for other sessions

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Great Coach. Very knowledgeable. will be able to pinpoint and dissect the issue. Very encouraging and great sense of humor. Strongly recommended !!!

I highly recommend Coach Richard. He both knows and knows how to teach the essence of swimming technique

Coach Richard is very knowledgeable and attentive. He is very patient and passionate with his coaching skills. We are satisfied with the 2 sessions we had with him for our daughter.

My daughter has taken two sessions with Richard. She is an age group competitive swimmer. He worked with correcting her technique. After the first session , she gain more confidence in the backstroke and improved her time by several seconds. She is comfortable with him in the water. He seems very knowledgeable and is good with young children. I would continue working with him and recommend him to other swimmers who want to improve their stroke.

Richard was awesome!! He took one look at me and knew exactly what needed to be worked on. And within a few exercises, I could feel myself swimming with a lot more power and ease. His eye is phenomenal, he's very encouraging, and funny, which was important to me so I didn't feel like such an idiot, flailing around in the pool. Our session was jam packed with great technique tips. I learned so much. I also like that he took a before/after video, so you can review your own progress. Definitely a great experience, would recommend him!

Richard was great. Patient and was able to pin point and work on my weaknesses. He is affable and easy to work with.

Great ! My Son felt at ease while being in the swimming pool with Coach Richard helping him with his backstroke technique.

In our first lesson with coach Richard, my son made a big improvement in his backstroke. My son's swim coach was amazed how much he improved. Coach Richard, is a great coach. He was very patient and committed to teaching my son. I look forward to taking more lessons with him. I would highly recommend him for private lessons.

I had one session with Coach Richard. He was a truly professional instructor, in the water all the time following me and correcting my strokes. I have improved my speed and forms, will plan to book more sessions with him.

Coach Richard met up with my 11 yr old twins who swim on a competitive swim for first time. He was on time, spent time going over there breathing, stroke count. A lot of patience. He was so gracious with my twins and myself. We had to travel about 36 miles for him BUT it turned out he is worth it. Will be using him again!!!!

Coach Richard is great. I would recommend him to anyone.

Enjoy success
    教你的是普通人，你就得到普通的结果，教你的是成功的人，你就得到成功的结果，教你的是最顶级的人，你就得到最顶级的结果，是不是呢？ 所以不是你不行，不是你不会，是知道跟谁学的重要性.
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