1-2-1 Open Water Coaching

These bespoke sessions designed to your open water aims.

Popular goals we have helped swimmers with are:

1. Acclimatising in cold water
2. building confidence in cold water
3. working on any open water worries/anxieties
4. adapting stroke technique (breaststroke, front crawl or even butterfly) to optimise swimming in a wetsuit
5. improving open water skills such as sighting and turning
6. preparing for triathlon and open water events/races
7. discovering the joys of swimming outdoors
8. introducing the whole family to enjoying open water swimming together

1. Tow Float
2. Brightly coloured swim hat
3. Goggles
4. Towel
5. Drink bottle e.g. water
6. Optional: Neoprene gloves, boots, hat
7. Optional: Warm drink 

1. Must be able to swim 200m of any stroke continuously in open water.
2. Must bring or purchase a Tow float
3. Brightly coloured Swim Hat – MUST.
4. MUST have provided us with emergency contact details and agreed to our terms and conditions/health commitment statement.
5. 12-16 year olds MUST swim with a competent adult (1 adult per 1 child). The exception to this is if you can provide a signed letter from a swimming coach (i.e Squad ability) that the child is suitable to train in open water, then that child can swim without an adult, this needs to be agreed prior to the session and an adult must be ‘on-site’.

1. If you have hired a wetsuit, please turn up 10 - 15 minutes before your session start time to allow time to get changed. 
2. Sign in at reception.
3. Meet your coach by the pontoon for the safety briefing and initial chat of your swimming goals and how we can support you with them.  As we chat through your aims, please be swim ready with warm clothes/Dry robe over your wetsuit
4. Depending on your goals, our qualified Swim England Level 2 open water and British Triathlon Level 2 coaches can work from the coaching pontoon or out on the water in a kayak/SUP with you.