General Swim Coaching

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  • Max 8 people

Open Water Development session

Description

Overview

This 45 minute workshop is for experienced open water swimmers (front crawl or breaststroke) who want to improve their open water swimming. This may include technique stroke improvements such as front crawl breathing or breaststroke legs. Or it may include developing open water skills such as sighting. Plus, there will be a chance to ask our expert coach questions.


What You Will Learn

This is a group coached session and your coach will tailor it to the needs of the swimmers within the session. This may include:

Technique – fine tuning aspects of your swimming technique e.g. breathing, arms, legs - or open water skills such as sighting and turning

Efficiency and Speed: Learn how to swim more efficiently to conserve energy and increase speed.

Personalised Feedback: Receive individual advice to support you with your swimming aims


Session Details

  1. Duration: 45 minutes
  2. Instructor: Certified Open water coach and L2 swimming teacher and coach
  3. Location: Salford Watersports Centre
  4. Cost: £12 per person


Prerequisites

  1. Participants should be experienced in open water swimming and comfortable swimming at least 200 metres out of their depth


Who Should Attend? This workshop is perfect for swimmers who are familiar with open water but want to improve their open water swimming technique


Cancellation Policy: A cancellation notice of 72 hours is required for this session. To request a refund, please cancel via Eola and email the centre. Refunds will not be issued if the cancellation is made within 72 hours of the session.






What to bring

  1. Swim attire
  2. Goggles
  3. Towel
  4. Warm clothes for afterwards 
  5. Internal lockers are £1 return. We do have swim boxes and cages that can be used outside.



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